Pike o' Blisco

Pike o' Blisco
Pike o' Blisco from the ridge of Wet Side Edge, between the Three Shire Stone and Great Carrs
Highest point
Elevation705 m (2,313 ft)
Prominence177 m (581 ft)
Parent peakScafell Pike
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Wainwright, Nuttall
Coordinates54°25′41″N 3°07′31″W / 54.42798°N 3.12519°W / 54.42798; -3.12519
Geography
Pike o' Blisco is located in the Lake District
Pike o' Blisco
Pike o' Blisco
Location in the Lake District
Pike o' Blisco is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Pike o' Blisco
Pike o' Blisco
Location in Copeland Borough
Pike o' Blisco is located in the former South Lakeland district
Pike o' Blisco
Pike o' Blisco
Location in South Lakeland
LocationCumbria, England
Parent rangeLake District, Southern Fells
OS gridNY271042
Topo mapOS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL6

Pike o' Blisco, or Pike of Blisco, is a mountain in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. Located between the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale, its relative isolation from neighbouring fells together with slopes falling away immediately from the summit in all directions mean it has excellent views: the view of the Langdale Pikes across Great Langdale is particularly arresting.

The name Pike of Blisco is the form used on Ordnance Survey maps. The influential guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright preferred Pike o' Blisco (he refers to Pike of Blisco as its "Sunday name"), and wrote, "the man has no blood in his veins who does not respond eagerly to its fine-sounding, swashbuckling name".[1]

  1. ^ Wainwright, A (2003) [1960]. A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 4: The Southern Fells. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers.