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| Name: | Buck Pike - Seathwaite Fell |
| Hill number: | 3865 |
| Height: | 744m / 2441ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL04 Coniston-claife |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| Catchment: | Duddon, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston) |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay |
| Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
| Grid ref: | SD 26237 97221 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 14m |
| Col: | 730m SD262973  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 794 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Turner Hill Campsite. Walna Scar, White Maiden, White Pike, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag. Which R and Bonnie. | Dan Baddeley | 27/07/2024 |
| 2/10 Brown Pike Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell Little How Crags, Great How Crags, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Lad Stones, all with LDWA Lakeland group on our group walk. Cracking sunny day and revisits to all except Lad Stones. | nickywood1 | 20/04/2024 |
| With Carl and Poppy from Coniston, mainly sunny with chilly wind on the tops. Brim Fell, Old Man of Coniston, Dow Crag, Buck Pike and Brown Pike. 10.1 miles 3000 ft elevation. | nell1583 | 31/03/2024 |
| Staying at Coniston YH with Alex McBride for the weekend, we headed up Walna Scar Road (a track really) for a circuit covering eight summits. Five of which were Hewitts and Wainwrights, two were just Wainwrights and one was just a Hewitt. Alex is bagging the Wainwrights, while I'm doing the Hewitts. Summits in order: Dow Crag (774m), H and W Old Man of Coniston (803m), H and W Brim Fell (796m), W Grey Frair (773m), H and W Great Carr (785m), W Swirl How (802m), H and W Black Sails (745m), H Wetherlam (763m), H and W | chillyman8 | 21/10/2023 |
| From Coniston youth hostel. Nuttall walk 5.5 in reverse. Circuit of Walna Scar, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Black Sails, Wetherlam and Lad Stones. Blustery day in the aftermath of Storm Agnes, in/out of cloud all day with some showers but enjoyable revisit to many of the tops. Solo. | richard69 | 28/09/2023 |
| On my own around the OMC circuit from the Walna Scar Road. | Phreerunner | 14/06/2023 |
| Coniston loop. Wetherlam, Black Sails, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friars, Brim Fell, Old Man, Dow Crag, Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden. Just over 7 hours in warm sun. Great day. | Longwojo | 13/05/2023 |
| 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 |
| Great Lakeland 3 Dayer | emily | 29/04/2023 |
| Walked from Coniston with Simon. Stayed in Coniston with Simon before IOG Patterdale Easter Trip 2023. | dancingqueen101 | 04/04/2023 |
| R | Richard Tait | 06/01/2023 |
| On a round of The Bell, Old Man, Dow Crag, Buck Pike and Brown Pike from the Walna Scar Road car park which is now a Pay and Display. With M, C ad V. | PeterD | 24/12/2022 |
| Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, The Old Man of Coniston and the Bell. Epic day | teamnaughtyfamjam | 19/11/2022 |
| From Walna Scar road. Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Old Man Of Coniston and the Bell. | alunrees40 | 19/11/2022 |
| Amazing walk with a mix of weather from hail on Dow Cragg to sunshine. From Seathwaite. | ejjohnstone | 03/11/2022 |
| Trekking with Dave. | callumblairwils | 24/09/2022 |
| with Gordon and Mark - all the tops for Seathwaite | HardenC | 24/09/2022 |
| The classic Coniston Round, but including a few not previously climbed Birketts and Synges, and including a new ridge down off Wetherlam. Starting point at Fell Gate is now a Pay + Display car park (£8 for the day). 18 summits topped during the day, order of ascent: Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Erin Crag, Kennel Crag, The Bell. 25.5km with 1500m ascent taking 9 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 21/09/2022 |
| This was the first top of the day. We had bivvied out at Blind Tarn the night before and walked up in the morning. We were up there before anyone else, it was lovely and peaceful. | JThorn | 28/08/2022 |
| From Coniston Hall campsite. 16.5 km, 950 m asc. To Bowmanstead and W along the Banishead BW (a bit bog messy around Hussey Well Beck) to join the Walna Scar Road. Over Torver Bridge and up to Walna Scar Pass. NE to Brown Pike and continue N along the ridge to Buck Pike and Dow Crag summit. Down to Goat's Hawse and contour up to Brim Fell summit and S to Coniston Old Man summit. Down by Low Water and the main quarry track to Miners Bridge and the Sun Hotel. Hot, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720301424482 | SalmonJoe | 13/08/2022 |
| Coniston - Wetherlam - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Grey Friar - Brim Fell - Old Man of Coniston - Dow Crag - Coniston | JHes | 21/06/2022 |
| With J | GCW | 23/03/2022 |
| Revisit with Pete | Dave Geere | 06/03/2022 |
| Walk from Torver. Took path to Walna Scar Road to reach ridge, then climb in windy conditions to Brown Pike and on to Buck Pike. Return along ridge and then on to Walna Scar, White Maiden, and White Pike. Returned short way along ridge before descending E and climbing High Peak Haw (impressive small hill) and return to Torver. | RobertP | 03/01/2022 |
| Part of a Coniston round | munkyennui | 29/12/2021 |
| On circular walk, last summit Brown Pike. Virtual white-out on summit so no view. On to Dow Crag. | Meanderer | 18/09/2021 |
| With Jo and ernie | studuncan | 29/08/2021 |
| The classic route up Coniston Old Man with Sasha on a cracking day! Follow the ridge over to Dow Crag with it's impressive face, before descending via Brown Pike. Completion of a walk started two years earlier (almost to the day) where a flying visit through the Lakes coincided with awful weather: Goat's Water was turned into a broiling sea by the wind, and the Old Man looked less than benevolent high above the cloud line. What a contrast! | hjb68 | 27/08/2021 |
| Wth Val. Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, The Old Man, Walna Scar and White Maiden. From the upper car park. | mike.hoult | 24/08/2021 |
| With Harry Gee & Mizzi | 2510chris | 22/06/2021 |
| Walna Scar, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Coniston old man, from Walna scar car park, mist on the tops, improved on the way down | philz008 | 11/06/2021 |
| With Sue from Coniston, The Bell, Old Man, Brim Fell, Dow Crag, Buck Pike and Brown Pike, wet start but faired up. Return Walna Scar Road. | Frank | 26/05/2021 |
| With LF, Tony and Viv, Sally and Roger from Walna Scar Rd carpark. Low Water, Brim Fell, the Old Man, Dow Crag, Buck Pike and Brown Pike. Circular route of approx 6.3 miles with 2,355 feet of ascent. Cloudy but dry day with summits in clag. | Skip | 14/05/2021 |
| With CathyS. From Walna Scar Road car park. | masmith | 29/09/2020 |
| From: Walna Car Road via The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell and Dow Crag | RWG | 19/09/2020 |
| with Alex | jthomson6nr9 | 12/08/2020 |
| Revisit with Alex | Dave Geere | 21/07/2020 |
| Parked at Walna Scar car park, along Walna Scar Road to Walna Scar, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, the Old Man himself and back down the front to car park. | Chipstertrain | 24/06/2020 |
| Parked at Walna Scar Road. Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Brim Fell, Dow Crag, Buck Pike, Brown Pike, Walna Scar. | PGCE | 08/06/2020 |
| Circular walk via Old Man w/ Nic and Dad. Stayed in Hawkshead, drove to Coniston for start | Mbassett | 13/03/2020 |
| Grey, then windier, then wetter 23 Km traverse of Coniston Wainwrights with a few Birkenstock’s added towards end. | davechaffey | 30/12/2019 |
| Continuation after Dow Crag. Good views of C. O. M. and S to Morecambe Bay. | DanMaisieBex | 28/12/2019 |
| Parking for 4-5 cars at W end of Walna Scar Road - through the gate (SD 2395 9681). Took the road up to SD 2502 9629, then direct line to White Pike. Then White Maiden -> Walna Scar -> Brown Pike -> Buck Pike -> Dow Crag -> Brim Fell (penultimate Cumbrian hill on Hill-bagging). Just Coniston OM left for another day. Took a fairly direct line back to car; after descending to Goat's Hawse, contoured round Dow Crag, across Seathwaite Fells and through a gate at SD 2449 9673 to rejoin Walna Scar Rd. | jonglew | 15/12/2019 |
| During Old Man loop from Coniston | lerritt | 30/11/2019 |
| With Jonny, Nathan and Chris. Dropping a car in Tiberthwaite, we walked up Yewdale Beck and into Dry Cove Bottom. Up onto Weathelam Edge, the veiws kicked in, and the wind picked up. Nice almost scramble upto Weatherlam. Then along the Black Sails, and another fun step up to Swirl How. We then walked along the ridge to Brim Fell and the Old Man. Turning back on ourselves, we went along the Dow Crag ridge (new fav) along Buck, Brown Pike, then down and along to Walna scar and White Maiden, before dropping back into Torver for food and well needed sleep. 8hr20mins (5hr19min): 20.3km; 1437m | ByronHaywood | 14/09/2019 |
| Birkett`s route Dow 1 from parking area at fell gate on the Walma Scar Road. Great circuit with great views. | mart0797 | 13/08/2019 |
| From Walna Scar via Brown Pike en route to Dow Crag | M6KIO | 08/08/2019 |
| Loop with Neve and Andy: Old Man, Dow Crag, Buck Pike, Brown Pike, White Pike, White Maiden, Walna Scar. | peter_tun | 03/08/2019 |
| 2/11 From Seathwaite, up Walna Scar then Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How Swirl Band, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, then down to Seathwaite tarn on delightful path and round to Long Crag - through Bracken and back down valley on Bridleway to High Tongue (High Tongue is an awful struggle in tussocks but not for too long - climb it from South rather than North and it will be shorter for you). 7 hours. | nickywood1 | 03/08/2019 |
| From Dow Crag | Cyclistno1 | 02/08/2019 |