Cairn on Hartsop Dodd – Thornthwaite Crag Beacon loop from Brothers Water

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Cairn on Hartsop Dodd – Thornthwaite Crag Beacon loop from Brothers Water

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Cairn on Hartsop Dodd – Thornthwaite Crag Beacon loop from Brothers Water

05:27

11.8km

810m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 5.21 km for 305 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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309 m

View of Hartsop Valley

Highlight • Natural

2.22 km

Cairn on Hartsop Dodd

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Hartsop Dodd is a 2,028-foot (618 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District. Unless you're dropping down onto it from Stony Cove Pike there is no easy way …

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4.24 km

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) Summit

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This summit of Caudale Moor is named Stony Cove Pike and it is the Wainwright top of this 2,503-foot (763 m) Far Eastern Lake District fell. A whopping six ridges …

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5.04 km

View of Glenridding

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6.12 km

Thornthwaite Crag Beacon

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Thornthwaite Crag is a 2,572-foot (784 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District National Park. It overlooks four valleys and the Thornthwaite Beacon tower which is over 13 feet (4 …

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8.07 km

Gray Crag

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Gray Crag is a 2,293-foot (699 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District National Park. Alfred Wainwright described this fell as a 'prominent object in the Hartsop landscape'. …

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8.50 km

Steep Descent

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Good footwear required

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9.80 km

Tree Barn, Lake District National Park

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11.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.07 km

1.78 km

1.19 km

690 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.33 km

1.15 km

957 m

831 m

785 m

739 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (770 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

14°C

7°C

81 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

October 7, 2021,Stony Cove Pike & Thornthwaite Crag from Hartsop

A wet day out at the head of Patterdale Valley. Ticked off a couple of Wainwright Peaks. Didn’t get any good views but definitely had the fells to ourselves and a few wet sheep!