White Pike - Route One

 

Start - Birker Fell Road SD171 977 Distance - 2.25 miles Ascent - 720 feet Time - 1 hour : 15 minutes

 

 

The walk starts from the access lane to High Ground Farm where there is room to cars on its verge
Directly opposite the car parking area is the start of the bridleway track to Devoke Water
The Scafell group of fells from the start of the bridleway track
Great Worm Crag from the bridleway track
Seat How and White Pike from the gate on the bridleway track
Looking back to Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags with Harter Fell on the right
Harter Fell over Crook Crag with Green Crag to the right
Devoke Water comes into view
Seat How and Woodend Height from the bridleway
Water Crag from the eastern end of Devoke Water
Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway track leading to the boathouse
Passing below the crags of Seat How
The boathouse from Boat Wyke
Looking over to Woodend and Hesk Fell
Water Crag across Devoke Water
The wide track ends at the boathouse, a bridleway path (wet in places) continues along the southern side of Devoke Water 
Looking back to Seat How from the path
Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway path as it approaches Washfold Point
The two story boathouse which was built in 1777 to replace an earlier one which was located further to the north
White Pike from Washfold Point
Seat How and The Seat from Washfold Point
White Crag from the path along The Wyke, we will leave it in a few hundred yards to avoid some wet ground ahead and begin a pathless traverse across the northern slopes of Stord's Hill to hopefully intercept a path which rises from the western end of Devoke Water
Rough Crag and the Scafells from The Wyke
Looking back to Devoke Water from the slopes of Stord's Hill
The Scafells above the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag
Joining the path rising from the western end of Devoke Water which is not as clear as we'd hoped
Woodend Height from the path
Looking back to Devoke Water with Crinkle Crags on the centre horizon
Lank Rigg, Whoap, Caw Fell, Seatallan, Haycock, Whin Rigg and Scoat Fell form the horizon
On the up to White Pike we lost the line of the faint path when it made a sharp turn to the right
Great Gable and Scafell over the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag
Looking down on Brantrake Crags
Having lost the path we continued towards the col between Woodend Height and White Pike to reach the summit from there
The Coniston Fells across the slopes of Rowantree How
Approaching the col between Woodend Height and White Pike
Approaching the summit of White Pike
Harter Fell from just below the summit of White Pike
The summit cairn on White Pike
Woodend Height and Yoadcastle from the summit of White Pike
Whit Fell and Stainton Pike from the summit of White Pike
Ravenglass from the summit of White Pike
Dent and Lank Rigg from the summit of White Pke
Lank Rigg, Caw Fell, Haycock, Scoat Fell and Pillar on the horizon with Whin Rigg and Illgill Head in the middle distance 
Devoke Water from the summit of White Pike
Great Gable, Scafell, Esk Pike, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Harter Fell from the summit of White Pike
Harter Fell and The Coniston Fells from the summit of White Pike

 

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