Walk Route Map c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton

Walk c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton

Englands Grand Canyon - truly spectacular

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12¾mls (20.5km)
Ascent:	2,819ft (859m)
Time:	7½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton pdf

Route outline for walk c445:

Dufton - The Pennine Way - Eller Beck - Coastsyke Farm (Coatsike Farm) - Hurning Lane - Halsteads - Cosca Hill - Great Rundale Beck - Dufton Pike - Bluethwaite Hill - Threlkeld Side - Brownber Hill - Tossgill Edge - Great Rundale Tarn - Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) - Narrowgate Beacon - Little Rundale Beck - High Cup Nick - High Cup - The Pennine Way - Narrow Gate Path - Peeping Hill - Bow Hall - Town Head - Dufton

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

1
English
Nuttall

1
English
Dewey

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) at 699m (2294ft). Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (135th highest in England, 222nd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is marked by stone hut with a flat roof 200m NNE of a Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brownber Hill at 519m (1703ft). Brownber Hill is also known as an English Dewey (141st highest in England, 322nd in England & Wales)

You will also reach the summit of Dufton Pike at 481m (1579ft). Dufton Pike is classified as an English Marilyn (81st highest in England, 1025th highest in the UK).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

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

OL19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

91 Appleby-in-Westmorland

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton

In no particular order . . .

The view from Dufton Pike summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (807)

High Cup

Photo: Christine Shepherd (107)

Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell from Dufton Pike

Photo: Mark Kissipie (32)

High Cup with Murton Fell beyond from Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell)

Photo: Mark Kissipie (51)

Knock Pike from The Pennine Way near Dufton

Photo: Mark Kissipie (27)

High Cup from a cairn on the Narrow Gate path (Pennine Way)

Photo: David Elliott (38)

Knock Pike from Great Rundale Beck and Threlkeld Side

Photo: Mark Kissipie (36)

Brownber Hill from The Pennine Way near Dufton

Photo: Mark Kissipie (28)

Old Kiln, Threlkeld Side

Photo: Mark Kissipie (39)

The Vale of Eden from the walk back into Dufton

Photo: David Elliott (36)

Walk c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton - Stream emerging from a mine entrance on the lower slopes of High Scald Fell, Threlkeld Side

Stream emerging from a mine entrance on the lower slopes of High Scald Fell, Threlkeld Side

Photo: Mark Kissipie (40)

Narrowgate Beacon on Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) near High Cup

Photo: Mark Kissipie (50)

Brownber Hill from Great Rundale Beck and Threlkeld Side

Photo: Mark Kissipie (35)

Approaching High Cup Gill above High Cup Nick, High Cup with Murton Fell beyond

Photo: Robert Black (2)

The Pennine Way from High Cup down to Dufton

Photo: Christine Shepherd (108)

Brownber Hill from Great Rundale Beck and Threlkeld Side

Photo: Mark Kissipie (37)

Brownber Hill summit

Photo: Mark Kissipie (43)

Kirkby Fell summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (808)

Brownber Hill summit cairn

Photo: Mike Knipe (82)

High Cup from High Cup Nick

Photo: Robert Black (3)

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