Summit Descriptions

Here are descriptions of all the summit areas of the tops on the Bob Graham Round.

The title of each top links to Ann Bowker’s site where there is a fantastic set of panoramas from all the tops that are in the Wainright series of books. This does mean that Ill Crag and Broad Crag don’t have their own panoramas since they are only included as sub-chapters in the Scafell Pike section.

No.	Name of Top	Height (m)	Summit description
1	Skiddaw	931	The summit area is in the shape of an upturned boat with the actual summit at the Northern end. There is a cairn and an OS trig point at the highest point.
2	Great Calva	690	Despite being a heathery fell, the summit area is quite rocky. There are two summits about 100m apart and linked by a wire fence with the Northern one being the higher
3	Blencathra	868	The summit area is grassy and gently sloping to the north. The summit is marked by a small cairn at the top of Hall's Fell Ridge.
4	Clough Head	726	A grassy summit area. There is an OS trig point and a stone shelter at the highest point.
5	Great Dodd	857	A large summit area with a cairn at the Northern end and a stone shelter at the Southern. In between is a rise that appears to be higher than either. Assume that the cairn is the highest point.
6	Watson Dodd	784	The least pronounced summit on the round. A cairn at the western end of the grassy plateau, overlooking Thirlmere marks the highest point.
7	Stybarrow Dodd	843	A grassy summit area with three cairns. The Northern cairn is the summit.
8	Raise	883	An extensive rocky summit area. That part to the south is less rocky but extends for some distance. The summit is marked by a large cairn just to the East of the main path.
9	White Side	862	A stony, but fairly small summit area with a large cairn marking the top.
10	Helvellyn Lower man	920	A rocky top with a small cairn situated at the top of the North ridge being the highest point.
11	Helvellyn	945	A lot of summit furniture on this one! The highest point is marked by an OS trig point on the edge of the northern escarpment dropping down to Red Tarn. A shelter made of cross of stone walls lies around 50m SE.
12	Nethermost Pike	891	A flat summit plateau with several cairns. That at the Northern end probably being the highest point.
13	Dollywaggon Pike	858	The summit is a narrowing ridge with a small cairn at the Northern end overlooking Grizedale marking the top.
14	Fairfield	873	A broad rocky plateau with the summit marked by a large, low cairn-shelter.
15	Seat Sandal	736	A flat summit area with several rocky outcrops. An old drystone wall runs along the top and the summit is marked by a cairn near to this.
16	Steel Fell	549	A prominent summit with the highest point close to a corner in the wire fence.
17	Calf Crag	531	A confusing summit area, especially in mist. The highest point is a rocky ridge with a small cairn, just to the West of the path leading to Helm Crag.
18	Sergeant Man	726	A rocky ridge rising from the surrounding moor marks the summit. Popular with walkers taking their lunch.
19	High Raise	760	The summit area is a large grassy dome interspersed with peat hags and pools. The summit is marked by an OS trig point and a large stone shelter.
20	Thunacar Knott	723	A wide summit plateau with many small rocky tors which can be confusing in mist. The summit is marked by a cairn.
21	Harrison Stickle	736	The summit area is a well defined rocky plateau with the highest point at the Northern end.
22	Pike O Stickle	709	One of the best defined summits in the district. A cairn marks the highest point though this is hardly without doubt.
23	Rossett Pike	651	The summit lies at the southern end of a long rocky ridge, overlooking Rossett Gill. It is marked by a small cairn. Note that there is another cairn to the East overlooking Langdale but this is lower.
24	Bowfell	902	A large and very rocky summit area with the top being a prominent rise at the Southern end.
25	Esk Pike	885	A rocky summit with the actual top being a cairn to the north of the path which lies in a curious cutting.
26	Great End	910	A broad stony plateau with two possible tops. Wainwright reckons the Eastern one to be higher, though there is little in it.
27	Ill Crag	931	A rocky ridge at the Southern end of a wide stony plateau marks the summit.
28	Broad crag	935	Perhaps the roughest summit in Lakeland. A large rock among equals marks the top.
29	Scafell Pike	978	The summit is defined by a large stone built platform. This is usually hidden by collapsed Three Peak Challengers.
30	Scafell	964	The highest point lies to the South of a broad saddle and consists of several stone shelters and cairns.
31	Yewbarrow	628	A simple summit with a small cairn atop a rocky ridge.
32	Red Pike	816	The summit area is a sloping plateau with a steep drop to the North overlooking Mosedale. The summit is marked by a large cairn on the very edge of this drop.
33	Steeple	802	The summit is atop a well defined pyramid lying to the north of the main Ennerdale escarpment.
34	Pillar	892	The summit area is a small stony plateau with the highest point marked by an OS trig point and small stone shelter.
35	Kirkfell	802	The top of Kirkfell is a very large plateau with two prominent tops separated by small tarns. That to the South is the highest and the summit is marked by a large cairn.
36	Great Gable	899	One of the rockiest tops in the district. The summit overlooks Wasdale and is marked by a cairn and a memorial plaque.
37	Green Gable	801	The summit area is a mixture of rock and grass sloping to the north with a rough cliff facing South. The top is marked by a large cairn.
38	Brandreth	715	An indistinct top with several points being contenders for the highest point. The most likely is the central cairn.
39	Grey Knotts	697	A fine little summit with a small cairn sitting atop a large rocky ridge.
40	Dale Head	753	The summit area is a ridge, defined on the north by a steep drop into Newlands valley but gentler slopes to the South. The ridge is rocky to the West but the summit is marked by a cairn at the Eastern end.
41	Hindscarth	727	A non-descript stony summit area with a large cairn marking the highest point.
42	Robinson	737	The summit area consists of two parallel rocky ridges with the top marked by a cairn on the Western one.