⛰️ Rossett Pike

651 m · Wainwright — Southern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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651 mWainwright — Southern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+13 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

The south top of Rossett Pike at 612m (2,008ft) is a rocky point on the ridge south of the main Rossett Pike summit, giving additional views down the Mickleden valley in Great Langdale. A Birkett top for those completing the full ridge above the head of Langdale. Part of the approach ridge to Esk Hause from the Langdale valley.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

0.4 km ENEBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
0.8 km NEBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
1.5 km WSWPike de Bield810 m · Southern
1.9 km NNWHigh House Tarn Top (High House - Allen Crags)683 m · Southern
1.9 km SEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
2.2 km SShelter Crags815 m · Southern
2.2 km NNWRed Beck Top (Glaramara South Top) (Lincomb Head - Glaramara)720 m · Southern
2.4 km SCrinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)822 m · Southern
2.5 km SCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
2.6 km WIll Crag931 m · Southern
2.6 km SWHigh Gait Crags572 m · Southern
2.6 km NLooking Steads (Glaramara)774 m · Southern
2.9 km WSWPen762 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Rossett Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 4.3 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
Directions ↗
Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (free verge) — 4.9 km from summit (straight line)
Free verge parking on the Seathwaite lane — the honeypot start for the Scafells, Great Gable and Glaramara. Arrive very early.
Directions ↗

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

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.
Stagecoach 78 “Borrowdale Rambler”
Keswick – Lodore – Grange – Rosthwaite – Seatoller
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 or X4/X5)
Year-round, frequent in season. Serves all the Borrowdale starts — Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable via Seathwaite (alight Seatoller, 20 min walk up the lane).

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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