Two Crags and a Stickle

A day on the Langdale Pikes - Photo 4

We reach the first of the five Langdale Pikes: Thorn Crag, the lowest in elevation at approx. 2120 ft. There are two summits, west and east - the latter perhaps slightly higher.

The photo is taken from the east summit looking westwards towards the west summit with its cairn; Loft Crag is beyond, and the rounded dome of Pike o' Stickle further distant on the right.

AW doesn't give an entry for Thorn Crag, considering it merely to be a shoulder of Loft Crag. However, on the ground it is distinctly separated from the surrounding fells by Thorn Crag col on one side and the deep ravine of Dungeon Ghyll on the other.