Height: 658 metres / 2159 feet Grid reference: NY 31873 35002 Category: The Northern Fells
High Pike is the highest of the group of fells known as ‘The Back o’ Skiddaw’.
‘Caldbeck fells are worth all England else’…so it says on the viewpoint indicator on top of the O.S column.
![The summit of High Pike](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/25.02.11-097.jpg)
The summit of High Pike
![This stony area is the site of the beacon, reserved for special occasions and beyond are the ruins of a shepherd's cottage](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/25.02.11-109.jpg)
This stony area is the site of the beacon, reserved for special occasions and beyond are the ruins of a shepherd’s cottage
![The path to High Pike](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/25.02.11-091.jpg)
The path to High Pike