Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk with GPS starts at Great Langdale, is 4½ miles long and will take about 4½hrs. It is graded 5 (Moderate).


Route outline for walk c225:

Great Langdale  -  The New Dungeon Ghyll  -  Great Langdale  -  Stickle Ghyll  -  Stickle Tarn  -  Jack's Rake  -  The Langdale Pikes  -  Pavey Ark  -  Thunacar Knott  -  Harrison Stickle  -  Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle)  -  Loft Crag  -  Mark Gate  -  The New Dungeon Ghyll  -  Great Langdale




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
2
English
Mountains
Wainwright
5
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
5
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Harrison Stickle at 736m (2415ft). Harrison Stickle is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (77th highest in England, 132nd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 70).

Harrison Stickle is also known as an English Nuttall (96th highest in England, 163rd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Thunacar Knott at 723m (2373ft). Thunacar Knott is classified as an Wainwright (No. 76).

Thunacar Knott is also known as an English Nuttall (105th highest in England, 179th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:


You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water


OS Landranger 90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

In no particular order . . .

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) summit cairn

Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (493)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Pavey Ark from Stickle Tarn

Pavey Ark from Stickle Tarn

Photo: Chris Haselden (5)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Harrison Stickle from Pike of Stickle (Pike o' Stickle)

Harrison Stickle from Pike of Stickle (Pike o' Stickle)

Photo: Mike Walker (282)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Stickle Tarn, Great Langdale and Lingmoor from Pavey Ark, The Langdale Pikes

Stickle Tarn, Great Langdale and Lingmoor from Pavey Ark, The Langdale Pikes

Photo: Chris Arthur (1)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Harrison Stickle from Pike of Stickle (Pike o' Stickle)

Harrison Stickle from Pike of Stickle (Pike o' Stickle)

Photo: Mike Walker (279)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Great Langdale Beck, Great Langdale

Great Langdale Beck, Great Langdale

Photo: Mike Jennings (20)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Great Langdale from Pike of Stickle

Great Langdale from Pike of Stickle

Photo: Rob Davis (1)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Thunacar Knott from Pavey Ark summit

Thunacar Knott from Pavey Ark summit

Photo: Mike Walker (269)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Stickle Tarn from the slopes of Pavey Ark with Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) and The Coniston Fells in the distance

Stickle Tarn from the slopes of Pavey Ark with Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) and The Coniston Fells in the distance

Photo: Michael Lee (11)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - *Loft Crag (foreground far left), Lingmoor, Blea Tarn, Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco), Cold Pike and Crinkle Crags (featuring Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Gunson Knott) (mid-distance left to right) and Wetherlam, Great Carrs and Grey Friar (far-distance centre to right)  from the summit of Pike of Stickle (Langdale Pikes)

*Loft Crag (foreground far left), Lingmoor, Blea Tarn, Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco), Cold Pike and Crinkle Crags (featuring Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Gunson Knott) (mid-distance left to right) and Wetherlam, Great Carrs and Grey Friar (far-distance centre to right) from the summit of Pike of Stickle (Langdale Pikes)

Photo: Tim Hope (42)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Looking back down the path up to Stickle Tarn with Lingmoor Fell in the background

Looking back down the path up to Stickle Tarn with Lingmoor Fell in the background

Photo: Mike Walker (256)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Harrison Stickle from Thunacar Knott

Harrison Stickle from Thunacar Knott

Photo: James Brennan (5)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - The Langdale Pikes

The Langdale Pikes

Photo: Wayne Hill (67)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Harrison Stickle and the Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale

Harrison Stickle and the Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale

Photo: Edward Felstead (6)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Pavey Ark and Jack' s Rake from Stickle Tarn, The Langdale Pikes

Pavey Ark and Jack' s Rake from Stickle Tarn, The Langdale Pikes

Photo: Kath Waterston (1)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - *Pavey Ark and Stickle Tarn with the Blea Ridge beyond from Harrison Stickle Summit (Langdale Pikes)

*Pavey Ark and Stickle Tarn with the Blea Ridge beyond from Harrison Stickle Summit (Langdale Pikes)

Photo: Tim Hope (39)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Mist in the Langdale Valley from Loft Crag

Mist in the Langdale Valley from Loft Crag

Photo: Simon Gibson (1)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott & Crinkle Crags (South Top)  and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Great Langdale

Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott & Crinkle Crags (South Top) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Great Langdale

Photo: Wayne Hill (1)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Stickle Tarn

Stickle Tarn

Photo: David Swales (9)

Walk c225 The Langdale Pikes via Jack's Rake from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - The Band (left), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Esk Pike (centre) and Pike of Stickle (far right) surround Mickleden from Great Langdale

The Band (left), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Esk Pike (centre) and Pike of Stickle (far right) surround Mickleden from Great Langdale

Photo: David Hayter (360)


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