Height: 780 metres/2560 feet Grid reference: NY 17156 12360
This is a climb, not a walk – but wow, what a climb. A fantastic piece of rock architecture overlooking Ennerdale on the eastern face of Pillar.
![The Pillar from the Shamrock Traverse](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/17.09.08-118.jpg)
The Pillar from the Shamrock Traverse
![The view to High Stile and High Crag across Ennerdale from the top of Pillar Rock](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/17.09.08-145.jpg)
The view to High Stile and High Crag across Ennerdale from the top of Pillar Rock
![Completing the Birketts on Pillar Rock](https://www.stridingedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/17.09.08-169.jpg)
541 up! Completing the Birketts on Pillar Rock