Cold Pike

Cold Pike is a hill in the Lake District, in Cumbria and the historic county of Cumberland. It is relatively infrequenly climbed as the nearby heights of Crinkle Crags, Pike O'Blisco, and Swirl How tend to attract more attention. When visited, it is usually via Red Tarn from either Great Langdale or Wrynose Pass (and thus Little Langdale or the Duddon Valley), often as a very worthwhile detour en route to Crinkle Crags; it may also be ascended directly from Wrynose Bottom.

The mountain has three summits in a mild echoing of Crinkle Crags, of which it may be considered to be the south-eastern terminus. Each has a cairn, that on the highest summit being a fine example.

The fell is an excellent place from which to survey Crinkle Crags, the Langdale Pikes, and the northern end of the Coniston Fells across Wrynose Bottom; there is a fine distant prospect of the Pennines above Windermere, and Morecambe Bay above the Duddon Valley.