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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

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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: April 16, 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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34 m

View of the Lake District Hills from Picnic Bench

Highlight • Parking

picnic bench tucked in by the car park but is next to the road so can be a little noisy

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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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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

1.17 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

Wednesday 24 June

28°C

13°C

0 %

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

View of the Lake District Hills from Picnic Bench

View of Hartsop Valley

Cairn on Hartsop Dodd

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) Summit

View of Glenridding

Thornthwaite Crag Beacon

Gray Crag

Tree Barn, Lake District National Park

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