Esk Pike

Area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County:Cumberland
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP, and High Hill of Britain
(also Clem, Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump)
Height:885m (with a drop of 112m)
Maps:OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY236075         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:rib of rock with small cairn
Notes:rib of rock 4mNE is as high; large cairn 30m NE at NY 23671 07527 is lower
Daylight:dawn 05:40, sunrise 06:15, sunset 18:24, dusk 19:00
External links:Wikipedia

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Esk Pike
Esk Pike


Situated between Bowfell and the Scafells at the head of Langdale this remote position gives fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. Far from the road any ascent of its rocky summit is a strenuous task.

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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: 147matt, @woody, adgl, AGJ64, ahampson, ajpicky1995, Alan0409, alanm9, Andy Duff, anthbowles, Ashleighatkinson, atessa, awall, bally6872, beckylindeman, beth, Bilberry, Biscuits17, Bluebeard, bob.taylor100, CarlandHay, CARLOS (x10), Carolwildbird (twice), charlottegetsaround, chloealina, chrisfry35 (x7), Cowles, DANE2766, Danrobinson, darrendixon, Darrenh, Daver64, davew, DavidMBurnett, Daz Graham, digby, DJSibbald, domusmantell, dsutton101, DukeNukem, DuncanG22, Econ, Ejuk, Elina, Felltopper, fellwalker68, fizzerfox, gallowshill (twice), Gary Stanley, GaryR, gbh (twice), gerard.hurst, gilly_3886, Ginty (twice), GraemeLackford, Hannahfw, Harter hod carrier (x7), HayleyT, hhampson, hillbilly, Homesick Scorrie, Howdo, iggsypoo, Ivesylew, James48, JamieL, Jandy, jegger, JimRiley, johngraham5056@aol.com, JulesMC, Kanianne (x3), Katherined (x3), Katie McBride, King of the Tops (twice), Lakeviewlad, Lancashire Lad (x3), Lb2007, leedrich, lilyybarnes, lludwinski, Luizawoods, Luly (twice), Mags763, mariablky, MarjWatson, markhallam, Mc49, McLeish, michaelrusman@hotmail.com, MickRadford, Mikew92, motley 55 (x3), Mountain Zulu, Msteph73, munrobracket, mush145, Nathaniel Hillman (twice), navdave (twice), neil_h, NickiG, Nottspanther (twice), On The Rivet, pah800, PaulG1952 (twice), peterb, Peterfishwick, racheljanemchugh, Rebecca55, Riven, RuslandRambler (x3), samross, ScoutScarShuffler, sgrice56, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, slamiga, Smoo1610, SophieWalker, Spacemonkey, springfishblue, Stephenmshanks, Steve18566, steve71, StevetheRover, Stoney, Strangerclur, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba (twice), The Ozard, ThinArthur (twice), Toy poodle, Trevor123, Tricia15, tunebluez, vinmac, Wayne-1977, wezboyes@hotmail.com, wolfgangb, wrowlands3, and yorkmunrobagger.

In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:

Photo by Bill Boaden and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) licence. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.

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