The quiet, rolling landscape surrounding Hare Stones
Hare Stones
Hare Stones occupies a quiet, understated stretch of high country within the legendary "Back o' Skiddaw" region of the Northern Fells. Sitting in close proximity to the sprawling massif of High Pike, this peak forms a key high-altitude link across the high-moor system that characterises the north of the national park. It is a lonely, expansive domain, predominantly known to dedicated peak-baggers exploring the broad boundaries of the Skiddaw group.
For walkers designing a continuous ridge line route across these uplands, a fantastic approach can be forged from the dramatic, rock-strewn slopes of Apronful Of Stones via Carrock Fell. Navigating this vast tract of high terrain reveals a landscape heavily untouched by commercial trails, offering wide-open, sweeping perspectives across the northern fells and a brilliant sense of pure upland solitude.
The summit looking back toward High Pike
The high point of the fell unfolds as a broad, smooth, grassy platform that blends seamlessly into the surrounding moorland ecosystem. The summit itself is marked simply by a scattering of a few loose rocks arranged atop the turf, acting as an unassuming, quiet destination marker. While it features a modest 16 meters of independent prominence—qualifying it as a separate summit under the Birkett and Nuttall classifications—the true highlight is the magnificent, clean perspective looking back across the open dips of the fellside toward the neighboring crown of High Pike.
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