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885 mWainwright — Southern Fells+16 bonus Birketts within 3 km Fewer traps in Clag

Esk Pike at 885m (2,904ft) stands at the crossroads of the high Lakeland passes, above Esk Hause where the main routes to Scafell Pike, Bowfell and Great Gable all converge.

Summit conditions on Esk Pike

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 10° to 3°C, gusts to 68 mph, 11.1 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Against our lines, Tuesday 27 October: wind, cold and cloud from the Met Office UKV 2 km model (daylight hours, as in the verdict above); rain from the summit line’s forecast (the whole day). A tile is large when this top is past its line.

Wind on the top

Past the line

77 mph, our estimate for the open top in the worst daylight hour

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 58 mph times our exposure factor of 1.32. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 68 mph, before any exposure factor.

The line Our line: 25 mph, where our wind Scale begins its 25–35 band: “balance affected; buffeting on exposed ground”. MWIS describes what wind does to a walker across a range rather than at a line: from about 20–25 mph it starts to affect your balance.

Estimated: it is not calibrated against summit readings, and the two forecasts can disagree by more than a band.

Cloud on the top

Past the line

9 out of 100, the clear-top reading

Averaged over the daylight hours, from the forecast’s humidity and low cloud.

The line Our line: a clear-top reading under 20 out of 100, where our scorer says “summit likely clagged in”. There is no outside threshold to cite; it is our estimate. What cloud does to finding the way: navigating in cloud.

Not an observation: cloud lifts and drops within the hour.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

11.1 mm of rain over the whole day, midnight to midnight

The same figure as the summit line above and the 7-day forecast.

The line Our line: 6 mm in the day, where our scorer counts a day as soaking. We read rainfall, never river levels: becks in spate.

Open-Meteo’s forecast. It says nothing about rain already in the ground.

Also checked cold: feels like −3 °C, no ice or snow forecast. Under a line is not the same as fine: it means only that these figures are under the lines we use.

Not in these tiles Lightning, river levels, snow or ice already lying, and the ground under your feet. A tile cannot see them, so an empty space here never means they are absent.

Snow figures with a second opinion: Powered by Met Office data

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

Wainwrights are scored for walking conditions each morning from the Met Office’s UK forecast model, read for each summit through Open-Meteo; the forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Routes up Esk Pike

Both start from Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid); the last two rows give its parking and bus. Full maps further down.

Esk Pike and Great EndRossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more
Starts fromOld Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)Great Langdale (New/Old Dungeon Ghyll)
Distance and climb17.69 km, 1,103 m of climb17.95 km, 1,212 m of climb
Time, fast to steady~5¼–7¼ h~5½–7½ h
ScramblingNot mentioned in the route’s notesHands for a few steps: the boulders up Great End and the slabs up Bowfell (km 7.6–9.4 and km 11.3–12.8). The path largely breaks up into boulders and shattered scree, and the climb is a rough, high-stepping scramble through the rocks to the broad, surprisingly flat summit plateau.
ExposureModerateNot assessed
NavigationModerateModerate
Steepest stretchDescent of about 29% at 13.8 km (Hard)Descent of about 34% at 16.1 km (Hard)
After the summitOver Great EndOver Bowfell
Walked or plannedPlanned: drawn, not yet walkedPlanned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the startOld Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid)
Bus to the start516 at the start516 at the start

Times run from fast to steady pace (Naismith’s rule). Scrambling quotes each route’s own notes; “not mentioned” means they do not say, not that the ground has none. Each route’s page has its map, stages and GPX.

Distance, climb and the steepest stretch are measured from each route’s GPX track; the other grades are set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap, and each route page says which. How we check →

Is Esk Pike hard?

Not technically — nothing on our two routes over it needs hands. It is hard because of where it is. Esk Pike is rarely a destination on its own, and both of our routes over it are long days: 17.7 km with 1103 m of ascent taking in Great End, or 17.7 km and 1176 m by way of Rossett Pike and Allen Crags.

Its real hazard is position. It sits above Esk Hause, one of the busiest and most confusing path junctions in the district, with steep flanks dropping into upper Eskdale on the other side. Get the junction wrong in cloud and the return is long from anywhere.

How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 885 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
10° / 3°
68 mph
11.1 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
7° / 4°
49 mph
17.6 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
7° / 5°
31 mph
1.4 mm (67%)
Fri 30 Oct
6° / 4°
26 mph
0.3 mm (12%)
Sat 31 Oct
6° / 0°
4 mph
4.5 mm (8%)
Sun 1 Nov
6° / -1°
13 mph
0.0 mm (2%)
Mon 2 Nov
4° / -3°
9 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Esk Pike

Parking

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 0.1 km from the start of Esk Pike and Great End and Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes. Free for NT members (checked August 2026).
Typically full before 10:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 9 August 2026.
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Stickle Ghyll (NT, paid) (1.0 km, 24 m up); Great Langdale, valley road verge (free) (0.8 km) a few spaces only; Side Pike (verge) (0.8 km) a few spaces only
Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel Sticklebarn
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (farm field, paid) — 4.8 km from summit (straight line)
The farm’s own field, signed off the lane — £5 all day, £10 overnight, no booking needed (the farm’s own page, read 21 September 2026; its notice is still headed 2025). A different place from the free verge on the same lane, and the reason not to race for a verge space. The farm opened it to ease the parking problems in the busy period.
Directions Something changed here?
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 4.8 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. It fills early; the farm’s own field just down the lane takes the pressure off, and the lane needs to stay clear for residents, farm traffic and emergency vehicles.
Typically full before 09:00 on fine weekends, Apr-Oct — Lee McCoy, local observation, 9 August 2026.
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Honister Pass (paid, slate mine) (1.8 km); Seatoller (NT, paid) (2.0 km); Rosthwaite (NT, paid) (3.8 km)
Public toilets (~188 m straight line) — Free

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The 516 stops at Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, a 210 m walk from the start of Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more — a route we rate Hard overall (hardest: distance and steepness). Last bus: Monday to Thursday 21:10 towards Ambleside (516) and 20:10 towards Kendal (516); Friday 22:30 towards Kendal (516); Saturday 22:30 towards Kendal (516); Sunday 21:10 towards Ambleside (516) and 20:10 towards Kendal (516). Checked against the operator’s timetable, 23 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Esk Pike

Hazard & Incident Information for Esk Pike

Checked by Lee McCoy, . Draws on published material from Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

Esk Pike is rarely the destination but often part of a long ridge day taking in Bowfell, Scafell Pike and Great End. Its principal hazard is one of position: it sits at the head of upper Eskdale and above Esk Hause, one of the busiest and most confusing path junctions in the Lake District. Walkers in poor visibility have followed the wrong path off Esk Hause in multiple documented incidents, sometimes ending up on Esk Pike when they intended Scafell Pike, or vice versa. The fell itself is steep and rocky on all sides, with limited options for a safe unplanned descent.

  • Esk Hause path junction: Esk Hause is a major crossroads where paths to Wasdale, Great Langdale, Eskdale and Borrowdale all converge. In cloud it is one of the most frequently misnavigated points in the fells; walkers have descended the wrong valley believing they were coming off Scafell Pike. Always identify the correct path by compass bearing before descending.
  • Steep flanks above upper Eskdale: The western slopes dropping into upper Eskdale are serious ground — remote, steep, and rocky. An unplanned descent in poor visibility could lead onto crags. Stick to the established ridge paths.
  • Remoteness and long return: Any incident on Esk Pike requires a substantial rescue operation. The nearest accessible valley — Langdale to the east or Eskdale to the west — involves a long carry. Self-sufficiency is essential: enough food, warm layers, and a torch for the hours any delay will add.
Who should attempt this fell: Esk Pike is a fell for confident navigators. It is most often done as part of a high-level round and that context — long distance, significant height gain, remote position — demands a full kit: map, compass, adequate food and waterproofs. Do not rely on GPS alone on the Esk Hause junction; identify the correct path by compass bearing before descending.

What to watch for: Navigation errors at Esk Hause in cloud · Descending the wrong path off the summit plateau · Exhaustion on a long multi-fell day · Caught out by deteriorating weather on remote ground

Local Mountain Rescue: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team · Wasdale MRT — Esk Pike incident May 2025 · Wasdale MRT — accident black spots

Safety: Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Report incorrect information

Navigating in cloud

Fewer traps in cloud

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of steep ground within half a kilometre of the summit. This top is in the lowest of the index’s four bands, and a low band never means “safe”: carry map and compass and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Esk Pike compares with all 214: the Clag Index (experimental).

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (read 26 October 2026).

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Esk Pike

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

0.7 km SPike de Bield810 m · Southern
1.3 km WIll Crag931 m · Southern
1.6 km EBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
1.7 km WSWPen762 m · Southern
1.8 km NHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m · Southern
1.8 km WBroad Crag935 m · Southern
1.8 km SSWHigh Gait Crags572 m · Southern
2.0 km ENEBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
2.3 km NNERed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
2.4 km NNWSeathwaite Fell (Great Slack)631 m · Southern
2.5 km SSEShelter Crags815 m · Southern
2.7 km SSECrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
2.8 km SSWScar Lathing439 m · Southern
2.8 km SSECrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
2.8 km ESEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.8 km NNELooking Steads (Glaramara)775 m · Southern

Routes over Esk Pike

Esk Pike and Great End
Summits: Esk PikeGreat End

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Picked for its light in: February, March A winter pick assumes the tops are clear of snow and ice on the day, or that you carry winter kit and know how to use it.

Warnings: Esk Hause is a major crossroads where paths to Wasdale, Great Langdale, Eskdale and Borrowdale all converge. In cloud it is one of the most frequently misnavigated points in the fells; walkers have descended the wrong valley believing they were coming off Scafell Pike. Always identify the correct path by compass bearing before descending.

Route guide →

Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more
Summits: Rossett PikeAllen CragsGreat EndEsk PikeBowfell

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: Bowfell: The rocky top has crags on several sides and the paths are not always obvious in mist; know your bearing for the descent before you set off. Esk Hause (and the ‘false’ Esk Hause close by, which walkers often take for it) is a notorious place to go wrong: several paths meet and in cloud it is easy to set off toward the wrong valley — Langstrath, Grains Gill, Langdale or back to Sty Head. Know exactly which path you want and take a compass bearing before committing. Esk Hause is a major crossroads where paths to Wasdale, Great Langdale, Eskdale and Borrowdale all converge. In cloud it is one of the most frequently misnavigated points in the fells; walkers have descended the wrong valley believing they were coming off Scafell Pike. Always identify the correct path by compass bearing before descending.

From the hazard notes for Bowfell, each with its sources.

Route guide →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Esk Pike

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Esk Pike and Great End route:

Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (135 m from the start, straight line) Great Langdale Campsite (255 m from the start, straight line) Great Langdale Campsite (297 m from the start, straight line)

On the Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and more route:

Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (102 m from the start, straight line) Great Langdale Campsite (228 m from the start, straight line) Great Langdale Campsite (251 m from the start, straight line)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

About Esk Pike

Esk Pike, a Lake District fell
Photo: mhx from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wainwright valued it as a summit with real presence and commanding views, particularly down the wild trench of upper Eskdale — arguably the finest valley panorama in all of Lakeland. The summit ridge is rocky and interesting, with good views across to Bowfell and back to the Scafell group. Most walkers combine it with Bowfell via the Ore Gap depression, one of the great linking ridges in the district.

Classifications & hill data

Is Esk Pike a Wainwright?

Esk Pike is a Wainwright. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list, the Nuttall list, the Fellranger list, the HuMP list and the Hewitt list.

Selected lists

Wainwright
Southern
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
HuMP
Hewitt
885 m
Height
2,904 ft
In feet
NY 2364 0750
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

The summit is also a Birkett.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

The view from Esk Pike

The 360° skyline from Esk Pike

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Esk Pike36 labelled tops shown (18 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell · 3 kmHelvellyn · 13 kmSkiddaw · 22 kmGreat Gable · 4 kmHigh Crag · 12 kmRaise · 14 kmFairfield · 13 kmBlencathra · 22 kmCrinkle Crags · 3 kmGreat Dodd · 17 kmGrasmoor · 14 kmScoat Fell · 9 kmCrag Hill · 14 kmHigh Street · 21 kmHaycock · 10 kmHarter Fell · 22 kmDow Crag · 10 kmClough Head · 18 kmLonscale Fell · 20 kmYoke · 20 kmScafell Pike · 2 kmBroad Crag · 2 kmGreat End · 1 kmBowfell · 1 kmBlack Combe · 24 kmShelter Crags · 2 kmPike de Bield · 1 kmGreen Gable · 4 kmAllen Crags · 1 kmHigh Raise · 5 kmSlight Side · 4 kmPen · 2 kmDale Head · 8 kmHarter Fell · 8 kmHigh Spy · 9 kmIngleborough · 60 km · clear daysHelvellyn Lower Man · 13 kmStybarrow Dodd · 16 kmBlack Crag · 8 kmRed Pike · 8 kmSkiddaw Lesser Man · 20 kmHart Crag · 14 kmSwirl How · 8 kmThe Old Man of Coniston · 10 kmGrisedale Pike · 16 kmThornthwaite Crag · 20 kmWandope · 13 kmIll Bell · 20 kmHigh Pike · 29 kmLooking Steads · 3 kmBlack Sails · 8 kmLoft Crag · 4 kmDovenest Top · 4 kmWalna Scar · 11 kmWhernside · 57 km · clear daysWhite Pike · 12 kmThe Calf · 44 km · clear daysWhitfell · 16 kmHigh Gait Crags · 2 kmWild Boar Fell · 53 km · clear daysBorder End · 6 kmHigh Tove · 10 kmWatendlath Fell · 9 kmStainton Pike · 16 kmSeat How · 18 kmLingmoor Fell · 7 kmPikes · 13 kmBirker Fell · 10 kmWhite Pike · 15 kmLad Hows · 13 kmBaugh Fell · 53 km · clear daysGreat Knoutberry Hill · 59 km · clear daysWater Crag · 13 kmWhitbarrow · 29 kmSnowdon · 166 km · a handful of days a yearAran Fawddwy · 189 km · a handful of days a yearCairnsmore of Carsphairn · 111 km · a rare clear dayThe Cheviot · 132 km · a handful of days a yearTinto · 130 km · a handful of days a yearYr Eifl · 185 km · a handful of days a yearGreen Lowther · 110 km · a rare clear dayMoel y Gamelin · 161 km · a handful of days a yearWhite Coomb · 108 km · a rare clear dayBoulsworth Hill · 100 km · a rare clear dayGreat Whernside · 84 km · a rare clear dayRoan Fell · 88 km · a rare clear dayFountains Fell · 72 km · a rare clear dayDun Rig · 124 km · a handful of days a yearFair Snape Fell · 70 km · a rare clear dayBogrie Hill · 90 km · a rare clear dayWinter Hill · 102 km · a rare clear dayBillinge Hill · 110 km · a rare clear day
The skyline as a list, by direction
  • North: Crag Hill (14 km), Grisedale Pike (16 km), Skiddaw Lesser Man (20 km), Skiddaw Little Man (20 km), Knowe Crags (21 km), Skiddaw South Top (21 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (22 km), Gategill Fell Top (22 km), Skiddaw (22 km), Skiddaw North Top (22 km)
  • North-east: High Crag (12 km), Dollywaggon Pike (12 km), Nethermost Pike (13 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (13 km), Helvellyn (13 km), White Side (14 km), Raise (14 km), St Sunday Crag (14 km), Stybarrow Dodd (16 km), Little Dodd (16 km), Great Dodd (17 km), Blencathra (22 km)
  • East: Fairfield (13 km), Cofa Pike (13 km), Hart Crag (14 km), Dove Crag (14 km), High Street (21 km), Rampsgill Head (21 km), High Raise (22 km)
  • South-east: Crinkle Crags (3 km), Swirl How (8 km)
  • South: Brim Fell (10 km), The Old Man of Coniston (10 km)
  • West: Scafell (3 km), Haycock (10 km)
  • North-west: Great Gable (4 km), Red Pike (8 km), Black Crag (8 km), Scoat Fell (9 km), Grasmoor (14 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Snowdon (166 km, Wales), Carnedd Llewelyn (153 km, Wales), Aran Fawddwy (189 km, Wales), Moel Siabod (162 km, Wales), Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (111 km, Scotland), The Cheviot (132 km, England), Arenig Fawr (175 km, Wales), Tinto (130 km, Scotland).

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills v18.4 (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

Sunrise and sunset on Esk Pike

Esk Pike catches the sun before the valley does. On not one of the sixteen dates modelled does this summit wait for first light — the eastern horizon falls away rather than standing over you, and at midsummer the light reaches it 5 minutes before almanac sunrise.

0°30°40°50°60°04:33
Midsummer. The filled shape is the skyline as seen from the summit; the line is the sun’s path. Where they meet is first light — everything left of that point is the wait.
Times for 2026, in Lakeland clock time (GMT in winter, BST in summer) — and model outputs rather than observations.
First lightAlmanac sunriseDifference
Midsummer04:33 BST ±5.0 min04:38-5 min
Equinox06:12 GMT ±5.0 min06:16-4 min
Midwinter08:26 GMT ±5.0 min08:33-7 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean -0.48°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Esk Pike

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (on 1 October) last light is only 17 minutes before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Esk Pike.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
Last lightAlmanac sunsetDifference
Midsummer21:56 BST ±5.0 min21:53+3 min
Equinox18:17 GMT ±5.0 min18:27-10 min
Midwinter15:58 GMT ±5.0 min15:50+8 min

These are daylight figures, not a descent plan: the light goes on fading for a good while after the sun leaves, and going down in it is a decision about your own ground and party, not about this table.

What you can see from Esk Pike

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
111Wainwrights in view+14 marginal
165 kmFurthest sightlineSnowdon (Yr Wyddfa) · possible under favourable refraction
2Sea in viewIrish Sea, Morecambe Bay

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Wales and Scotland.

Far horizons
  • Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) WalesSSW · 165 km clear
  • Carnedd Llewelyn WalesSSW · 150 km clear
  • Criffel ScotlandNNW · 62 km clear
  • Ingleborough Yorkshire DalesSE · 61 km clear
  • Whernside Yorkshire DalesESE · 56 km clear
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesENE · 53 km clear
  • Irish Sea open waterSW · 46 km in view
  • Morecambe Bay bay/estuaryS · 42 km in view
All 111 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Allen Crags, Great End, Bowfell, Rossett Pike, Scafell Pike, Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit), Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Scafell, Glaramara, Slight Side, Great Gable, Pike of Stickle, Green Gable, Loft Crag, Base Brown, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark, High Raise (High White Stones), Brandreth, Hard Knott, Sergeant Man, Grey Knotts, Sergeant's Crag, Eagle Crag, Ullscarf, Lingmoor Fell (Brown How), Fleetwith Pike, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Red Pike (Wasdale), Swirl How, Dale Head, Great Crag (Stonethwaite), Harter Fell (Eskdale), Castle Crag, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), High Spy, Steeple, Hindscarth, Haycock, Green Crag, Robinson, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), High Tove, Stone Arthur, Loughrigg Fell, Seat Sandal, High Seat, Heron Pike (Rydal), Dollywaggon Pike, Great Rigg, Cat Bells (Catbells), Nethermost Pike, Whiteless Pike, Fairfield, Helvellyn, Bleaberry Fell, Raven Crag, Wandope, Sail, Scar Crags, Causey Pike, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), White Side, Hart Crag, Low Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Dove Crag, Grasmoor, Barrow, Walla Crag, Raise, St Sunday Crag, Grisedale Pike, Watson's Dodd, Red Screes, Middle Dodd, Great Dodd, Baystones (Wansfell), Latrigg, Clough Head, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Barf, Sour Howes, Thornthwaite Crag, Fellbarrow - Mosser Fell, Froswick, Dodd (Skiddaw), Ill Bell, Yoke, Lonscale Fell, Sallows, Skiddaw Little Man, Carl Side, The Knott (High Street), Long Side, Ullock Pike, Rampsgill Head, Skiddaw, Kidsty Pike, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, High Raise (High Street), Wether Hill, Branstree, Great Calva, Souther Fell, Knott, Binsey, High Pike (Caldbeck)

How the view from Esk Pike compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

How the skyline, light and sightlines are computed

Computed, not photographed. First light is the first minute the sun’s upper limb clears this summit’s own skyline and last light the last minute it is still clear of it, both solved against the 360° horizon profile behind The View from Esk Pike. Almanac sunrise and sunset are the flat-horizon convention. Every time carries a ± band from the 30 m elevation model — it smooths arêtes and cornices, so nothing here claims better than five minutes.

Sightlines from the Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model, which is a surface model: each 30 m cell holds the top of whatever stands there, trees and buildings included, rather than bare ground. Corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Places to stay near this fell

From Great Langdale: 3 places in Grasmere

Frequently asked questions about Esk Pike

Is Esk Pike hard? Answered above.

Questions from Google’s “People also ask”. · Last updated 2026-08-30 · Suggest a question or correction

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