Atkinson Pike
845m (2773ft)
The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25ml (8.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,255ft (687m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Scales - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Fell - Brunt Knott - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Atkinson Pike - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Scales Fell - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25ml (10km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,565ft (782m) |
| Time: | 4.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Scales - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Fell - Brunt Knott - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Atkinson Pike - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crag (Blease Fell) - Scales
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,070ft (936m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - River Glendermackin - Brunt Knott - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Atkinson Pike - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Foule Crag - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - Tarn Crags Top - Raven Crags - Mungrisdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,264ft (995m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - River Glendermackin - Brunt Knott - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Atkinson Pike - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Mungrisdale Common - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - Tarn Crags Top - Raven Crags - Mungrisdale
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Atkinson Pike
Richard Holmes walked up Atkinson Pike on March 13th, 2025 [from/via/route] Threlkeld [with] Myself. [weather] Very windy hail on top
Paul Macey climbed Atkinson Pike on July 20th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using Walk 245 [weather] Mostly sunny some cloud towards end but not much 19 degrees at finish
Christine Shepherd bagged Atkinson Pike on April 23rd, 2006 [from/via/route] Walked from Scales Climbed again 10.08.2021 using walk c245 Repeated walk c245 on 3.4.2023 [with] Rebecca [weather] Cool but sunny
Rob Bennion hiked Atkinson Pike on January 2nd, 2023 [from/via/route] Cold, Clear, with Snow [with] Luke Bennion [weather] Cold, Clear, with Snow
Julie Besbrode summited Atkinson Pike on August 4th, 2021 [with] Damian, Sam, Robin, Oli & Cameron (Oli's friend) [weather] Warm & sunny
Kevin Foster conquered Atkinson Pike on April 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] Hallsfell Top [with] By myself [weather] Sunny to start but clouding over later. Clear visibility on tops. Cold when you stopped moving. - Another easy saunter from Hallsfell Top (this time in a sort of north easterly direction). A memorial cross marked out with white stones is a point of interest en route just after the tarn-let. It's worth making the detour right to the top of Sharp Edge for the dramatic aerial views even if not making a descent that way. I chickened out of the descent this way (I have done Sharp Edge in ascent many years ago I hasten to add) & headed off for the col dividing Blackhazel Beck from the Glenderamackin River. At the col I took the right sided path down the valley (as I had used the left sided path on the approach to Bannerdale Crags last November). As I reached the outflow from Scales Tarn I was sorely tempted to climb back up the stony path & have another go at Sharp Edge but time pressures prevailed so I carried on the track to Mousthwaite Comb vowing I'd return someday. This walk completed my Northern Fells section of the Nuttalls list.Only the Western & Southern Fells to go. However these two sections are the largest by some margin with 29 & 45 separate tops respectively!
Bill Salisbury scaled Atkinson Pike on August 27th, 2019 [from/via/route] Scales [with] Sue
Mark Davidson walked up Atkinson Pike on September 22nd, 2006 [with] Alone [weather] Lovely & sunny & dry
Stephen Eddy climbed Atkinson Pike on June 12th, 2015 [from/via/route] Scales via sharp edge [with] Mike Woodhouse, Tony Harris, Neil Whitehead [weather] Sunny
Lynn Symonds bagged Atkinson Pike on June 15th, 2014 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [with] Nicole [weather] Some cloud but dry
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Atkinson Pike
Hallsfell Top Ridge rising to Hallsfell Top (the summit of Blencathra or Saddleback) from Atkinson Pike at the top of Sharp Edge
Scales Tarn from Atkinson Pike at the top of Sharp Edge, Blencathra (or Saddleback)
Blencathra (or Saddleback) (centre left distance) behind Atkinson Pike (centre right) with Sharp Edge prominent (mid left) from an unfamiliar viewpoint on Bowscale Fell
Sharp Edge and Scales Tarn from Atkinson Pike, Blencathra (or Saddleback)
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