Walk Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
A rugged walk on a modest fell
This 4½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Great Langdale in the Lake District & will take you about 3½ hrs to complete.
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| Walk No.: | c258 | |
| Length: | 4½ miles (7km) | |
| Ascent: | 1902 ft (580m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Wall End Farm - Redacre Gill - Wrynose Fell - Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco) - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Browney Gill - Oxendale Beck - Oxendale - Stool End Farm - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 1 Wainwright |
 1 English Nuttall |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) at 705m (2314ft). Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (101st highest in England, 167th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 86).
Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) is also known as an English Nuttall (126th highest in England, 210th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (30th highest in England, 580th highest in the UK).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
In no particular order . . .
Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)
Wetherlam, Swirl How and Little Carrs under a deep blanket of snow from
Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
*Bow Fell (Bowfell), Rosett Pike and The Langdale Pikes from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
Early evening in Langdale with The Band leading to Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from near Stool End Farm
*Great Knott, Crinckle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from the Red Tarn (Langdale)
Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Shelter Crags and Bow Fell from Browney Gill
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