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| Name: | White Pike |
| Hill number: | 8010 |
| Height: | 627m / 2057ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2515 Helvellyn |
| RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Synge (Sy) |
| Grid ref: | NY 33910 22949 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 6m |
| Col: | 621m NY339229  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
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| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 266 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Circuit, parking at corner W of Wanthwaite Bridge. Threlkeld Knotts, White Pike, Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd (fairly meaningless 'summit' with two cairns), Great Dodd, Randerside, Watson's Dodd. Descended via Castle Rock then returned via ridge of High Rigg. Wen Crag, High Rigg S Top, SE Top, and High Rigg. | RobertP | 11/12/2023 |
| From High Row. 14 km, 690 m asc. W over Low How, High Brow and Randerside to Great Dodd. Over Little Dodd and N to Calfhow Pike, Clough Head and White Pike. Back by the Old Coach Road. Wet. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310198548 | SalmonJoe | 01/08/2023 |
| A good walk on good paths over Threlkeld Knotts, Calfhow Pike and White Crag (a nice little summit, surprisingly only a Synge, not a Birkett). Back along the Coach Road | BURGESS | 04/07/2023 |
| Great How, Smaithwaite Hill, High Rigg SE Top, High Rigg, High Rigg, Clough Head, White Pike | keithouk | 19/03/2023 |
| The Dodds from Dockray. Visited Common Fell, Watermillock Common, Swineside Knott, Brown Hills, Birkett Fell, Hart Side, Green Side (White Stones), Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Great Dodd, Little Dodd, Calfhow Pike, Clough Head, and White Pike. A perfect winter's day with cloudless skies, a thin layer of frost / snow and absolutely calm. 21km with 950m ascent taking 7h 30m. | silverwolf_alan | 12/12/2022 |
| Wainwright Walk 23: Spider (Great Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Hart Side & Clough Head) | DavidHiner | 30/11/2022 |
| Via Fisher's Wife's Rake and back over White Pike | MountainTerrier | 18/06/2022 |
| See Route for Threlkeld Notts, Clough Head. | smocks and denims | 12/05/2022 |
| Parked at NY3202024600, on N side of old railway. Used old railway FP, E, to AL access point at NY3307524635 (No fell access via the museum). Threlkeld Knotts, White Pike, Clough Head, Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd, Great Dodd, Randerside, Matterdale Common, Cockley Moor, Old Corpse Road back to Threlkeld Quarry. | Isbjorn | 27/04/2022 |
| From B5322, along Old Coach Rd and up the steep slope. | Andrew Pearson | 26/03/2022 |
| A circular walk from high row. Super sunshine. With Rick and the dogs. | jenx | 27/02/2022 |
| F7-8 winds on top, but mostly visable. | DaveT | 15/02/2022 |
| From High Row car park. Cockley Moor (active forestry W side, along circular E track then through saplings to clear summit), old coach road to White Pike, around Clough Head to Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd (alternative cairn), Great Dodd, Randerside, Matterdale Common in perfect weather. | Jim.Fothergill | 16/09/2021 |
| Helvellyn. Not in JWS List. Climbed incidentally at some unrecorded date, including with SCS and J&B post 2010 | Peterdunscar | 17/05/2021 |
| Lovely sunny walk | ejjohnstone | 22/12/2020 |
| 10 miles in the wind and rain to pick up a few more hills. | atreides7887 | 20/12/2020 |
| 3/8 Used Birkett route up to Threlkeld Knotts and on to Clough Head (cracking route) then dropped down to White Pike, contoured right round to Calfhow Pike on good sheep trods, then passed Little Dodd to reach Great Dodd, and dropped down wet bridleway to Randerside and Matterdale Common, down to the Old Coach Road, and right to road at High Row, to pick up track into woods and summit Cockley Moor using the track right round the top of the hill (easy over cut trees), return to St Johns all the way on the Old Coach Road. Lovely route and Cumbrian hills 999 - 1002 for us! | nickywood1 | 08/10/2020 |
| With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 22/03/2020 |
| from Threlkeld Knotts climbed higher up side of Clough head and dropped down then followed path back to the old coach rd and back down to the car | colinfielding | 08/01/2020 |
| From Threlkeld Knotts by baggers' ESP. Took a zillion pics of Blencathra, the perfect angle and bathed in the clear, golden light of late summer, the ridges clearly defined by the lengthening shadows. Easier walk than expected and a more scenic one - especially taken by the view across lush pasture and woodland to Grizedale Pike. 2 hours. | Wycombe Wanderer | 26/08/2019 |
| With Jill on a clear and an extremely hot day on route to Clough Head | Grey Hare | 25/08/2019 |
| Billy Bland recce with Marsden Racers (bonus summit) | tsar.nathan | 02/08/2019 |
| ENGLISH 3000's Started 03:00 Wasdale Head CP with GAVIN SIMPSON > SCAFELL (3162) > SYMONDS KNOTT (3147) > (Lord's Rake) > SCAFELL PIKE (3209) > BROAD CRAG (3069) > ILL CRAG (3054) > Blunt Top > High Raise [High Raise (High White Stones)] > Low White Stones > STEEL FELL [DEAD PIKE - STEEL FELL] > (Dunmail Raise) > HELVELLYN (3117) > HELVELLYN LOWER MAN (3035) >White Side > Raise > Little Dodd (St John's Common) > Calfhow Pike > Clough Head > White Pike > (Threlkeld) > Sale How > SKIDDAW SOUTH TOP (3035) > SKIDDAW MIDDLE TOP (3045) > SKIDDAW (3054) > SKIDDAW NORTH TOP ( 3025) > Broad End > Bakestall finished 23:00 Peter House Farm 36 Miles - 11,721ft ascent (20 hours) | Mark A Hartry | 18/05/2019 |
| With Sue from road layby past quarry to Threlkeld Knotts, Calfhow Pike, Clough Head, cloudy, windy, damp and cold. | Frank | 19/12/2018 |
| Started from Dockray and followed the old coach road and branched off over the fence to the old railway carriage below the summit of White Pike, from the summit of White Pike it was then on to Clough Head, Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd, Great Dodd and Randerside | Wayne Mac | 22/09/2018 |
| Parked at the Dockray end of the Old Coach Road, up alongside Groove Beack and Matterdale Common onto Great Dodd, Calfhow Pike, Clough Head, White Pike and back along the Old Coach Road. | Chipstertrain | 08/09/2018 |
| Wanthwaite - Threlkeld Knotts - Clough Head - White Pike - Wanthwaite | Mark Jackson | 16/08/2018 |
| From Red Moss car park near Dockray: White Pike, Clough Head, Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Green Side (White Stones, Hart Side and Birkett Fell. 844 metres ascent. Stayed in Grasmere afterwards. | Lazylizzie | 21/07/2018 |
| From Clough Head then traverse around to Calfhow | mart0797 | 06/07/2018 |
| Parked at High Row, then Old Coach Road to White Pike, Clough Head, Calfhow Pike, Little Dodd, Great Dodd, Watsons Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, White Side, Green Side, Hart Side and Birkett Fell. Quite liked the rocky knoll of White Peak; didn't envy the chap carrying his bike up the steep climb from the Old Coach Road. | wheresthepath | 23/06/2018 |
| On the way to Clough Head, hard going and difficult to find a defined route. | Delta68 | 23/06/2018 |
| With K descending Clough Head | Ashley | 01/05/2018 |
| With MVW, NB. cold day. | Frank | 29/11/2017 |
| From StJohn in the vale, Calfhow pike, Clough Head, White Pike. With Frank and Mike | Bheinn | 29/11/2017 |
| Clough Head - White Pike from GR: NY 31600 23087 | ronaldo333 | 09/09/2017 |
| On the way down from Clough Head with Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 26/08/2017 |
| Station Road - Threlkeld Knotts - Clough Head - White Pike - Station Road | Blue The Dog | 23/04/2017 |
| Nuttall Walk EN 13.2 The Dodds from Dockray: Birkett Fell, Hart Side, White Stones, Stybarrow Dodd, Watsons Dodd, Great Dodd, Calfhow Pike, Clough Head, White Pike and back along the Old Coach Road. 20km with 1000m ascent in 7 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 23/11/2016 |
| Contoured across snow from Threlkeld Knotts the on to Clough Head and beyond. | Eddie | 23/11/2016 |
| From Clough Head, after which returned to High Brow via the Old Coach Road. Fabulous sunny afternoon. | rfoster | 15/10/2016 |
| With F&G on way to Clough Head. A good path leads from a gate to the north East off the Old Coach Road | trimarc2 | 23/09/2016 |
| Took bus to Threlkeld from Keswick (8:55am, 15 mins, £3.50) which cut out a big chunk of up and down. Approach from Threlkeld. Enjoyed seeing some fell runners setting up for a 50mile race the next day. Hostel to hostel walking Day 3: YHA Keswick to YHA Helvellyn. With GFE and DTL. | Fionalevey | 23/09/2016 |
| Solo ascent from car park at old Threlkeld Station by main road to join old coach road at Wanthwaite ascending open fell by first following fence/wall after gate near old mineral line. Climbed over two cairns on unnamed hill to west of Threlkeld Knotts before reaching summit of Threlkeld Knotts and then Clough Head via inclined path at base of Red Screes scree slope. Descent & return via White Pike and Old Coach Road. | pwhitaker_1966 | 23/09/2016 |
| Parked in Legburthwaite, up to Threlkeld Knotts, Clough Head, White Pike, Calfhow Pike, Great Dood, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Sticks Pass. heavy rain at first then easing with strong winds on summit and some sunshine to bring some excellent crisp views. | Fell_wanderer | 08/09/2016 |
| R | Richard Tait | 27/05/2016 |
| eyenose | 07/05/2016 | |
| GL3D placing controls | Littledave | 28/04/2016 |
| R | Richard Tait | 05/11/2015 |
| Descended from Clough Head to this rocky knoll with large untidy cairns. Then contoured W down steep hillside of scree and rotten rocks to Threlkeld Knotts and back to Wanthwaite. | Aye Jimmy | 13/09/2015 |
| With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 05/08/2015 |