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| Name: | Hell Gill Pike |
| Hill number: | 3867 |
| Height: | 662m / 2172ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Duddon |
| Class: | Birkett (B) |
| Grid ref: | NY 26937 01631 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 1m |
| Col: | 661m NY 26945 01627  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Observations: | note that rock 20m E at NY 26960 01630 is higher |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 345 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| A gruelling but rewarding 17 mile, 9.5 hour circular(ish) round ticking off 16 tops; Starting at free roadside parking just before the church at Bowmanstead, Kitty Crag-Lad Stones-Wetherlan-Black Sails-Swirl How-Great Carrs-Little Carrs-Hell Gill Pike-Grey Friar-Grey How-Little How Crags-Brim Fell-O.M.o.Coniston-Dow Crag-Buck Pike-Brown Pike and returned via Banishead Quarry. | Alfa1M | 04/05/2023 |
| Penultimate Birkett | jef | 09/01/2023 |
| From Tilberthwaite - Wetherlam, Swirl How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs | philz008 | 17/05/2022 |
| Birkett 3 with Pete | Dave Geere | 30/01/2022 |
| Great How, Little Carrs and Hell Gill Pike from Hinning Ho. | rhalstead | 22/07/2021 |
| A small diversion on the way to Three Shire Stone; the last top on the ridge down from Old Man | PhilipChaston | 08/06/2021 |
| 20.7 miles 5935ft walk. Start at Great Langdale NT campsite followed path to Red Tarn cross Wryrose Pass to Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Black Sails, Wetherlam, Brim Fell, Dow Crag and The Old Man of Coniston back past Blea Tarn to Great Langdale. | stephenbuda | 19/05/2021 |
| Coniston. Not in JWS List. Climbed incidentally at some unrecorded date later than the main summit. | Peterdunscar | 17/05/2021 |
| With LF and Tony. Started at 09.15 from Three Shires Stone. Steep path up to Wet Side Edge. Short diversion to Hell Gill Pike then Little Carrs, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Great How Crags, Little How Crags, and Grey Friar. Back to memorial and retraced our route; back.at car 14.2.30. Approx 6 miles with 2,150 feet of ascent. Dull with intermittent rain (heavier later); cloudy summits. | Skip | 15/05/2021 |
| Good viewpoint of the Upper Duddon made ever better by the stunning early spring weather. Worth the very short detour from the main path. | Karmakarl | 01/03/2021 |
| Lovely 20km walk from Coniston with Long Crag scramble, a round of 6 Wainwrights, and a swim in Low Water on the way back down. | atreides7887 | 20/09/2020 |
| with Sue | HardenC | 02/09/2020 |
| with Rachel | Littledave | 14/08/2020 |
| Hell Gill Pike, Little Carrs, Great Carrs, Swirl How | keithouk | 15/03/2020 |
| Superb viewpoint made ever better by the stunning weather. Our N turning point after Swirl How - now back to the Old Man. | DanMaisieBex | 31/12/2019 |
| With NB from Three Shires, cold cloudy day. to summit return via Great Carrs, Little Carrs and Hell Gill Pike. Back before dark. | Frank | 03/12/2019 |
| With FR from Three Shires, cold cloudy day. to summit of Grey Friar, return via Great Carrs, Little Carrs and Hell Gill Pike. Back before dark. | Bheinn | 03/12/2019 |
| Walked up Wrynose Pass from Little Langdale to the Three Shires Stone then track up onto Wet Side Edge. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 23/11/2019 |
| RAIN RELENTED TO MIST MID-MORNING SO FILLED IN MISSING BIRKETTS ON THE CONISTON RIDGE FROM WRYNOSE PASS: HELL GILL PIKE, LITTLE CARRS AND ON TO GREAT HOW. MIST CLEARED ON THE WAY BACK WITH GOOD VIEWS DOWN LITTLE LANGDALE. | BURGESS | 10/07/2019 |
| Birkett route SOUTHERN FELLS-CON 1. Start Three Shire Stone summit of wrynose pass. HELL GILL PIKE- LITTLE CARRS-GREAT CARRS-SWIRL HOW- added in GREAT HOW-LITTLE HOW - GREY FRIAR. Blustery day started with thin cloud ended clear and Sunny. Lovely views of Scafell range. | Hill Wanderer | 04/07/2019 |
| part of walk from Tilberthwaite - very hot Easter Monday | rachelcawley | 22/04/2019 |
| From Three Shire Stone. 2m prominence, surely. | Wycombe Wanderer | 24/02/2019 |
| From Tilberthwaite: Birk Fell Man, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Swirl How, Great Carrs. Little Carrs, Hell Gill Pike, Greenburn. With Hiking Manchester on a foul rainy day. | Lazylizzie | 01/12/2018 |
| From Wrynose Pass up to Wetside Edge to Little Carrs,Great Carrs & onto Swirl How down over How Grags & up to Brim Fell & 'busy' The Old Man, back over Brim Fell then contour path round & up to Grey Friar the Wetside Edge & down to the Pass, v cool breeze till mid afternoon, warmer,less breezy & increasing sunshine early evening onwards.. | apricorum | 22/09/2018 |
| Up from Wrynose Pass via Wet side edge. | Andrew Pearson | 01/08/2018 |
| On a round of 7 hills from Cockley Beck. From Little Carrs, then dropped down to the road for a 4.3k walk back to the car, although searching for 13 benchmarks on the way relieved the monotony. | jonglew | 15/07/2018 |
| Turned back at this point and retraced steps to Levers Hawse picking up very steep path down to Levers Water reservoir. Horrendous almost vertical track although grassy at first then becoming flat but rocky. Arrived back at YHA 6.45pm, exhausted! | Peak Rambler | 25/06/2018 |
| Beautiful day (24 degrees and sunny!) Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Little How Crag, Great How Crag, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar and Little Carrs and Hell Gill Pike | Fionalevey | 30/05/2018 |
| On the Greenburn round | Havenchris | 12/05/2018 |
| From Wrynose pass | bardolph | 20/04/2018 |
| Cracking round in the coppermines valley onto the high stuff and back by the old man.Best view ever had of the Ilse of Man.Mopping up some stragglers Black Sails,Hell Gill Pike,Little Carrs,Great Howe. | jocks1 | 15/11/2017 |
| Grey Friars | tomd4 | 01/09/2017 |
| Parked on one of the 5 or 6 small hardstanding areas, just E. of Wrynose summit – Excellent path up RoW takes you to within about 100yd of the summit cairn. Continued to Little Carrs, Great How & Little How Crags. (PM) | gerrybowes | 08/08/2017 |
| From Three Shire Stone at the top of the Wrynose Pass with GB. Up Wet Side Edge. On to Little Carrs. | bolton | 08/08/2017 |
| As part of DoE Gold expedition: Coniston to Great Langdale. | John Eley | 22/06/2017 |
| Three Shires Stone - Hell Gill Pike - Little Carrs - Great Carrs - Grey Friar - Swirl How - Black Sails - Wetherlam - Fabulous sunny weather and clear views. | Delta68 | 22/04/2017 |
| Over from the path managing to ascent 3m. Nice spot for a view over Cockley Beck to the Irish Sea, though. | Eddie | 22/02/2017 |
| Up from top of Wrynose Pass on pleasant,calm Autumnal afternoon-Hell Gill Pike-Little Carrs-Great Carrs-Grey Friar.With Catman. | oscarrosie | 20/10/2016 |
| Great viewpoint.With Oscar. | catman | 20/10/2016 |
| Parked below the Three Shires Stone then uphill via Wet Side Edge to Little Carrs, then a very windy Great Carrs before heading over to the Windy Grey Friar before returning via the scenic cairn of Hell Gill Pike. | Dugswell2 | 05/10/2016 |
| As part of a walk with Andy from the top of Wrynose pass. Easy route finding. | JohnStoneham | 04/10/2016 |
| ghaley | 03/10/2016 | |
| On the way up great carrs | Tobo1969 | 30/09/2016 |
| On a backpack - Coniston to Elterwater section. | Phreerunner | 22/06/2016 |
| En route to swirl how | DanGeere | 03/06/2016 |
| Part of a 2 day walk with BW. Stayed at the Boot inn. | chrisj1965 | 02/06/2016 |
| Hell Gill Pike, Little Carrs, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Birk Fell Man | keithouk | 24/04/2016 |
| wetherlam, black sails, swirl how, great carrs,little carrs, hell gile pike, grey friar, great how crags, little how crags,brim fell,dow crag,buck pike,brown pike,walna scar,white pike, white maiden ACW from walna scar cp at 289970 | robertphillips | 23/04/2016 |
| Solo on eight bagger. | simon and co | 01/10/2015 |
| . | tim747 | 20/09/2015 |