Little Stand
740m (2429ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,007ft (1,221m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Wall End Farm - Redacre Gill - Wrynose Fell - Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco) - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Cold Pike - Cold Pike (West Top) - Cold Pike (Far West Top) - Great Knott - Little Stand - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags (South Top) - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) - Shelter Crags - Shelter Crags - (North Top) - Three Tarns - Earing Crag - White Stones - The Band - Oxendale - Stool End Farm - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Little Stand
Nick Tippins walked up on September 28th, 2025 [from/via/route] c279: The Oxendale Horseshoe from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale [with] Fran
Geoff Hand climbed it on June 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c279 The Oxendale Round from the Old Dungeon Ghyl up Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Great 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.
Kevin Foster bagged it 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. - Another one I should do again on a clear day as the ground drops away steeply South towards Mosedale & Cockley Beck & the views are supposed to be spectacular. Hard to navigate to in mist as the ridge, which is a continuation of the Crinkles, is very confusing.
Darren Wilson hiked it on June 15th, 2015 [from/via/route] Cockley Beck, Ulpha Fell, Little Stand, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags, Hard Knott [with] lone walk [weather] Beautiful summers day
Darren Mortimer summited on November 5th, 2016 [from/via/route] Old Dungeon Ghyll [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny & very windy
Mark Davidson conquered it on August 2nd, 2004 [with] Alone [weather] Sunny & warm - fantastic
Christine Shepherd scaled on July 30th, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked from The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel using walk c279 [with] On my own [weather] Sunny but not too hot. - Had done this walk before but hadn't had time to do Little Stand. This is a fell runners' fell; not particularly exciting walking considering the fells around it but there are good views from the summit.
Iain Taylor walked up on April 22nd, 2011 [from/via/route] Wrynose Pass (NY 28011 02857)
Ray O'hara climbed it on February 24th, 2012 [from/via/route] Pike O'Blisco, Cold Pike (all tops) & Crinkle Crags [weather] Fine, below the cloud base - Nice view point over Eskdale
Louise Sandwith and Matthew Thomas have both walked, climbed & bagged Little Stand.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Little Stand
Little Stand (foreground), Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) (left), Wetherlam and The Old Man of Coniston (right) from Slight Side
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
The Scafell Massif - Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Great End - from the summit of Little Stand
Little Stand (back) and Cold Pike (Far West Top) from Cold Pike (West Top)
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