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Cold Pike
700m (2297ft)

The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England


Record Cold Pike as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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English Mountain
106th highest in England,
174th in England & Wales

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(No. 88)

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133rd highest in England,
219th in England & Wales

Walk Cold Pike walking UK Mountains in The Southern Fells The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

Cold Pike Summit

Photo: Richard Platt

You can find Cold Pike & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water


90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


See Cold Pike and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Cold Pike and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Maps:

NB: Whether you print off a copy on to paper or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers Maps will prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal!


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You can walk to the top of Cold Pike by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk c279 The Oxendale Horseshoe from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 10ml (16km)
Ascent:4,007ft (1,221m)
Time:7½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 7 Icon (Hard)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Cold Pike Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Cold Pike

Tim Winn walked up Cold Pike on September 10th, 2024 [from/via/route] Old Dungeon Ghyll [with] Barry and Louise [weather] Dry with sunny intervals.

Christina Lander climbed Cold Pike on June 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Three Shires Stone - Cold Pike - Three Shires Stone [with] Dick [weather] A beautiful sunny day - First day of our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith

Ian Ashton bagged Cold Pike on January 27th, 2024 [with] Solo

Martyn Atherton hiked Cold Pike on March 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] c279 Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags [with] Self [weather] Dry & cloudy

Richard Marchant summited Cold Pike on September 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Wrynose Pass & walked North straight up to Red Tarn & up on to Cold Pike & the walked back the same route. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear day with little or no breeze.

John Tippins conquered Cold Pike on July 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Route C279 from go4awalk.com reduced for just Pike of Blisco & Cold Pike [with] With Afia, Zahra and Farah [weather] Forecast didn't look promising. Low cloud & light drizzzle on & off for most of the day. With wind chill made for cold hands. Clouds cleared late afternoon to bring sunshine & it got very warm.

Christine Shepherd scaled Cold Pike on April 16th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Great Langdale using walk c279 Repeated this walk solo but adding on Little Stand,(which I omitted first time), on 30.07.2015. Climbed again on 6.9.21 Climbed again in heavy rain & a strong wind on 2.7.22 with H4TH [with] My friend Jenny [weather] Bright & windy. - The path to this summit is rather indistinct as most people head straight for Crinkle Crags after Pike o'Blisco. On my second ascent I headed up on the Crinkle Crags Path & just before a large cairn followed a clear path on the left to the summit.

Geoff Hand walked up Cold Pike on June 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c279 The Oxendale Round from the Old Dungeon Ghyl up Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Graet Knott, Little Stand, Crinkle crags & back by The Band. [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Beautiful sunny day, got burnt to a crisp! - Went a little bit wrong at first & went too clos to Blea Tarn. Tess was attacked by a dog who fortunately had a muzzle on otherwise it could have been a mess. Lovely memory of Swallows swooping over a flower meadow on the way back.

Pete George climbed Cold Pike on May 7th, 2022 [from/via/route] Old Dungeon Ghyll [with] Roco [weather] Pleasant. Clear on summit

Kevin Foster bagged Cold Pike on July 30th, 2021 [from/via/route] The Old Dungeon Ghyll National Trust car park. [with] By myself. [weather] Light rain, cloud base down, very limited visibility. - The next three tops along the Cold Pike ridge were a bit tricky to locate in mist. But by referring to my phone apps, my OS map & my Nuttalls guide book I was able to confidently bag them all. As Sod's Law dictates, as I returned to the top of the Browney Gill paved path for my long descent back down into Oxendale, the clouds began slowly lifting so that most of Pike o' Blisco was now visible (just the summit itself was still in mist). At least I'm coming back here to do the Crinkles & I'll make sure I pick a better day for it!

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Cold Pike

From left to right: Slight Side and Sca Fell, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Cold Pike, Little Stand and finally the shoulder of Grey Friar from the summit of Hard Knott

From left to right: Slight Side and Sca Fell, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Cold Pike, Little Stand and finally the shoulder of Grey Friar from the summit of Hard Knott

Photo: Colin Jenkins (31)

Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) (left), Cold Pike (centre) from the summit of Cold Pike (West Top)

Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) (left), Cold Pike (centre) from the summit of Cold Pike (West Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (163)

Cold Pike (left) and Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from the summit of Great Carrs

Cold Pike (left) and Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from the summit of Great Carrs

Photo: Ian Gaylard (21)

Cold Pike from the summit of Little Carrs

Cold Pike from the summit of Little Carrs

Photo: Ian Gaylard (19)

Crinkle Crags and Great Knott from Cold Pike

Crinkle Crags and Great Knott from Cold Pike

Photo: Alan Wainwright (159)

Little Stand (back) and Cold Pike (Far West Top) from Cold Pike (West Top)

Little Stand (back) and Cold Pike (Far West Top) from Cold Pike (West Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (164)

Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) and Red Tarn (Langdale) from the summit of Cold Pike

Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) and Red Tarn (Langdale) from the summit of Cold Pike

Photo: Alan Wainwright (157)

*Loft Crag (foreground far left), Lingmoor, Blea Tarn, Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco), Cold Pike and Crinkle Crags (featuring Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Gunson Knott) (mid-distance left to right) and Wetherlam, Great Carrs and Grey Friar (far-distance centre to right)  from the summit of Pike of Stickle (Langdale Pikes)

*Loft Crag (foreground far left), Lingmoor, Blea Tarn, Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco), Cold Pike and Crinkle Crags (featuring Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Gunson Knott) (mid-distance left to right) and Wetherlam, Great Carrs and Grey Friar (far-distance centre to right) from the summit of Pike of Stickle (Langdale Pikes)

Photo: Tim Hope (42)

Cold Pike summit cairn

Cold Pike summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (494)

Crinkle Crags from the summit cairn on Cold Pike

Crinkle Crags from the summit cairn on Cold Pike

Photo: Alan Wainwright (158)

Cold Pike and Cold Pike (West Top) from the cairn on the summit of Cold Pike (Far West Top)

Cold Pike and Cold Pike (West Top) from the cairn on the summit of Cold Pike (Far West Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (165)

Cold Pike, Little Stand and Browney Gill from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)

Cold Pike, Little Stand and Browney Gill from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)

Photo: Tim Hope (104)

Cold Pike from Great Knott summit

Cold Pike from Great Knott summit

Photo: Alan Wainwright (161)


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