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Name: | Bonscale Pike |
Hill number: | 2588 |
Height: | 524m / 1719ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger (W,B,Sy,Fel) |
Grid ref: | NY 45347 20085 |
Summit feature: | small cairn |
Drop: | 1m |
Col: | 523m NY453197 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
Observations: | probably Wainwright summit but slightly lower than cairn 140m S at NY 45314 19950 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1033 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
J and M Tansley. Part of Fusedale Round route featuring Steel Knott, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike and Hallin Fell. | MTansley | 16/03/2024 |
J and M Tansley. Part of Fusedale Round route featuring Steel Knott, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike and Hallin Fell. | J_tansley | 16/03/2024 |
Boss day for it with cloud inversions and fog with Bri | Kenny Morris | 06/01/2024 |
Solo climb. Cold frosty day. | jonsutterby71 | 25/11/2023 |
Second peak | danwalker1150 | 03/11/2023 |
R TS MW PW | Richard Tait | 17/10/2023 |
From Howtown: Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot Hill, Steek Knotts, Hallin Fell. 14.5km, 4h 30 | Rockdoctor | 08/10/2023 |
White Knott, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Wether Hill, Raven Howe, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, The Knott | keithouk | 17/09/2023 |
From Martindale Church. Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot, Wether Fell(both tops), Red Crag, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, The Nab(very steep descent). Rain arrived whilst on Rest Dodd, stair-rods!. Took wrong descent from Rest Dodd in poor visibility and had to bog hop to rectify. | Longwojo | 10/09/2023 |
Walk 13 of the Graham Uney book walking the Wainwrights in 64 walks. 
 
White Knott; Arthurs Pike; Bonscale Pike; Swarth Fell; Loadpot Hill;Wether Hill (new) Wether Hill (original); Brownthwaite Crag; Steel Knots (my 100th Fellranger).. 
 
Hallin Fell omitted as already climbed several times and knees were shot after the descent. With Boris. | ytfckent | 02/09/2023 |
Bonscale Pike, Arthurs Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill and Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) with Suzie | P333ebz | 21/07/2023 |
From Martindale Hause. 
15 km, 790 m asc/desc. 
SE steeply up to the Steel Knotts ridge and Pikeawassa. 
S to Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill and Red Crag. 
N along the High Street toWether Hill, Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike. 
S to Bonscale Pike and Swarth Fell and back by Mellguards. 
Warm, breezy. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309294707 | SalmonJoe | 24/06/2023 |
Parked at Roehead walked to Arthur's Pike, then onto Bonscale Pike and decided to crack on to Loadpot Hill before doubling back. 9 miles, 4.5 hours | Mozzer | 29/05/2023 |
Parked at Roehead walked to Arthur's Pike, then onto Bonscale Pike and decided to crack on to Loadpot Hill before doubling back. 9 miles, 4.5 hours | Sammy T | 29/05/2023 |
From Pooley Bridge | alanm9 | 24/05/2023 |
A revisit to explore of the northern end of the High Street Range from Martindale New Church, bagging 6 Wainwrights for my 4th round and other lesser peaks. This time with Chris. Visited Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, High Kop, Wether Hill -Nuttall, Wether Hill-Wainwright, Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, White Knott, and Hallin Fell. 22km with 1000m ascent in 8 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 15/05/2023 |
Lovely day. | Ranger101 | 20/04/2023 |
With LAA and J | GCW | 07/04/2023 |
Good views. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 25/02/2023 |
Fusedale circuit from church. 
3 of 12 | thekirkie pirate | 23/02/2023 |
Lovely family walk with the Fitzys. Glorious weather. Caught the steamer to Howtown and walked back to Pooley Bridge via Bonscale Pike and Arthurs Pike. | benji_willy | 02/01/2023 |
Bonscale Pike - Arthur's Pike - Loadpot Hill - Wether Hill - Brownthwaite Crag - Steel Knotts | JHes | 17/12/2022 |
Nice wintry day off with Dawn across Arthur's Pike, Boscastle, Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill. Minus 8 in car park and minus something all day. | Winter Round | 14/12/2022 |
Dawn and Pete. Took day off work to bag winter wainrights. Parked at Pooley Bridge - Arthurs Pike, Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill. | River-Girl | 14/12/2022 |
Wainwright Walk 8: Spider (Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike & Steel Knotts) | DavidHiner | 11/10/2022 |
From Askham car park. Heughscar Hill, Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Arthur's Pike. Longer scenic 19 mile route, with Alma Aurea. | meltdiceburg | 08/10/2022 |
Ascent from Howton after using the Ullswater Steamer from Pooley Bridge. Part cloud, part sun, any cloud over all fells. Excellent views. Ridge walk to Arthurs Pike before retracing steps and descent to Howton. Ullswater Steamer back to Pooley Bridge. | markm | 08/10/2022 |
Ascent from Howton after using the Ullswater Steamer from Pooley Bridge. Part cloud, part sun, any cloud over all fells. Excellent views. Ridge walk to Arthurs Pike before retracing steps and descent to Howton. Ullswater Steamer back to Pooley Bridge. | jking | 08/10/2022 |
A Loadpot Hill round from St Peters, Martindale. | Sedge | 29/09/2022 |
Nice to check off 11 more Wainrights on my birthday. 
Angletarn, Brock Crags, Rest Dodd, Knott, Rampsgill 
Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise, Wether, Loadpot 
Bonscale & Arthur's Pike. With John Herbert (227/214) | george_herbert_ | 20/09/2022 |
Parked at Roehead and did a loop to Wether Hill and back | jeffpl | 25/08/2022 |
Walked up from Howtown | billames | 10/08/2022 |
With AJ. | DaveT | 24/07/2022 |
Bonscale Pike, Arthur's pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether hill, Steel knots & Hallin fell. On my own clear visibility and hot. | Daisy Dee | 16/07/2022 |
10-Wainwright epic outting with Phoebe from St Peter's Church. Bonscale Pike / Arthur's Pike / Loadpot Hill / Wether Hill / High Raise / Kidsty Pike / Rampsgill Head / The Knott / Rest Dodd / out-and-back from Rest Dodd to The Nab, then back to start via Angle Tarn. | MrD | 11/07/2022 |
First of the day having wild camped close to Arthur's Pike | Alphaville199 | 25/06/2022 |
Low Kop-High Kop -Wether Hill-Loadpot Hill- Bonscale Pike -Arthurs Pike - Loadpot Hill- Wether Hill- High Kop- Low Kop | benarbia no 3 | 01/05/2022 |
Part of the Ullswater Challenge. Beautiful day. Arthurs Pike, Bonscale Pike and Gowbarrow Fell. 25.5 miles 5003 ft elevation | nell1583 | 19/03/2022 |
From Sharrow Bay 
15.5 km, 720 m asc 
Up by Auterstone and the Askham BW and the Barton Fell track up to Arthur's Pike. 
Over Bonscale Pike and Swarth Fell to Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill. 
Down to the Fusedale Beck ruin and back by Fusedale, Mellguards and Swarthbeck. 
Bright and a bit frozen underfoot. | SalmonJoe | 01/03/2022 |
Parked by outdoor pool in Askham then upward to White Knott, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Swarth Fell (Ullswater) then down to Knotts then minor road to Helton & back to Askham bagging benchmarks en route. | Dugswell2 | 17/01/2022 |
Foggy day but great walk | ejjohnstone | 20/12/2021 |
Parked at St Peter's Church near Hallin Fell (NY435191). Followed bridle way to Mellguards and up onto fell. With B. | Danmawr | 20/11/2021 |
Parked at Martindale Church for a circuit around Fusedale Beck over 9 summits. 7/9. Visited both cairns. Great view from Wainwright cairn. | PGCE | 16/11/2021 |
from Arthurs Pike. descent to Howtown. | bengrant66 | 13/11/2021 |
R K TS | Richard Tait | 11/11/2021 |
An exploration of the northern end of the High Street Range from Martindale New Church, bagging 6 Wainwrights for my 3rd round and other lesser peaks. Visited Steel Knotts, Brownthwaite Crag, Gowk Hill, High Kop, Wether Hill -Nuttall, Wether Hill-Wainwright, Loadpot Hill, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, White Knott, and Hallin Fell. 22km with 1000m ascent in 6h 40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 25/10/2021 |
96 | windybilly | 09/10/2021 |
With Arthur's Pike from Martindale | Chopperbrown | 07/09/2021 |
Tom & Xiaohui | tomparkes | 21/07/2021 |
Running from Glenridding to Pooley Bridge with GFE in 20 degree sunshine. Hallin Fell, Swarth Fell, Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, White Knott and Heughscar Hill then took the steamer back to the start. | Fionalevey | 05/06/2021 |