Kidsty Pike
Kidsty Pike is a 780m (2,560ft) high fell in the north-eastern lake district. It forms part of the High Street range of mountains and the bridleway that runs it’s length passes within about 300m of Kidsty Pike. There are no bridleways to the summit but it’s so close to the main route that it would be rude not to head up there to bag it. Plus the scenic views across Haweswater to the east and High Street to the south make the extra scramble to the top completely worth it.
There are literally hundreds of route options in this area of the Lakes, and these are just a few:
Added on 9th October 2009
Statistics
- Distance: 37km (23mi)
- Ascent: 1,461m (4,793ft)
- Effort: 4/5
- Technical: 4/5
- Scenery: 4/5
- Off-road: 95%
Summary
This difficult route takes in not only the High Street summit but also 4 (or more with a few detours!) other summits and the Ullswater lakeside bridleway. As you can imagine it blends tough climbing and technical riding with long sections of single-track and fun technical sections. It’s not for the faint hearted, but it’s definitely worth it!
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Route Tags:
Big Mountain Routes,
Hartsop,
Hayeswater,
Hayeswater Gill,
High Raise (Martindale),
High Street,
Kidsty Pike,
lakeside route,
Loadpot Hill,
Patterdale,
Rampsgill Head,
Ridge Route,
Singletrack,
The Knott,
Ullswater,
Ullswater Lakeside Bridleway,
Wether Hill
