Stony Cove Pike
| Stony Cove Pike | ||
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 Cairn on Stony Cove Pike |
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| height | 763 m | |
| location | Cumbria , England | |
| Mountains | Cumbrian Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 28 '55 " N , 2 ° 54' 5" W | |
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| Type | Wainwright , Marilyn | |
Stony Cove Pike (also known as Caudale Moor and John Bell's Banner ) is a mountain in the east of the Lake District National Park in Northern England . Stony Cove Pike is northeast of Kirkstone Pass at the end of a ridge coming from the High Street to the east. The 763 m high mountain is separated from its surroundings in the east by a cut and is a Marilyn with a notch height of 171 m .
Surname
There are different names for this coat in the Lake District. The Ordnance Survey map names the main peak Stony Cove Pike , the second peak to the west Caudale Moor, and uses John Bell's banner for the southwest ridge that slopes down towards St Raven's Edge. Alfred Wainwright uses the name for the entire massif in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and John Bell's Banner as a variant of it and with Stony Cove Pike he refers to the (main) summit. Bill Birkett follows the Ordnance Survey naming in his description, but he leads the secondary peak with the alternative name John Bell's Banner.
Topography
Four main ridges branch off from the mountain - one in each direction. To the east, the mountain slopes down to Threshthwaite Mouth, from which Thornthwaite Crag rises. In the north is the Hartsop Dodd and to the west the summit plateau narrows somewhat to the secondary summit of Caudale Moor / John Bell's Banner. To the south the mountain drops steeply into the Troutbeck valley; here the Trout Beck rises . In a south-westerly direction from the secondary summit, the mountain drops over St Raven's Edge to Kirkstone Pass. The former Caudale Quarry quarry is located below the secondary peak about halfway up the pass road. In a south-easterly direction, the secondary peak drops over the Hart Crag and the Great Knott into the Troutbeck valley.
The summit
The summit is overgrown with grass and has a number of small lakes ( Tarn ). Drystone Walls lead over to Hartsop Dodd, St Raven's Edge and Threshthwaite Mouth. On both peaks there is a cairn and another cairn with a wooden cross in the southwest of Caudale Moor is called the Mark Atkinson memorial by Alfred Wainwright . The summit is flat and therefore restricts the view somewhat, but the most important mountains of the Lake District can still be seen from here.
Ascent
A popular hike is a circular route that begins in the Patterdale Valley and leads over the north ridge to Stony Cove Pike. From there it goes down to Threshthwaite Mouth and up to Thornthwaite Crag to then complete the circle over its north ridge, the Gray Crag .
An ascent directly from Kirkstone Pass is also possible.
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Bill Birkett, Complete Lakeland Fells , Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-218406-0
Alfred Wainwright, A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 2, The Far Eastern Fells . ISBN 0-7112-2455-2
