| Cold Pike - Route One |
| Start - ODG Hotel NY 285 060 | Distance - 3.2 miles | Ascent - 2,100 feet | Time 2 hours : 20 minutes |
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| The National Trust car park next to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel is the starting point for this walk |
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| Opposite the entrance to the car park a gate gives access to a short path which joins the access road to Stool End Farm |
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| Crinkle Crags and The Band from the access road to Stool End Farm |
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| Rossett Pike and Pike o' Stickle from the access road to Stool End Farm |
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| Stool End Farm. A rough track on the left of the farmhouse continues on towards Oxendale |
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| Pike o' Stickle and Loft Crag from Stool End Farm |
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| The track to Oxendale |
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| At the top of the first rise the path to Bowfell via The Band branches off to the right, the main track begins to descend into Oxendale |
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| Looking back to Pike o' Stickle and Loft Crag |
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| Looking back to Stool End Farm |
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| Oxendale |
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| Looking back to the Langdale Pikes |
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| The track ends at a large sheep pen. A path passes through the left side of the pen and crosses a footbridge over Oxendale Beck |
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| There had been some storms and high winds recently, but it was a bit of a surprise to find the substantial footbridge lying on its side |
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| The foundations of the bridge were shattered and its holding down bolts bent and pulled out of the ground |
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| From the footbridge the path climbs across the northern slopes of Pike o' Blisco towards the col below Brown Howe |
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| Crinkle Crags fom the path to Brown Howe |
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| Looking back along Oxendale Beck towards Great Langdale |
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| The path has been stone-pitched along much of its length |
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| Whorneyside Force from the path to Brown Howe |
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| Looking down to Oxendale Beck |
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| Great Langdale from the path to Brown Howe |
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| Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from the path to Brown Howe |
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| Approaching the col below Brown Howe |
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| Cold Pike from the col below Brown Howe. The path continues along the western slopes of Pike o' Blisco below the crags of Black Wars with the deep ravine of Browney Gill on the right |
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| Bowfell from the col below Brown Howe |
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| Approaching the col between Pike o' Blisco and Cold Pike |
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| Looking back to Brown Howe |
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| Waterfalls below the col between Pike o' Blisco and Cold Pike |
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| Swirl How and Great Carrs appear over the top of the col |
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| Red Tarn from the col between Pike o' Blisco and Cold Pike |
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| Cold Pike from the col. The steep and craggy north-east slope makes a direct climb from the col an unattractive proposition. It's much easier to make use of the excellent path to Crinkle Crags seen here rising to the right |
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| Great Knott, Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from the col between Pike o' Blisco and Cold Pike |
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| Starting up the path to Crinkle Crags with Great Knott on the right |
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| Looking back to Red Tarn from the path to Crinkle Crags |
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| The summit of Pike o' Blisco from the path to Crinkle Crags |
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| Looking down on Browney Gill. The ascent path can be seen above the gill, rising from Brown How col and crossing the slope below Black Wars |
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| Looking across the crags of Great Knott to Glaramara |
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| The first 'crinkle' of Crinkle Crags comes into view and it's almost time to turn left off the path to begin the climb of Cold Pike's north-west slope |
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| The climb begins from a large cairn adjacent to the first feeder stream of Browney Gill |
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| Looking across to the Langdale Pikes |
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| The lower part of the path is very indistinct as it crosses some wet ground but it soon becomes clearer as height is gained |
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| Looking back to Crinkle Crags which were being swept by heavy showers of hail |
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| The summit of Cold Pike comes into view |
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| Looking across to Pike o' Blisco |
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| Sunshine on Great Knott as another shower sweeps over Crinkle Crags and Bowfell |
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| Approaching he summit of Cold Pike |
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| The summit of Cold Pike |
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| Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from the summit of Cold Pike |
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| Glaramara, Skiddaw and Blencathra on the horizon |
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| The Langdale Pikes from the summit of Cold Pike |
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| Pike o' Blisco |
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| Wetherlam from the summit of Cold Pike |
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| Swirl How, Great Carrs, Brim Fell and Grey Friar from the summit of Cold Pike |
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| The main summit from the south top |
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| Windermere from the south top |
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| Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from the south top |
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| It was almost time to leave the summit when a couple of familiar figures appeared, Chris Drake and Fudge, near to completing their second round of the Wainwright Fells onemanandhisdog.weebly.com Nice to see you again Chris |
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