Stickle Pike - Lake District Walk
Sunday 16th July 2006
This walk was recommended to me by Sean McMahon as it one of his and his daughters favourite walks and it's easy to see why. I had intended to do it the day after we did Scafell but opted instead to do it on the way home and as it was another very hot day we walked at a very slow pace.
Start: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 2148 9328)
Route: Kiln Bank Cross - Stickle Pike (107) - Tarn Hill (108) - Great Stickle (109) - Stickle Tarn - Kiln Bank Cross
Distance: 2.75 miles Ascent: 265 metres Time Taken: 2 hrs 45 mins
Weather: Very hot with no breeze.
Pub Visited: Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills Ale Drunk: Black Sheep Bitter
In today's heat it looks a long way up to the top of Stickle Pike.
Stickle Tarn at the foot of Stickle Pike.
Stickle Pike's summit cairn
Looking across the Dunnerdale Valley with Green Crag (L) and Harter Fell (R) making up the two summits
in the middle of the picture. The Scafells are behind Harter Fell.
The Great Stickle ridge, with Great Stickle on the far left of the ridge.
Looking back up at Stickle Pike from the path to Tarn Hill.
Tarn Hill's summit cairn.
Looking across Tarn Hill to Great Stickle.
The Pike (centre) and Hesk Fell (R) with Yoadcastle behind & between them
The Duddon Estuary.
Caw, with the Coniston Fells behind.
I had been warned by Sean that people liked to build funny shaped cairns on Tarn Hill and as we walked across to
Great Stickle we came across this one. I think it looks like Paddington Bear.
The summit cairn and trig point on Great Stickle.
Black Combe.
Looking across to Stickle Pike from Great Stickle.
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