Kidsty Pike
780m (2560ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Kidsty Pike is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
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Kidsty Pike is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk c128 The Hayswater Round from Hartsop
Popular mountain walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,843ft (1,171m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - The Knott - Hayeswater Reservoir - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Cow Bridge - Brothers Water.
Walk c159 The Nab and Rest Dodd from Christy Bridge
Long mountain walk over multiple tops
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,769ft (1,149m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Christy Bridge - Martindale - Dale Head Farm - Heck Crag - Angle Tarn - Buck Crag - Brock Crags - Satura Crag - The Nab (Martindale) - Rest Dodd - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - Red Crag - Keasgill Head - Christy Bridge
Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head
Stunning Haweswater
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,814ft (1,162m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Kidsty Pike - Kidsty Howes - Bowderthaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head
Walk c114 High Street from Mardale Head
Superb high level route with great views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,364ft (1,025m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head (Haweswater Reservoir) - Small Water - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise (Mardale) - Raven Howe - Red Crag - Keasgill Head - Wether Hill - Bampton Common - Low Kop - Measand Beck - Haweswater Reservoir - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Bowderthwaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head
Walk c297 The Martindale Horseshoe from Howtown
Fantastic high level walk with glorious views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,555ft (1,388m) | |
| Time: | 9.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
St Peter's Church - Howtown - Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) - Keasgill Head - High Raise (Mardale) - Kidsty Pike - Rampsgill Head - The Knott - Rest Dodd - The Nab - Satura Crag - Brock Crags - Angle Tarn (Martindale) - Angletarn Pikes - Bedafel Knott - Beda Head (Beda Fell) - Winter Crag - Christy Bridge - Howegrain Beck - Martindale - St Peter's Church - Howtown
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Kidsty Pike
John Ramsbottom walked up on June 2nd, 2022 [from/via/route] Howtown, walk c159 Camped under Angletarn Pikes [with] Lola [weather] Sunny weather - solo walk with Lola
Christine Shepherd climbed on April 12th, 2007 [from/via/route] Walked from Hartsop using walk128 [with] My daughter Rebecca [weather] Sunny & clear - I have climbed this peak three more times. Once using walk c159 from Martindale on 15.4.09 & once using walk c251 on a gloriously sunny day on 14.5.10. My most recent visit was in wet & wild weather as part of the Coast to Coast walk on1.6.11. Climbed again on 20.4.2022.
Simon Burgess bagged on October 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Howeswater Harter Fell, Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, Kidsty Pike
Geoff Hand hiked on September 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] c251 Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head [with] Alone [weather] Generally Dry, windy with occasional showers - Fantastic views of this Southern end of Haweswater.
Neil Heywood summited on August 20th, 2021 [from/via/route] hawswater [with] logan Heywood [weather] Mixed
Paul Ward conquered on August 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] Started from Howtown Hotel Bonscale Pike, [with] Jamie [weather] Dry, overcast with strong winds on tops.
John Bryers scaled on May 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Walked from St. Peter's church up front of Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, Rest Dodd & The Nab dropping back into Bannerdale & road back to church. [with] With Mya my faithful 12 year old Patterdale Terrier. [weather] Weather sunny to start, slight wind on ridges with light rain at times ending with some warm sunshine.
Richard Marshall walked up on May 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] Mardale Horizon [with] Dave Jones Elsie and Roxy [weather] Showers
Claire Kirk climbed on July 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park [with] Phil [weather] Dull at first, sunny later.
Andrew Johnson bagged on November 19th, 2019 [from/via/route] Hartsop [weather] Beautiful day, clear skies.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Kidsty Pike
High Street, Kidsty Pike and High Raise (Mardale) from the summit cairn on Harper Hills
Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), Haweswater Reservoir and Selside Pike (far right) from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir
Harter Fell (Mardale) (far left), Nan Bield Pass, Rough Crag, Riggindale Crag, High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale) and Wether Hill from the cairn marking the high point on the Old Corpse Road (Haweswater)
*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg
High Street (left), Kidsty Pike (centre), High Raise (Mardale) and Raven Howe on the horizon with Riggindale Crag in the mid-distance from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
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