Summit Descriptions

This page provides descriptions of all the summit areas of the tops on the round.

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No	Name of Top	Height (m)	Summit description
1	Skiddaw	925	The summit area is in the shape of an upturned boat with the actual summit at the Northern end. There is a cairn and an OS trig point at the highest point.
2	Great Calva	680	Despite being a heathery fell, the summit area is quite rocky. There are two summits about 100m apart and linked by a wire fence with the Northern one being the higher
3	Blencathra	856	The summit area is grassy and gently sloping to the north. The summit is marked by a small cairn at the top of Hall's Fell Ridge.
4	Clough head	721	A grassy summit area. There is an OS trig point and a stone shelter at the highest point.
5	Great Dodd	854	A large summit area with a cairn at the Northern end and a stone shelter at the Southern. In between is a rise that appears to be higher than either. Assume that the cairn is the highest point.
6	Watson Dodd	784	The least pronounced summit on the round. A cairn at the western end of the grassy plateau, overlooking Thirlmere marks the highest point.
7	Stybarrow Dodd	841	A grassy summit area with three cairns. The Northern cairn is the summit.
8	Raise	880	An extensive rocky summit area. That part to the south is less rocky but extends for some distance. The summit is marked by a large cairn just to the East of the main path.
9	White Side	862	A stony, but fairly small summit area with a large cairn marking the top.
10	Helvellyn Lower man	1250	A rocky top with a small cairn situated at the top of the North ridge being the highest point.
11	Helvellyn	945	A lot of summit furniture on this one! The highest point is marked by an OS trig point on the edge of the northern escarpment dropping down to Red Tarn. A shelter made of cross of stone walls lies around 50m SE.
12	Nethermost Pike	891	A flat summit plateau with several cairns. That at the Northern end probably being the highest point.
13	Dollywaggon Pike	851	The summit is a narrowing ridge with a small cairn at the Northern end overlooking Grizedale marking the top.
14	Fairfield	873	A broad rocky plateau with the summit marked by a large, low cairn-shelter.
15	Seat Sandal	732	A flat summit area with several rocky outcrops. An old drystone wall runs along the top and the summit is marked by a cairn near to this.
16	Steel Fell	549	A prominent summit with the highest point close to a corner in the wire fence.
17	Calf Crag	531	A confusing summit area, especially in mist. The highest point is a rocky ridge with a small cairn, just to the West of the path leading to Helm Crag.
18	Sergeant Man	726	A rocky ridge rising from the surrounding moor marks the summit. Popular with walkers taking their lunch.
19	High Raise	760	The summit area is a large grassy dome interspersed with peat hags and pools. The summit is marked by an OS trig point and a large stone shelter.
20	Thunacar Knott	720	A wide summit plateau with many small rocky tors which can be confusing in mist. The summit is marked by a cairn.
21	Harrison Stickle	726	The summit area is a well defined rocky plateau with the highest point at the Northern end.
22	Pike O Stickle	691	One of the best defined summits in the district. A cairn marks the highest point though this is hardly without doubt.
23	Rossett Pike	629	The summit lies at the southern end of a long rocky ridge, overlooking Rossett Gill. It is marked by a small cairn. Note that there is another cairn to the East overlooking Langdale but this is lower.
24	Bowfell	898	A large and very rocky summit area with the top being a prominent rise at the Southern end.
25	Esk Pike	880	A rocky summit with the actual top being a cairn to the north of the path which lies in a curious cutting.
26	Great End	907	A broad stony plateau with two possible tops. Wainwright reckons the Eastern one to be higher, though there is little in it.
27	Ill Crag	920	A rocky ridge at the Southern end of a wide stony plateau marks the summit.
28	Broad crag	927	Perhaps the roughest summit in Lakeland. A large rock among equals marks the top.
29	Scafell Pike	972	The summit is defined by a large stone built platform. This is usually hidden by collapsed Three Peak Challengers.
30	Scafell	957	The highest point lies to the South of a broad saddle and consists of several stone shelters and cairns.
31	Yewbarrow	621	A simple summit with a small cairn atop a rocky ridge.
32	Red Pike	816	The summit area is a sloping plateau with a steep drop to the North overlooking Mosedale. The summit is marked by a large cairn on the very edge of this drop.
33	Steeple	802	The summit is atop a well defined pyramid lying to the north of the main Ennerdale escarpment.
34	Pillar	890	The summit area is a small stony plateau with the highest point marked by an OS trig point and small stone shelter.
35	Kirkfell	799	The top of Kirkfell is a very large plateau with two prominent tops separated by small tarns. That to the South is the highest and the summit is marked by a large cairn.
36	Great Gable	893	One of the rockiest tops in the district. The summit overlooks Wasdale and is marked by a cairn and a memorial plaque.
37	Green Gable	792	The summit area is a mixture of rock and grass sloping to the north with a rough cliff facing South. The top is marked by a large cairn.
38	Brandrith	712	An indistinct top with several points being contenders for the highest point. The most likely is the central cairn.
39	Grey Knotts	687	A fine little summit with a small cairn sitting atop a large rocky ridge.
40	Dale Head	752	The summit area is a ridge, defined on the north by a steep drop into Newlands valley but gentler slopes to the South. The ridge is rocky to the West but the summit is marked by a cairn at the Eastern end.
41	Hindscarth	723	A non-descript stony summit area with a large cairn marking the highest point.
42	Robinson	731	The summit area consists of two parallel rocky ridges with the top marked by a cairn on the Western one.