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Brown Pike – Buck Pike Summit loop from Coniston

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Brown Pike – Buck Pike Summit loop from Coniston

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Brown Pike – Buck Pike Summit loop from Coniston

05:47

15.5km

820m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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713 m

Walna Scar Car Park

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The carpark is an excellent position to do the Old Man loop cutting off 300m of elevation gain compared to stating in Coniston.

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2.79 km

Stone Bridge on Walna Scar Bridleway

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4.35 km

Walna Scar is the highest of Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland (at 621m). The track named 'Walna Scar Road' is a wide path that ascends gradually from the south west, it's a great approach.

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4.84 km

Brown Pike

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Brown Pike is a fell in the southern part of the Lake District National Park. It's in between Buck Pike and Walna Scar along the ridge that ultimately leads to …

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5.56 km

Buck Pike Summit

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Buck Pike is a fell in the Lake District National Park. It's commonly walked when heading for Dow Crag from the Walna Scar Road. There are great views of the …

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6.16 km

Dow Crag

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A great 2,552-foot (778 m) Wainwright in the southern Lake District. Requires a short scramble to get to the summit – an impressive jumble of rocky tors. Here, the view …

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7.80 km

Old Man of Coniston summit

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A Southern Fells classic, Coniston Old Man might be industry-scarred, but it remains stoical and unbowed. Towering high above the village of Coniston, it's a rightfully popular fell with good …

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12.8 km

View of the Lake District Mountains

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15.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.40 km

5.31 km

3.65 km

1.17 km

Surfaces

11.4 km

1.93 km

1.17 km

692 m

203 m

105 m

Elevation

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Friday 22 May

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9°C

15 %

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Brown Pike – Buck Pike Summit loop from Coniston

Walna Scar Car Park

Stone Bridge on Walna Scar Bridleway

Walna Scar Summit

Brown Pike

Buck Pike Summit

Dow Crag

Old Man of Coniston summit

View of the Lake District Mountains

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