Gray Crag, Stony Cove Pike & Hartsop Dodd
         
         
Date                   14/8/2004  

GRAY CRAG - the summit is a pleasant level plateauof grass between steep cliffs, which should be visited for their striking downward views

STONY COVE PIKE - deserves far more respect than it usually gets.

HARTSOP DODD - it rises from pleasantplaces, pastures and woods and water , and quite rightly has been named from the delightful hamlet nestling unspoilt amongst trees at its foot

A. Wainwright

 
Walks done by: Jed and Paul    
Weather:  Sunny and very warm. Cloudy for 30 mins and then sunny and very warm for the rest of the day    
Distance 7.25 miles    
Started at: Hartsop Village     
Height:-      
Gray Crag 2286'    
Stony Cove Pike 2503'  
Hartsopp Dodd 2018'  
The view down the valley towards Hartsop 15 minutes in to the walk
 
Gray Crag. The summit is the one in the distance.
 
Looking down on the Filter House below Prison Crag from the very steep climb up Gary Crag 
 
Another view down the valley from the ascent of Gray Crag. Make no mistake - this is a steep climb
 
The ridge in front of Brothers Water is our descent from Hartsop Dodd - and it is much steeper than it appears in this photo
 
As we near the top of Gray Crag this is the view back down the steep ridge we have climbed
 
And looking to Hartsop from the same spot 
 
...and Paul admiring the view from the same place.
 
All that effort and this is Gray Crag summit - worth it just for the views on the ascent
 
Looking down Pasture Bottom as we approach the descent to Threshthwaite Mouth
 
Threshthwaite Mouth
 
Stony Cove Pike summit (also known as Caudale Moor and it is this name in Wainwright's Far Eastern Fells book)
 
And then the cloud came - this view is looking to Hartsop Dodd from the descent from Stony Cove Pike
 
Looking across to Gray Crag and probably the steepest dry stone wall I've seen (both at the bottom and the top).
 
Panorama of Gray Crag
 
Hartsop Dodd summit
 
Looking north to Ullswater
 
Descending Hartsop Dodd
 
...and from here on the descent is VERY steep but has spectacular views
 
Looking down to Brothers Water
 
Gray Crag from the car park at Hartsop 
 
and Hartsop Dodd from the same spot.