Cold Pike
700m (2297ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,007ft (1,221m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Wall End Farm - Redacre Gill - Wrynose Fell - Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco) - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Cold Pike - Cold Pike (West Top) - Cold Pike (Far West Top) - Great Knott - Little Stand - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags (South Top) - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) - Shelter Crags - Shelter Crags - (North Top) - Three Tarns - Earing Crag - White Stones - The Band - Oxendale - Stool End Farm - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Cold Pike
Nick Tippins walked up it on September 28th, 2025 [from/via/route] c279: The Oxendale Horseshoe from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale [with] Fran
Richard Fulcher climbed it on June 16th, 2025 [from/via/route] Parked near the Three Shires stone & set off along the path between Cold Pike & Pike O'Blisco. We then took a sharp left turn across the valley floor to start the ascent to Cold Pike. Lunch break on the rocks & then up to CP. Back down the other side to join up with the path that leads up to Crinkle Crags. We turned right & followed the path down to the valley past Red Tarn & back to the car. A short but rewarding walk. [with] Jen [weather] Clear sunny day with blustery strong winds. - Great views of Langdale etc. from Cold Pike.
James Hughes bagged it on April 2nd, 2025 [from/via/route] c371 Esk Pike & Bow Fell from Great Langdale c279 Oxendale Horseshoe [weather] Beautiful clear skies, blustery on tops, warm in valleys & in sheltered spots. - Epic double walk day from Old Dungeon Ghyll including Rosset Pike, Esk Pike, Bow Fell, Cringle Crags, Cold Pike, Pike of Blisco. Helped down 'Bad Step', unorthodox descent of Cold Pike & ascent of Pike of Blisco. Great views of Sca Fell. Awesome Day.
Tim Winn hiked it on September 10th, 2024 [from/via/route] Old Dungeon Ghyll [with] Barry and Louise [weather] Dry with sunny intervals.
Christina Lander summited on June 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Three Shires Stone - Cold Pike - Three Shires Stone [with] Dick [weather] A beautiful sunny day - First day of our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith
Ian Ashton conquered it on January 27th, 2024 [with] Solo
Martyn Atherton scaled it on March 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] c279 Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags [with] Self [weather] Dry & cloudy
Richard Marchant walked up it on September 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Wrynose Pass & walked North straight up to Red Tarn & up on to Cold Pike & the walked back the same route. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear day with little or no breeze.
John Tippins climbed it on July 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Route C279 from go4awalk.com reduced for just Pike of Blisco & Cold Pike [with] With Afia, Zahra and Farah [weather] Forecast didn't look promising. Low cloud & light drizzzle on & off for most of the day. With wind chill made for cold hands. Clouds cleared late afternoon to bring sunshine & it got very warm.
Christine Shepherd bagged it on April 16th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Great Langdale using walk c279 Repeated this walk solo but adding on Little Stand,(which I omitted first time), on 30.07.2015. Climbed again on 6.9.21 Climbed again in heavy rain & a strong wind on 2.7.22 with H4TH [with] My friend Jenny [weather] Bright & windy. - The path to this summit is rather indistinct as most people head straight for Crinkle Crags after Pike o'Blisco. On my second ascent I headed up on the Crinkle Crags Path & just before a large cairn followed a clear path on the left to the summit.
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