Causey Pike Pike of Causey Profile Bells) Is Hard to Resist
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Causey Pike 10.1km/6¼ miles 5 hours A small-ish peak with a stunning summit in the North Western Fells. NY229235 Drive NY204204 Sail Pass Causey Pike’s 1 through Braithwaite 3 is a major path heather on the B5292; as you junction and here a clear supports leave the village turn left path leads over Scar toward the Braithwaite Crags. It is surprising to grouse. If you Methodist Church and realise that Scar Crags spot any grouse Coledale Inn, and a car is actually higher than on your walk, park is available Causey Pike, although I’m immediately on the left. sure most walkers would tell the From here you can walk view Causey Pike as the National Trust past the inn and then turn more interesting and a rangers by right to follow the lane target peak for a walk. up past houses to High Scar Crags rises to tweeting Coledale, from where a 672m/2,205ft and its @NTNorthLakes footpath continues up summit sits along a the fell. The path climbs pleasant ridge with steep steadily toward Stile End, slopes to the north and but there are paths that south. The view is good break both left and right too, with all the North to avoid the highest Western Fells filling the THOMPSON GRAHAM ground of this little panorama. But sadly for summit if you prefer to Scar Crags, the ridge If that wasn’t enough 5 NY232212 You The stunning conical make the walk even enticingly continues to Causey Pike’s position meet the road at profile of Causey Pike easier. Having reached Causey Pike, whose towards the end of the Stoneycroft and while the (seen here from Cat the ridge then follow this position provides even ridge allows a far more thrill of the walk is over, Bells) is hard to resist. south-west over the more stunning views, so interesting 360-degree there is now an easy road heather to Outerside. most walkers scamper panorama, even making walk north that provides quickly onward. the ridge back to Scar time to reflect on the day. Crags look enticing! EASY WALK NY211214 Outerside Look out for a footpath at 2 is a Wainwright but NY218208 Causey Having enjoyed the view NY233225 that rises from at only 568m/1,863ft the 4 Pike is a celebrated you are left to descend the road and skirts view from the top is summit but as it only east, into the view – and a wood to lead hampered by its loftier stands at 637m/2,090ft it what a joy it is. You now you back to 1 neighbours such as must have more than size drop to Rowling End, Braithwaite Grisedale Pike, Causey alone to attract the from where the valley through Pike and Crag Hill, which walkers. It is in fact the is more spectacularly easy field dominate the view mountain’s shape and observed, before paths. in three directions – position that make it so descending more steeply leaving just a view appealing. The ground to to the road via the north to Skiddaw and the north, south and east northern ridge of the fell. Blencathra to test your all slope away steeply, Lakeland landscape giving Causey Pike a knowledge. Continue most prominent position walking south to join the at the end of the high path that circum-vents ridge that ultimately the summits and leads leads to Scar Crags and over High Moss to Sail Sail. It is this eastern Pass, the saddle between slope that really gives the Sail and Scar Crags. mountain a nudge in the right direction, as from almost any angle it is an ROUTE STATS enticing slope, narrow and steep enough to look Strenuousness lllll like a good challenge, 2 5 Navigation lllll but without frightening Technicality lllll onlookers. It’s also 4 Wainwrights 3 this steep eastern slope that extends Distance 10.1km the view down (6¼ miles) into soft Total ascent 700m Newlands Time 5 hours Valley before 3 Start/finish NY229235 rising to the (car park off B5292 fell tops. close to Coledale Inn) Terrain medium-level GRADIENT fellwalk on clear paths PROFILE Start Stile End Causey Pike Stoneycroft Finish Maps OS Explorer 1400 1200 (1:25,000) OL4; METRES 1000 OS Landranger ABOVE 800 SEA 600 (1:50,000) 89; Harvey LEVEL 400 1 2 3 4 5 Superwalker (125,000) 200 Lakeland West MILES 0 2 4 6 KILOMETRES 0 2 4 6 8 10 ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2019 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 001/19 COPYRIGHT 2019 ORDNANCE SURVEY. ©CROWN.