Low Pike above the lower reaches of Rydale, seen from Nab Scar
Height: 1657 feet above sea level
Volume: Book 1 (The Eastern Fells)
Date climbed: First visit: 9th September 2009 (walk 5). Second visit: 5th November 2016 (walk 120).
Bagged as number: First round: 19 out of 330. [ << High Pike (18) (20) Swirl How >> ]. Second round: 81 out of 330 [ << High Pike (80) (82) Bowfell >> ]
Route of ascent and descent: Both visits: Arrived on the ridge from High Pike and descended to Ambleside.
Low Pike, seen on the ridge from the north
What Mr Wainwright says (on page 3 of his chapter): “The summit is an abrupt rocky peak, a place of grey boulders and small grassy platforms in the shadow of a substantial stone wall. Some of the rocks near the summit are big enough to afford simple practice in climbing. There is no cairn nor room for one: the wall occupies the highest inches.”
What I say: As with its bigger neighbour, High Pike, it is hard to see this as a particularly separate fell, and although it has a clear summit (clearer than High Pike’s, anyway), this has a huge wall built right over the top of it so there’s not much opportunity for rest or respite at the top. But as a staging post on what is a good ridge, with very good views, it’s worth a visit.
The 214 Wainwright fells: without a car 
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