Nethermost Pike

Area:	Lake District - Eastern Fells
County:	Cumbria
Country:	England
Classification:	Wainwright, Birkett, and Nuttall (also Fellranger, Synge, and sub Sim)
Height:	891m
Maps:	OL5(S) Explorer or 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:	NY343142         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:	cairn - photo
Notes:	cairn 20m NW is probably lower
Daylight:	dawn 03:39, sunrise 04:35, sunset 21:49, dusk 22:45

Approached from the west its summit is an unassuming small cairn sitting on a flat top, continue east and you would fall down impressive cliffs into Nethermost Cove and Grisedale. Viewed from Grisedale, Nethermost Pike earns its name, Pike means 'peaked mountain'. It is the second highest peak on the Helvellyn ridge.

Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:

• Helvellyn round from Thirlmere

... or, if you've walked it already, why not log on or register and record your walk?

Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: adgl, albee23, Andrew McKillop, Andy Duff, awall, bentonrambler, beth, Boss_keloid, bryanatk, CarlandHay, CARLOS (x4), CEW, chrisfry35 (x5), Cydonia, DANE2766 (twice), Danrobinson, distantecho, DukeNukem (twice), DuncanG22, eclipseandy, elbog_20, fellwalker68, fizzerfox, gallowshill (x3), gbh, gill4rolo, Gillian7660, gilly_3886, Ginty, Hannahfw, JamieL, jegger, Jesspeace, JMCM, john09cw, jplyons, jtrslade, koczur, Lancashire Lad (x8), leedrich, Mikew92, motley 55 (x3), NigelMall, pah800, Paperballpark, peterb, Peterfishwick, s.lee90, samross, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, Shortnick, Smoo1610, Spacemonkey, spookyfish, springfishblue, Stephenmshanks, sterushton, Steve1607, Steve18566, steve71, StevetheRover, Strangerclur, Susanna (twice), Sylwia J Kociemba, Tabber, ThinArthur, ThrowerBell, Tiff18, trina, ukhpr, vinmac, walsh581, and wolfgangb.

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

• 26/02/19 - Lancashire Lad - Helvellyn to St. Sunday Crag (& More) from Glenridding.
• 26/02/18 - Lancashire Lad - Helvellyn, Nethermost & Dollywaggon Pike (From Patterdale).

If you need accommodation we have details of 17 properties offering rooms near Nethermost Pike. Here are some examples:

4 Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage

The Hayloft, Keswick

£358-1413 per week
4.9km (3.0 miles) away, sleeps 2

5 Assessed

Cherry Holme, Penrith

£170-180 per night
5.3km (3.3 miles) away

2 Self Classified

The Patterdale Hotel (Choice Hotels), Patterdale

£88-134 per night
5.5km (3.4 miles) away

Photo by Michael Graham 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.