Looking Stead (Pillar)

Looking Stead stands on the ridge leading to Pillar
Height: 627m (2,057ft)
Prominence: 20m (66ft)
Region: Western Fells
Classifications: Nuttall, Birkett
Summit feature: Cairn
Times climbed: 3
Related trip reports:
The Mosedale Horseshoe – 24/05/2015
A Tour of Ennerdale – 19/04/2015
The Mosedale Horseshoe – 07/04/2012
A cairn stands atop Looking Stead

The eastern ridge of Pillar stretches for about a mile, gradually descending before the final upthrust of Looking Stead. This subsidiary top is listed as a Nuttall in its own right. Beyond is Black Sail Pass, a pedestrian route between Wasdale and the head of Ennerdale.

Return to Lake District – the Western Fells

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