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Name:Stonesty Pike
Hill number:3729
Height:765m / 2510ft
Parent (Ma):2359  Scafell Pike
RHB Section:34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Duddon, Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Ravenglass)
Watershed:Morecambe Bay
Class:Birkett
(B)
Grid ref:NY 24942 04123
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:2m
Col:763m  NY249041  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL6N
Observations:Birkett's cairn; cairn marking true summit is 200m ESE at NY 25119 04047
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 272 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Michael Hood24/11/2023
Mountain Leader Summer Award Assessment Day 4/5. Mountain day, leadership, nav, emergency and other general skills. From Cold Pike camp traversed Crinkle crags and descended The Band. With forecast 50mph winds, descended to the valley to camp at the National Trust Campsite. Cloudy, daylight 10mph N'ly, visibility good, high ground water.higlett21/11/2023
Smog22/10/2023
Scout22/10/2023
ALHEJ Wilkins08/10/2023
From New Dungeon Ghyll. 17.5 km, 1000 m asc. By Oxendale and Hell Gill to Three Tarns. Up and over Shelter Crags and the five Crinkles. S to Stonesty Pike and Little Stand, E to Cold Pike and N to Great Knott. Down by the Red Tarn path, Brown Howe and Oxendale. Warm, dry.SalmonJoe30/08/2023
Hootsjimmie13/07/2023
jeffrey ault27/11/2022
Cockley Beck -> Little Stand -> Stonesty Pike -> First Crinkle -> Crinke Crags -> Third Crinkle -> Fourth Crinkle -> Fifth Crinkle -> Shelter Crags -> Rest Gill -> Hard Knott -> Hard Knott Pass road -> Cockley Beckbriandiggle04/11/2022
nigelcmason218/10/2022
Starting at ODG, up The Band then a traverse of Crinkle Crags followed by a scooping up of these loose hills: Stonesty Pike, Little Stand, Great Knott, Cold Pike Far West Top, Cold Pike West Top and Brown How. Returned to ODG via Oxendale.BobHancock19/06/2022
From Old Dungeon Ghyll: Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike (all 3 tops) Little Stand, Stonesty Pike, Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell. Rain and fog at the start of the day, but a lovely late afternoon. Hard walk with hiking Manchester.Lazylizzie21/05/2022
iainwalton21/12/2021
Fun 25km slog across the Langdale Skyline, got pretty wet towards the end.atreides788711/11/2021
Jill Robertson12/10/2021
Parked at 3 Shires Stone. Circular across Crinkle Crags to Bow Fell and return. Sunny day with some cloud. Great visibility. Hard going but straightforward (even over the Bad Step)Argentum6612/09/2021
On the way to Little Stand watching Sue in the Duddon Fell race.Geoff Briggs05/06/2021
Scafell, Upper Eskdale. Not in JWS List. Climbed incidentally at some unrecorded date later than the first ascent of Esk and / or Scafell PikesPeterdunscar17/05/2021
10.7 miles 3869ft walk. Start at Great Langdale NT campsite to Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Little Stand Crinkle Crags and Shelter Crags, return down Earing Crag to Great Langdale.stephenbuda17/05/2021
Paul Wilkinson29/04/2021
Down from Pike O'Blisco, upto the start of the Crinkles and across, visiting both tops as well as other possible lumps. Onto Little Stand.Andrew Pearson09/04/2021
With Chris in superb weather. First time back in the Lakes after lockdown relaxation. The classic Crinkle Crags and Bowfell ridge walk, visiting a total of 21 summits from Dungeon Ghyll. Visited: Brown Howe, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Cold Pike West Top, Cold Pike Far West Top, Little Stand, Stonesty Pike, Crinkle Crags South Top, Crinkle Crags - Long Top, Crinkle Crags – 3rd Crinkle, Crinkle Crags – 4th Crinkle, Crinkle Crags – Gunson Knott, Shelter Crags, Crinkle Crags North Top, Bowfell, Bowfell North Top, Esk Pike, Tongue Head, Rossett Pike, Buck Pike, Black Crags. 27.7km with 1630m ascent in 11h30m.silveracorn_alan03/04/2021
dickiewren28/02/2021
Another one of Birketts pointless summits when there is as a higher summit to the south eastconanharrod19/11/2020
Crinkle Crags Round from Sticklebarn CPscreeleep10/10/2020
nigelcmason29/09/2020
Swindon Bagger16/09/2020
Si's 2nd round21/07/2020
Em's 2nd round21/07/2020
TheWanderer2718/07/2020
amblemark09/06/2020
Kendall05/06/2020
ALHEJ Wilkins30/05/2020
Coxswain16/03/2020
Birkett 3 Revisit with Pete via South East TopDave Geere19/01/2020
pedro119/01/2020
A W Bryan03/12/2019
Visited Birkett cairn first then wandered over to the smaller, supposedly higher, cairn to the WNW. With Alfie. I'm surprised this hill isn't a Synge.Dangerous Dave01/12/2019
Isbjorn23/09/2019
Walked on a round with my wife as we started and finished at the ODG. We diverted especially for this hill.morgs4mountains23/09/2019
amcvey15/09/2019
hlpahamp08/09/2019
From 3 Shires,Cold Pike,Great Knott,only managed first and second crinkle had to call it a day due to wind and clag.Returned low level to pick up Stoesty Pike and Little Stand.A bit confusing in the clag.jocks129/08/2019
phenderson4213/07/2019
DAY 2 OF BIRKETT BAGGING BONANZA. FROM LANGDALE CAMPSITE UP TO RED TARN AND OUT TO STONESTY PIKE BEFORE ADDING THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH CRINKLES TO THE LIST. REPEATED FIRST AND SECOND CRINKLES AND SHELTER CRAGS FOR GOOD MEASURE AND DID WHITE STONES ON WAY DOWN THE BAND. A FINE, CLEAR DAY.BURGESS08/07/2019
With Ian. Visited actual and subjective tops.PeteF03/07/2019
timus29/06/2019
davefh15/05/2019
dadofmorph15/05/2019
Circuit from Langdale to pick off hills previously missed: White Stones -> Shelter Crags N Top -> Crinkle Crag 4 & 3 -> Stonesty Pike -> Great Knott -> Brown Howe. Started raining as we left the car park, didn't stop until returning to the car park - a dreich day. With nephy Andrew P.jonglew26/04/2019