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{{Short description|Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Cold Pike
| name = Cold Pike
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| parent_peak = [[Crinkle Crags]]
| parent_peak = [[Crinkle Crags]]
| listing = [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]], [[Nuttall (hill)|Nuttall]], [[List of Wainwrights|Wainwright]]
| listing = [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]], [[Nuttall (hill)|Nuttall]], [[List of Wainwrights|Wainwright]]
| location = [[Cumbria]], {{ENG}}
| location = [[Cumbria]], England
| range = [[Lake District]], [[Southern Fells]]
| range = [[Lake District]], [[Southern Fells]]
| coordinates = {{coord|54.421|N|3.134|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates =
| grid_ref_UK = NY262035
| grid_ref_UK = NY262035
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 90, ''Explorer'' OL6
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 90, ''Explorer'' OL6
| map = United Kingdom Lake District
| map = United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom Copeland#United Kingdom South Lakeland
| map_caption = Location in the Lake District##Location in Copeland Borough##Location in South Lakeland
| lat_d=54.421
| long_d=-3.134
}}
}}


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'''Cold Pike''' is a [[fell]] in the [[England|English]] [[Lake District]]. It is a satellite of [[Crinkle Crags]] and stands above the Upper [[Duddon Valley]].
'''Cold Pike''' is a [[fell]] in the English [[Lake District]]. It is a satellite of [[Crinkle Crags]] and stands above the Upper [[Duddon Valley]].


==Topography==
==Topography==
When travelling clockwise [[Crinkle Crags]] is the last of the high cirque of fells forming the head of upper Eskdale. It sends out a trio of ridges to the south, running parallel like the prongs of a trident. Working from the west these ridges culminate in [[Hard Knott]], Little Stand and Cold Pike. The Cold Pike ridge begins indistinctly in an area of rocky knolls and small [[tarn (lake)|tarns]] beneath the Fifth Crinkle. Gradually gaining definition it descends to a broad grassy saddle before rising again to the summit plateau of Cold Pike. To the north of the saddle is Great How (2,283&nbsp;ft). This top is considered by most guidebooks to be a subsidiary of Crinkle Crags rather than the nearer Cold Pike.<ref name="wainwright">[[Alfred Wainwright]]: ''[[A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells]]'', Book 4: ISBN 0-7112-2457-9</ref><ref name="richards">Richards, Mark: ''Mid-Western Fells'': Collins (2004): ISBN 0-00-711368-4</ref> Beyond the summit the ridge continues for another half mile south eastward before falling steeply over the many tiered crags of Wrynose Breast.
When travelling clockwise, [[Crinkle Crags]] is the last of the high cirque of fells forming the head of upper Eskdale. It sends out a trio of ridges to the south, running parallel like the prongs of a trident. Working from the west these ridges culminate in [[Hard Knott]], Little Stand and Cold Pike. The Cold Pike ridge begins indistinctly in an area of rocky knolls and small [[tarn (lake)|tarns]] beneath the Fifth Crinkle. Gradually gaining definition it descends to a broad grassy saddle before rising again to the summit plateau of Cold Pike. To the north of the saddle is Great Knott at {{convert|2283|ft}}. This top is considered by most guidebooks to be a subsidiary of Crinkle Crags rather than the nearer Cold Pike.<ref name="wainwright">[[Alfred Wainwright]]: ''[[A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells]]'', Book 4: {{ISBN|0-7112-2457-9}}</ref><ref name="richards">Richards, Mark: ''Mid-Western Fells'': Collins (2004): {{ISBN|0-00-711368-4}}</ref> Beyond the summit the ridge continues for another {{convert|1/2|mile|m|spell=in|-1}} south eastward before falling steeply over the many tiered crags of Wrynose Breast.


Wrynose Breast stands above the nascent Duddon and the [[Wrynose Pass]] road, which provides the only vehicular link between central Lakeland and the Duddon Valley. Together with [[Hardknott Pass]] to the west, Wrynose is the latest incarnation of the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] road from [[Ambleside]] to the port of [[Ravenglass]].
Wrynose Breast stands above the nascent Duddon and the [[Wrynose Pass]] road, which provides the only vehicular link between central Lakeland and the Duddon Valley. Together with [[Hardknott Pass]] to the west, Wrynose is the latest incarnation of the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] road from [[Ambleside]] to the port of [[Ravenglass]].


To the west of Cold Pike is the Gaitscale Beck, the watercourse separating it from Little Stand. To the east across a wide low [[mountain pass|col]] is [[Pike of Blisco]], a conical fell with its footing firmly in [[Langdale]]. The source of the River Duddon flows south from this col, curving westward around the foot of Wrynose Breast. To the north is Red Tarn, a feeder via Oxendale of [[Great Langdale]] Beck. Red Tarn is an elongated pool whose stony bed can be seen through clear shallow waters, reputed to hold trout.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-1-5</ref> It forms a focal point for walkers as the wide path from the summit of Wrynose Pass down to Stool End runs beside it, a further path branching off across the outflow to Crinkle Crags.
To the west of Cold Pike is the Gaitscale Beck, the watercourse separating it from Little Stand. To the east across a wide low [[mountain pass|col]] is [[Pike of Blisco]], a conical fell with its footing firmly in [[Langdale]]. The source of the River Duddon flows south from this col, curving westward around the foot of Wrynose Breast. To the north is Red Tarn, a feeder via Oxendale of [[Great Langdale]] Beck. Red Tarn is an elongated pool whose stony bed can be seen through clear shallow waters, reputed to hold trout.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): {{ISBN|0-9543904-1-5}}</ref> It forms a focal point for walkers as the wide path from the summit of Wrynose Pass down to Stool End runs beside it, a further path branching off across the outflow to Crinkle Crags.


==Geology and Mining==
==Geology==


The fell top is composed of [[dacite]] [[lava]] flows with the [[volcaniclastic]] [[sandstone]]s and [[tuff]]s of the Blisco Member outcropping to the south.<ref name="BGS">[[British Geological Survey]]: 1:50,000 series maps, ''England & Wales Sheet 38'': BGS (1998)</ref>
The fell top is composed of [[dacite]] [[lava]] flows with the [[volcaniclastic]] [[sandstone]]s and [[tuff]]s of the Blisco Member outcropping to the south.<ref name="BGS">[[British Geological Survey]]: 1:50,000 series maps, ''England & Wales Sheet 38'': BGS (1998)</ref>


The main Red Tarn path was originally made to serve Red Crag Mine. This consists of a series of pits and trial borings for [[iron]], concentrated about 300&nbsp;yards north of the tarn. It was worked from 1860 to 1875 but never achieved commercial success.<ref name="adams">Adams, John: ''Mines of the Lake District Fells'': Dalesman (1995) ISBN 0-85206-931-6</ref>
The main Red Tarn path was originally made to serve Red Crag Mine. This consists of a series of pits and trial borings for [[iron]], concentrated about {{convert|300|yard|m}} north of the tarn. It was worked from 1860 to 1875 but never achieved commercial success.<ref name="adams">Adams, John: ''Mines of the Lake District Fells'': Dalesman (1995) {{ISBN|0-85206-931-6}}</ref>


==Summit and View==
==Summit==
The summit plateau of Cold Pike has three widely separated summits, all of which are listed as [[nuttall (hill)|nuttalls]]. The lower two are unnamed on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps, but are generally referred to as '''Cold Pike West Top''' and '''Cold Pike Far West Top'''.<ref>Nuttall, John & Anne: ''The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England'' (2nd edition): Cicerone (1990): ISBN 1-85284-037-4</ref> The true summit is itself one of a series of three outcrops in a mild echoing of Crinkle Crags. Each has a [[cairn]], the highest being a fine example. The top is an excellent place from which to survey Crinkle Crags, the [[Langdale Pikes]], and the northern end of the Coniston Fells across Wrynose Bottom; there is a fine distant prospect of the [[Pennines]] above [[Windermere]], and [[Morecambe Bay]] above the [[Duddon Valley]].<ref name="wainwright"/><ref name="richards"/>
The summit plateau of Cold Pike has three widely separated summits, all of which are listed as [[nuttall (hill)|nuttalls]]. The lower two are unnamed on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps, but are generally referred to as '''Cold Pike West Top''' and '''Cold Pike Far West Top'''.<ref>Nuttall, John & Anne: ''The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England'' (2nd edition): Cicerone (1990): {{ISBN|1-85284-037-4}}</ref> The true summit is itself one of a series of three outcrops in a mild echoing of Crinkle Crags. Each has a [[cairn]], the highest being a fine example. The top is an excellent place from which to survey Crinkle Crags, the [[Langdale Pikes]], and the northern end of the Coniston Fells across Wrynose Bottom; there is a fine distant prospect of the [[Pennines]] above [[Windermere]], and [[Morecambe Bay]] above the [[Duddon Valley]].<ref name="wainwright"/><ref name="richards"/>
*[http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/ENGP/Cold%20Pike.png Panorama]
*[http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/ENGP/Cold%20Pike.png Panorama]


==Ascents==
==Ascents==
Cold Pike can be reached easily via Red Tarn from the carpark at the summit of Wrynose Pass. It can also be climbed (less easily) from Great Langdale. More "honest" walkers beginning in the south may wish to start from [[Little Langdale]] or Wrynose Bottom, first ascending Wrynose Pass. A direct route from Wrynose Bottom is also possible although pathless, skirting around the left of the crags. A consideration here is that the Duddon will need to be forded when starting out.<ref name="richards"/> Cold Pike is often seen as a worthwhile detour ''en route'' to Crinkle Crags.
Cold Pike can be reached easily via Red Tarn from the carpark at the summit of Wrynose Pass. It can also be climbed (less easily) from Great Langdale. More ‘honest’ walkers beginning in the south may wish to start from [[Little Langdale]] or Wrynose Bottom, first ascending Wrynose Pass. A direct route from Wrynose Bottom is also possible although pathless, skirting around the left of the crags. A consideration here is that the Duddon will need to be forded when starting out.<ref name="richards"/> Cold Pike is often seen as a worthwhile detour ''en route'' to Crinkle Crags.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Borough of Copeland]]
[[Category:South Lakeland District]]

Latest revision as of 06:36, 14 September 2023

Cold Pike
Cold Pike from Great Knott
Highest point
Elevation701 m (2,300 ft)
Prominencec. 46 m
Parent peakCrinkle Crags
ListingHewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright
Coordinates54°25′16″N 3°08′02″W / 54.421°N 3.134°W / 54.421; -3.134
Geography
Cold Pike is located in the Lake District
Cold Pike
Cold Pike
Location in the Lake District
Cold Pike is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Cold Pike
Cold Pike
Location in Copeland Borough
Cold Pike is located in the former South Lakeland district
Cold Pike
Cold Pike
Location in South Lakeland
LocationCumbria, England
Parent rangeLake District, Southern Fells
OS gridNY262035
Topo mapOS Landranger 90, Explorer OL6
Listed summits of Cold Pike
Name Grid ref Height Status
Cold Pike West Top NY258035 683 m (2,241 ft) Nuttall
Cold Pike Far West Top NY256037 670 m (2,198 ft) Nuttall

Cold Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Crinkle Crags and stands above the Upper Duddon Valley.

Topography

[edit]

When travelling clockwise, Crinkle Crags is the last of the high cirque of fells forming the head of upper Eskdale. It sends out a trio of ridges to the south, running parallel like the prongs of a trident. Working from the west these ridges culminate in Hard Knott, Little Stand and Cold Pike. The Cold Pike ridge begins indistinctly in an area of rocky knolls and small tarns beneath the Fifth Crinkle. Gradually gaining definition it descends to a broad grassy saddle before rising again to the summit plateau of Cold Pike. To the north of the saddle is Great Knott at 2,283 feet (696 m). This top is considered by most guidebooks to be a subsidiary of Crinkle Crags rather than the nearer Cold Pike.[1][2] Beyond the summit the ridge continues for another one-half mile (800 m) south eastward before falling steeply over the many tiered crags of Wrynose Breast.

Wrynose Breast stands above the nascent Duddon and the Wrynose Pass road, which provides the only vehicular link between central Lakeland and the Duddon Valley. Together with Hardknott Pass to the west, Wrynose is the latest incarnation of the Roman road from Ambleside to the port of Ravenglass.

To the west of Cold Pike is the Gaitscale Beck, the watercourse separating it from Little Stand. To the east across a wide low col is Pike of Blisco, a conical fell with its footing firmly in Langdale. The source of the River Duddon flows south from this col, curving westward around the foot of Wrynose Breast. To the north is Red Tarn, a feeder via Oxendale of Great Langdale Beck. Red Tarn is an elongated pool whose stony bed can be seen through clear shallow waters, reputed to hold trout.[3] It forms a focal point for walkers as the wide path from the summit of Wrynose Pass down to Stool End runs beside it, a further path branching off across the outflow to Crinkle Crags.

Geology

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The fell top is composed of dacite lava flows with the volcaniclastic sandstones and tuffs of the Blisco Member outcropping to the south.[4]

The main Red Tarn path was originally made to serve Red Crag Mine. This consists of a series of pits and trial borings for iron, concentrated about 300 yards (270 m) north of the tarn. It was worked from 1860 to 1875 but never achieved commercial success.[5]

Summit

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The summit plateau of Cold Pike has three widely separated summits, all of which are listed as nuttalls. The lower two are unnamed on Ordnance Survey maps, but are generally referred to as Cold Pike West Top and Cold Pike Far West Top.[6] The true summit is itself one of a series of three outcrops in a mild echoing of Crinkle Crags. Each has a cairn, the highest being a fine example. The top is an excellent place from which to survey Crinkle Crags, the Langdale Pikes, and the northern end of the Coniston Fells across Wrynose Bottom; there is a fine distant prospect of the Pennines above Windermere, and Morecambe Bay above the Duddon Valley.[1][2]

Ascents

[edit]

Cold Pike can be reached easily via Red Tarn from the carpark at the summit of Wrynose Pass. It can also be climbed (less easily) from Great Langdale. More ‘honest’ walkers beginning in the south may wish to start from Little Langdale or Wrynose Bottom, first ascending Wrynose Pass. A direct route from Wrynose Bottom is also possible although pathless, skirting around the left of the crags. A consideration here is that the Duddon will need to be forded when starting out.[2] Cold Pike is often seen as a worthwhile detour en route to Crinkle Crags.

References

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  1. ^ a b Alfred Wainwright: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 4: ISBN 0-7112-2457-9
  2. ^ a b c Richards, Mark: Mid-Western Fells: Collins (2004): ISBN 0-00-711368-4
  3. ^ Blair, Don: Exploring Lakeland Tarns: Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-1-5
  4. ^ British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps, England & Wales Sheet 38: BGS (1998)
  5. ^ Adams, John: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman (1995) ISBN 0-85206-931-6
  6. ^ Nuttall, John & Anne: The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England (2nd edition): Cicerone (1990): ISBN 1-85284-037-4
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