Stickle Tarn – Angle Tarn loop from Great Langdale

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Stickle Tarn – Angle Tarn loop from Great Langdale

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Stickle Tarn – Angle Tarn loop from Great Langdale

07:04

17.2km

1,100m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 2.37 km for 254 m

After 3.80 km for 419 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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374 m

Stickle Ghyll Waterfalls

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Stickle Ghyll is one of the most popular locations for Ghyll Scrambling/Gorge Walking in the Lake District. There is over 2 kilometres to explore, with pools to wade through, waterfalls …

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929 m

Stickle Ghyll Waterfall

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Stickle Ghyll is one of the most popular locations for Ghyll Scrambling/Gorge Walking in the Lake District. There is over 2 kilometres to explore, with pools to wade through, waterfalls …

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1.55 km

Stickle Ghyll Waterfall

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The descent past Stickle Tarn runs along a mountain river with a steep drop, rapids, waterfalls. Very beautiful and in hot weather an ideal cooling.

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1.64 km

Stickle Tarn

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Nestled below the great craggy ramparts of Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle, Stickle Tarn is surely one of the Lake District's most dramatically situated and beautiful tarns. Pavey Ark's great …

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2.32 km

Jack's Rake (Pavey Ark)

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Jack's Rake is one of the great grade one scrambles in the Lake District, a bona fide right of passage for adventurous hillwalkers. It takes the obvious slanting line of …

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3.27 km

Harrison Stickle

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The greatest of the Langdale Pikes. Harrison Stickle is a conspicuous notch in the skyline for many miles around and lives up to this promise with sensational views to Crinkle …

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5.46 km

Martcrag Moor Axe Factory

Archaeological Site

8.53 km

Angle Tarn

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Angle Tarn is one of those glorious high Lakeland pools that is hidden up amidst rugged, mountainous splendour. Makes for a great place to wild camp before striding out onto …

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15.6 km

Great Langdale is a spectacular, U-shaped glacial valley in the heart of the Lake District National Park, renowned for its dramatic fells, waterfalls, and world-class hiking trails. Dominated by the …

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17.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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