Whiteless Pike

Written and walked by Lee McCoy · Summited August 2026

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660 mWainwright — North Western Fells+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km Severe in cloud

Whiteless Pike at 660m (2,165ft) is the southern sentinel of the Grasmoor ridge above Buttermere, a sharp, pointed summit giving excellent views of the Buttermere valley and Crummock Water. Wainwright noted the dramatic view looking down to both lakes from the summit ridge.

Summit conditions on Whiteless Pike

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 11° to 5°C, gusts to 67 mph, 8.2 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

68 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 1.17. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 67 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 (opens in new tab) 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.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

8.2 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 0 °C, no ice or snow forecast; cloud: a clear-top reading of 31 out of 100, over our in-cloud line of 20. 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 (opens in new tab)

Routes up Whiteless Pike

Choose the way up before the car park: these four routes start from three places, and the last two rows give the parking and bus at each route’s own start. Full maps further down.

Compared	The Grasmoor Round	The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike	Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops	High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows
Starts from	Lanthwaite Green (paid)	Lanthwaite Green (paid)	Newlands Hause	High Snockrigg (verge)
Distance and climb	16.17 km, 1,304 m of climb	16.17 km, 1,161 m of climb	11.4 km, 1,107 m of climb	15.69 km, 1,446 m of climb
Time, fast to steady	~5¼–7¼ h	~5–7 h	~4–5½ h	~5½–7½ h
Scrambling	Easy scramble: the last 100 m up Hopegill Head from Whiteside (km 3.6–3.7). In the final 100 metres before the peak, where the hands-on scramble begins, take the left-hand line straight up onto the rocky peak.	Easy scramble: the last 100 m up Hopegill Head from Whiteside (km 3.5–3.6). Gasgale Crags is a narrow, airy ridge, and the last 100 m up Hopegill Head is an easy scramble — no place to slip.	Not mentioned in the route’s notes	Not mentioned in the route’s notes
Exposure	Hard	Hard	Not assessed	Not assessed
Navigation	Moderate	Hard	Hard	Moderate
Steepest stretch	Climb of about 39% at 1.6 km (Severe)	Climb of about 41% at 1.5 km (Severe)	Descent of about 43% at 9.4 km (Severe)	Descent of about 43% at 10.6 km (Severe)
After the summit	Over Rannerdale Knotts	Over Rannerdale Knotts	No further tops	Over Thirdgill Head Man, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Eel Crag (Birkett), Grasmoor and Lad Hows
Walked or planned	Walked by Lee, August 2026	Walked by Lee, August 2026	Planned: drawn, not yet walked	Planned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the start	Lanthwaite Green (paid)	Lanthwaite Green (paid)	Newlands Hause car park (free)	High Snockrigg (verge)
Bus to the start	77 at the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.	77 at the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.	77, 2.2 km walk from Buttermere Youth Hostel (near). Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.	77 at the start. Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day.

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 Whiteless Pike hard to climb?

Steep on virtually every side, with a small rocky summit — a shapely, conical fell that earns its height honestly. The walking is not technical, but there is no gentle way onto it from Buttermere.

The best of it is Whiteless Edge, the fine airy crest running on toward Wandope, which is the reason to include it rather than pass it. Our round with Grasmoor and its neighbours is 16.2 km with 1161 m of ascent and we rate that day Severe overall for its steepness.

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Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 660 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast

Tue 27 Oct

11° / 5°

67 mph

8.2 mm (100%)

Wed 28 Oct

8° / 6°

52 mph

7.1 mm (100%)

Thu 29 Oct

9° / 7°

26 mph

0.8 mm (26%)

Fri 30 Oct

9° / 6°

25 mph

0.0 mm (31%)

Sat 31 Oct

10° / 1°

8 mph

0.0 mm (25%)

Sun 1 Nov

7° / 0°

5 mph

0.0 mm (12%)

Mon 2 Nov

7° / 2°

15 mph

0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Whiteless Pike

Parking

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

Lanthwaite Green — 0.1 km from the start of The Grasmoor Round and The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike (straight line)

At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Free for National Trust members (National Trust, read 28 September 2026).

Directions Something changed here?

Newlands Hause car park — at the start of Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops

At Newlands Hause, the top of the Newlands Pass road above Buttermere. The 'Knott Rigg & Ard Crags Out-and-Back from Newlands Pass' route starts here. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.

Directions Something changed here?

High Snockrigg (verge) — 0.1 km from the start of High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows (straight line)

On the Newlands Pass road above Buttermere village, about 70 m from the Mountain Road junction bus stop. The 'High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows' route starts 60 m away, and 'Great Borne & Starling Dodd' and 'High Stile, Seat via Buttermere' about 210 m away in the village.

The Newlands Pass road above Buttermere with a rough verge beside it, a grassy fell rising ahead Taken October 2026

Directions Something changed here?

5 more places to park near Whiteless Pike

High Snockrigg, north-west (layby) — 1.7 km from summit (straight line)

Walking base for High Snockrigg, Whiteless Pike, Thirdgill Head Man and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) — the 'High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows' route starts 391 m away. Free (OSM-tagged). Compacted surface (OSM-tagged).

Directions Something changed here?

Rannerdale Knotts, south (layby) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)

On the B5289 between Buttermere village and Crummock Water, about 1.1 km north-west of the village. The nearest route starts are in the village: 'The Buttermere Ridge', 0.8 km on foot, and 'Scale Fell and Mellbreak', 0.8 km on foot. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).

Directions Something changed here?

Rannerdale Knotts (layby) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)

On the B5289 between Buttermere village and Crummock Water, about 1.1 km north-west of the village. The nearest route starts are in the village: 'The Buttermere Ridge', 0.8 km on foot, and 'Scale Fell and Mellbreak', 0.9 km on foot. Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).

Directions Something changed here?

Crummock Water, Cinderdale Common (free) — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)

Roadside common by Crummock Water - Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike.

Directions Something changed here?

Car park for Rannerdale Knotts — 1.8 km from summit (straight line)

Beside the B5289 on the shore of Crummock Water, at the foot of Rannerdale Knotts. The nearest route starts are in Buttermere village, among them 'Scale Fell and Mellbreak', 1.7 km on foot. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.

Directions Something changed here?

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 77 stops at Lanthwaite Green Farm (opposite), a 20 m walk from the start of The Grasmoor Round — a route we rate Severe overall (hardest: steepness). Seasonal: the 77 does not run all year. 1 November 2026 is its last day. It returns on 22 March 2027. Confirmed with the operator: its last day on 29 August 2026, its return on 16 October 2026. As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Keswick (77): Tuesday to Sunday 18:03. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 12 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”

Keswick – Portinscale – Hawes End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)

Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)

Seasonal (Summer 2026 timetable: 23 March to 1 November 2026). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

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

Hazards on Whiteless Pike

Hazard & Incident Information for Whiteless Pike

Checked by Lee McCoy, 14 June 2026. Draws on published material from Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A shapely, conical peak above Buttermere that is steep on virtually every side, with a rocky little summit and the fine, airy crest of Whiteless Edge running off toward Wandope. There is no easy way up or down — every approach is a steep, rough pull — and the exposed ridge demands a steady head. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team covers this Buttermere ground.

Steep flanks and the rocky summit: Whiteless Pike is steep on all sides and the final climb to the rocky top is rough underfoot. A slip on the steep ascent or descent can run a long way; take care with footing, especially when wet, and pace the relentless climb.
Whiteless Edge (the airy ridge to Wandope): The crest north-east to Saddle Gate and Wandope is a fine but exposed, narrow ridge. Straightforward in calm dry conditions but unnerving and slippery in strong wind, wet or ice — take it steadily.
The long steep descent to Buttermere / Rannerdale: The descent off Whiteless Breast toward Buttermere and Rannerdale is steep and unrelenting, hard on tired legs. Don't hurry it, and in cloud keep to the path so you don't drift onto steeper ground.

Who should attempt this fell: Whiteless Pike is a steep little mountain with no soft option — expect a rough climb whichever way you go, and treat Whiteless Edge as genuinely exposed, taking it carefully in wind or wet. Keep to the path on the steep descent, and treat it as full winter ground when there is snow or ice. A steady head for heights helps on the ridge.

What to watch for: Slips on the steep, rough ascent and descent · Loss of footing or balance on the exposed Whiteless Edge in wind · Drifting off the path on the steep flanks in cloud · Winter ice on the steep ground and the ridge

Local Mountain Rescue: Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team (opens in new tab)

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 (opens in new tab)

Navigating in cloud

Severe

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. A serious place to be caught in cloud: carry map and compass (or GPS) and know how to use them, or save it for a clear day.

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 Whiteless 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 (opens in new tab) (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 Whiteless 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 NNEThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western

0.9 km WNWLad Hows426 m · North Western

2.0 km EIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western

2.0 km NNEEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western

2.2 km SSEHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western

3.0 km NNESand Hill756 m · North Western

Routes over Whiteless Pike

The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike

Summits: Whiteside (Whiteside West Top)Whiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)Gasgale Crags Hopegill Head Sand Hill Grasmoor Wandope Thirdgill Head ManWhiteless PikeRannerdale Knotts

If you only do one round in the North Western Fells, this is it. Grasmoor is a bigger, wilder mountain than its modest reputation suggests, and the ridge from Whiteside over Gasgale Crags to Hopegill Head is as good as ridge walking gets outside the Langdales. Whiteless Pike at the end is a perfect little peak — and a punishing descent.

Download GPX Walked by Lee, August 2026

Best season: Late spring to autumn, in clear conditions. Gasgale Crags is narrow and rocky, and Grasmoor’s summit plateau is a blank, stony expanse that is thoroughly disorientating in cloud.

Warnings: The climb straight up Whiteside from Lanthwaite is brutally steep — a relentless, loose, eroded pull with little respite. It is the hardest 500 m on this route and it comes first. Gasgale Crags is a narrow, rocky ridge. It is not a graded scramble like Sharp Edge, but the last 100 m up Hopegill Head is an easy scramble, the ridge is airy, the rock is loose in places, and it wants care in wind or wet. Grasmoor’s summit is a featureless stony plateau with crags on three sides. In cloud it is a genuine navigation trap — take a bearing before you leave the cairn. The descent off Whiteless Pike is a knee-breaker — steep, sustained and relentless, right at the end of a long day. It is one of the steepest sustained descents in the Lakes. A long day with 1,161 m of ascent and ten tops. Navigation is graded hard: the high ground is broad and the drops are real. The path runs right around the edge of Addacomb Hole, a steep half-crater with a high headwall. Keep back from the rim, especially in wind or cloud — a slip here drops into serious ground. Don't approach the lip for the view in poor visibility. Rannerdale Knotts: The ridge ends suddenly in a wall of crag and scree falling steeply to the valley by Crummock Water. Keep back from the abrupt end and the edges among the summit knolls, especially in wind or cloud — it's a small fell with a real drop. Whiteside (Whiteside West Top): The ridge towers above Gasgale Gill on a wall of crag. Keep back from the southern edge, particularly in cloud or wind where the drop comes with little warning.

From the hazard notes for Whiteside (Whiteside West Top) · Rannerdale Knotts, each with its sources.

Route guide: The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike →

High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows

Summits: High SnockriggWhiteless PikeThirdgill Head Man Crag Hill (Eel Crag)Eel Crag (Birkett)Grasmoor Lad Hows

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: Grasmoor: The top is broad, grassy and almost featureless, ringed by steep crags and gullies. In mist it is very easy to set off on the wrong bearing and end up above the cliffs or descending a dangerous flank. Take and trust a compass bearing before leaving the summit. Crag Hill (Eel Crag): The northern crags fall away steeply to the head of Coledale. In cloud the flat summit gives little warning of the edge — keep back from the northern rim and don't drift toward it on a vague bearing.

From the hazard notes for Crag Hill (Eel Crag) · Grasmoor, each with its sources.

Route guide: High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows →

Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops

Summits: Knott Rigg Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)Ard Crags Scar Crags Sail Crag Hill (Eel Crag)Eel Crag (Birkett)Wandope Thirdgill Head ManWhiteless Pike

The start is the free car park at Newlands Hause, the top of the Newlands Pass road between Buttermere and Newlands. No bus stop is mapped within about 1.5 km.

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: OpenStreetMap maps crag edges within about 5 m of the path in four places: on the ridge between Sail and Crag Hill (Scott Crag, near 5.95 km), just past the top of Crag Hill (near 6.3 km), near 7.55 km before Wandope, and on Whiteless Edge (near 8.5 km). Between about 6.7 and 7.0 km, past the Eel Crag top, the line is up to about 130 m from any mapped path. From Whiteless Pike the line goes very steeply down to Sail Beck, about 43% sustained near 9.4 km, the steepest ground of the walk, then climbs about 250 m almost as steeply to the Knott Rigg path: about 50% over 250 m near 10.7 km. The line crosses streams at two points OpenStreetMap maps as fords: below Ard Crags near 3.15 km, and Sail Beck near 10.15 km. About 4.3 km of the line, in pieces, follows paths that OpenStreetMap does not record as public rights of way; the longest are about 1.1 km from the top of Ard Crags towards Scar Crags (about 2.75 to 3.9 km), about 0.9 km from Crag Hill past the Eel Crag top (about 6.15 to 7.0 km) and about 2 km from Whiteless Pike to the Knott Rigg path (about 8.9 to 10.9 km). The rest is public footpaths. That is a map-data note, not a ruling on access: check the access land and rights of way maps before relying on this stretch.

Route guide: Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops →

The Grasmoor Round

Summits: Whiteside (Whiteside West Top)Whiteside East Top (Whiteside) (Gasgale Crags)Gasgale Crags Hopegill Head Sand Hill Grasmoor Thirdgill Head ManWhiteless PikeRannerdale Knotts

Download GPX Walked by Lee, August 2026

Warnings: Rannerdale Knotts: The ridge ends suddenly in a wall of crag and scree falling steeply to the valley by Crummock Water. Keep back from the abrupt end and the edges among the summit knolls, especially in wind or cloud — it's a small fell with a real drop. Grasmoor: The top is broad, grassy and almost featureless, ringed by steep crags and gullies. In mist it is very easy to set off on the wrong bearing and end up above the cliffs or descending a dangerous flank. Take and trust a compass bearing before leaving the summit. Whiteside (Whiteside West Top): The ridge towers above Gasgale Gill on a wall of crag. Keep back from the southern edge, particularly in cloud or wind where the drop comes with little warning.

From the hazard notes for Whiteside (Whiteside West Top) · Grasmoor · Rannerdale Knotts, each with its sources.

Route guide: The Grasmoor Round →

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 Whiteless Pike

Water & shelter on the way up

On the The Grasmoor round: Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Whiteless Pike route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 5 m off the line) Lanthwaite Green Farm (58 m from the start, straight line)

On the High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 9 m off the line) shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 52 m off the line) Mountain Road junction (11 m from the start, straight line) Bridge Hotel (133 m from the start, straight line) The Fish Hotel (184 m from the start, straight line) Buttermere Youth Hostel (N bound) (209 m from the start, straight line) Syke Farm Campsite (355 m from the start, straight line)

On the Newlands Hause to the Coledale Tops route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 27 m off the line)

On the The Grasmoor Round route:

shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 3 m off the line) Lanthwaite Green Farm (4 m from the start, straight line)

About Whiteless Pike

The ascent from Buttermere village via Whiteless Breast is direct and rewarding. Most naturally combined with Wandope and Grasmoor for the full western circuit above Buttermere and Crummock Water. The lake views are excellent throughout.

My Strava hikes over Whiteless Pike

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

The Grasmoor Round (opens in new tab) — 16.0 km · 1166 m ascent · 4h 23m moving · 22 August 2026

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Is Whiteless Pike a Wainwright?

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

Selected lists

660 m

Height

2,165 ft

In feet

NY 1801 1897

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 Whiteless Pike

The 360° skyline from Whiteless 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.

drag to pan · arrow keys

The skyline as a list, by direction

North-east: Sail (2 km)
East: Watson's Dodd (16 km), Clough Head (16 km), White Side (16 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (16 km), Raise (16 km), Great Dodd (16 km), Stybarrow Dodd (16 km), Helvellyn (17 km), Nethermost Pike (17 km), Catstye Cam (17 km), High Crag (17 km), Dollywaggon Pike (18 km), Cofa Pike (19 km), Fairfield (19 km)
South-east: Robinson (3 km), Hindscarth (4 km), Glaramara (11 km), Looking Steads (11 km), Red Beck Top (11 km), Great End (12 km), Allen Crags (12 km), Esk Pike (13 km), Bowfell (14 km), Seat Sandal (18 km), Great Rigg (20 km), Red Screes (24 km)
South: High Stile (4 km), High Stile (4 km), High Crag (5 km), Pillar (7 km), Black Crag (8 km), Red Pike (8 km), Kirk Fell (9 km), Great Gable (9 km), Broad Crag (12 km), Scafell Pike (12 km), Scafell (13 km)
South-west: Red Pike (4 km), Haycock (9 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Slieve Donard (177 km, Ireland), Merrick (100 km, Scotland), Snaefell (84 km, Isle of Man), Cairnsmore of Fleet (83 km, Scotland), Corserine (96 km, Scotland), Lamachan Hill (94 km, Scotland), South Barrule (102 km, Isle of Man), Slieve Croob (177 km, Ireland).

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

Sunrise and sunset on Whiteless Pike

Whiteless Pike waits for the sun. Its longest wait of the modelled year falls at midsummer, when the sun is up for 28 minutes before it clears this skyline — first light 05:05 against an almanac sunrise of 04:37. You are standing in shadow while the valley below is already lit. The sun comes up to the north-east from here (50.8°), and the skyline on that bearing stands at 2.63°.

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 light	Almanac sunrise	Difference
Midsummer	05:05 BST ±5.0 min	04:37	+28 min
Equinox	06:20 GMT ±5.0 min	06:16	+4 min
Midwinter	08:48 GMT ±5.0 min	08:34	+14 min

The northern horizon stands at about 5.41° from here.

Last light — when the sun leaves Whiteless Pike

Whiteless Pike holds the light. On not one of the sixteen dates modelled does the sun leave this summit before almanac sunset — the ground falls away westward rather than standing over you, and at midsummer it is still in the sun 3 minutes after the valley has lost it.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
	Last light	Almanac sunset	Difference
Midsummer	21:57 BST ±5.0 min	21:54	+3 min
Equinox	18:33 GMT ±5.0 min	18:27	+6 min
Midwinter	15:55 GMT ±5.0 min	15:49	+6 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 Whiteless Pike

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.

60Wainwrights in view+6 marginal

182 kmFurthest sightlineSlieve Binnian · possible under favourable refraction

1Sea in viewIrish Sea

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Far horizons

Slieve Binnian Northern IrelandWSW · 182 km clear
Slieve Donard Northern IrelandWSW · 177 km clear
Merrick ScotlandNW · 102 km clear
Snaefell Isle of ManWSW · 84 km clear
Cross Fell North PenninesENE · 53 km clear
Irish Sea open waterW · 36 km in view

All 60 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Wandope, Grasmoor, Rannerdale Knotts, Knott Rigg, Sail, Ard Crags, Robinson, Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top), Red Pike (Buttermere), Causey Pike, High Stile, Hen Comb, High Crag (Buttermere), Starling Dodd, Fleetwith Pike, Low Fell, Maiden Moor, Haystacks (Buttermere), High Spy, Great Borne, Gavel Fell, Cat Bells (Catbells), Pillar, Blake Fell, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Red Pike (Wasdale), Kirk Fell, Green Gable, Great Gable, Crag Fell, Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, Grike, Glaramara, Lingmell, Lank Rigg, Great End, Allen Crags, Scafell Pike, Scafell, Esk Pike, High Rigg (Naddle Fell), Bowfell, Watson's Dodd, Clough Head, White Side, Raise, Great Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Catstye Cam, Dollywaggon Pike, Seat Sandal, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Great Mell Fell, Red Screes

How the view from Whiteless 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 Whiteless 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

High Swinside Holiday Cottages (opens in new tab) guest houseabout 3.9 km
Crummockwater Cottages (opens in new tab) guest houseabout 1.8 km
Bridge Hotel (opens in new tab) hotelabout 4.2 km

We have not stayed at any of them. We take no bookings or affiliate fees. Distances are straight lines from each route start, never walking times. Properties found via OpenStreetMap (opens in new tab).

Frequently asked questions about Whiteless Pike

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Whiteless Pike

Summit conditions on Whiteless Pike

Wind on the top

Rain, and the becks

Routes up Whiteless Pike

Is Whiteless Pike hard to climb?

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Parking & buses for Whiteless Pike

Parking

Buses

Hazards on Whiteless Pike

Hazard & Incident Information for Whiteless Pike

Navigating in cloud

If you need Mountain Rescue

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Birketts within 3 km of Whiteless Pike

Routes over Whiteless Pike

On the hill: terrain and water on Whiteless Pike

Water & shelter on the way up

About Whiteless Pike

My Strava hikes over Whiteless Pike

Classifications & hill data

Is Whiteless Pike a Wainwright?

Selected lists

The view from Whiteless Pike

The 360° skyline from Whiteless Pike

Sunrise and sunset on Whiteless Pike

Last light — when the sun leaves Whiteless Pike

What you can see from Whiteless Pike

Places to stay near this fell

Frequently asked questions about Whiteless Pike

Other fells near Whiteless Pike