Walk Route Map c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop

Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop

Fabulous (shorter) high level walk

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	3,131ft (954m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop pdf

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

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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 an English Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in England, 91st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 44). Thornthwaite Crag is also known as an 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). Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is classified as an 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 an English Nuttall (77th highest in England, 132nd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (19th highest in England, 465th highest in the UK). In Alfred Wainwright's 'Book Two - The Far Eastern Fells' the chapter for Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is entitled simply 'Caudale Moor'.

You will also reach the summit of Gray Crag (Hayeswater) at 699m (2294ft). Gray Crag (Hayeswater) is classified as an Wainwright (No. 90). Gray Crag (Hayeswater) is also known as an 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 an English Nuttall (238th highest in England, 413th highest in England & Wales)

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL5
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
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 . . .

High Street from Thornthwaite Crag

Photo: William Ringwood (62)

Hartsop Dodd summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (551)

Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop - Cloud trapped by a temperature inversion clawing at the eastern slopes of Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick as seen from Thornthwaite Crag

Cloud trapped by a temperature inversion clawing at the eastern slopes of Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick as seen from Thornthwaite Crag

Photo: Paul Johnson (16)

Hartsop Dodd from Hartsop

Photo: Ivor Bennett (11)

South toward The Kirkstone Pass from the shores of Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (25)

Patterdale from Hartsop Dodd

Photo: Ivor Bennett (14)

Place Fell from a very snowy Threshthwaite Mouth

Photo: Chris Haselden (42)

Hartsop and Ullswater beyond from Hartsop Dodd

Photo: Wayne Hill (72)

Ullswater and Place Fell from snowy Hartsop Dodd

Photo: Chris Haselden (43)

Troutbeck from Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)

Photo: Ivor Bennett (17)

Snow on St Sunday Crag from Gray Crag (Hayeswater)

Photo: Richard Nicholls (64)

Hayeswater from the col between Thornthwaite Crag and High Street

Photo: Matt Delemare (6)

Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop - Looking North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Thornthwaite Crag across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Looking North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Thornthwaite Crag across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Photo: Paul Johnson (15)

Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop - View from Threshthwaite Crag below Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) with the sun just breaking from behind Thorthwaite Crag

View from Threshthwaite Crag below Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) with the sun just breaking from behind Thorthwaite Crag

Photo: Paul Johnson (19)

Hartsop village from Hartsop Dodd

Photo: Philip Butler (6)

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) from Hartsop Dodd

Photo: William Ringwood (60)

High Hartsop Dodd from Brothers Water

Photo: David Hayter (59)

Me on the summit of Gray Crag (Hayeswater)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (465)

Walk c231 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from Hartsop - Early Morning Mist nr Hartsop Village with The Angletarn Pikes and Place Fell in the background

Early Morning Mist nr Hartsop Village with The Angletarn Pikes and Place Fell in the background

Photo: Chris Haselden (8)

Hartsop village from Gray Crag’s northern slope

Photo: Andy Malcolm (98)

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