Route outline for walk c231:
Cow Bridge - Brothers Water - Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor - Caudale Head - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) - Threshthwaite Mouth - Thornthwaite Crag - Gray Crag (Hayeswater) - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop - Cow Bridge.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 2 English Mountains |
![]() 4 Wainwrights |
![]() 4 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 1 Marilyn |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Thornthwaite Crag at 784m (2573ft). Thornthwaite Crag is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in England, 91st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 44). Thornthwaite Crag is also known as a English Nuttall (62nd highest in England, 111th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) at 763m (2504ft). In Alfred Wainwright's 'Book Two - The Far Eastern Fells' the chapter for Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is entitled simply 'Caudale Moor'.
Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (63rd highest in England, 108th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 55). Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is also known as a English Nuttall (77th highest in England, 131st highest in England & Wales). Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is also classified as a English Marilyn (19th highest in England, 465th highest in the UK).
You will also reach the summit of Gray Crag (Hayeswater) at 699m (2294ft). Gray Crag (Hayeswater) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 90). Gray Crag (Hayeswater) is also known as a English Nuttall (136th highest in England, 223rd highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Hartsop Dodd at 618m (2028ft). Hartsop Dodd is classified as a Wainwright (No. 126) and a English Nuttall (240th highest in England, 417th highest in England & Wales)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL5 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 90 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop
In no particular order . . .

Ullswater, Place Fell (right - distance) and
Hartsop Dodd (right - mid-distance) from Caudale Head
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