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Sunbiggin Tarn – High Pike Summit Cairns loop from Sunbiggin Tarn

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Sunbiggin Tarn – High Pike Summit Cairns loop from Sunbiggin Tarn

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Sunbiggin Tarn – High Pike Summit Cairns loop from Sunbiggin Tarn

03:22

12.2km

220m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

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54 m

Sunbiggin Tarn

Highlight • Natural Monument

This tarn and, in fact, the surrounding area, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI): this is largely because of the limestone areas that surround it. The tarn is …

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2.55 km

Great Asby Scar Limestone Pavement

Highlight • Natural Monument

The vast limestone pavement of Great Asby Scar is like the surface of another planet. However, one look west – towards the mountainous ridgeline of Lakeland's Far Eastern Fells and …

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3.85 km

High Pike Summit Cairns

Highlight • Viewpoint

Worthwhile to get to, lovely wild spot to view the Eden Valley and Pennine hills from

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4.09 km

Great Asby Scar National Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

5.36 km

Knott Trig Point

Highlight • Summit

7.55 km

Dirt Path Through Grassy Hills

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Easy path to walk along

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10.1 km

Sunbiggin Camping

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Campsite right on the coast-to-coast line. Basic but with a good camper kitchen. New showers are under construction.

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10.6 km

Coast to Coast Path near Sunbiggin Tarn

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Coast to Coast path

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11.3 km

View from Orton Fells

Highlight • Viewpoint

12.2 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.81 km

3.16 km

1.16 km

Surfaces

6.34 km

4.60 km

592 m

571 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 21 May

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Sunbiggin Tarn – High Pike Summit Cairns loop from Sunbiggin Tarn

Sunbiggin Tarn

Great Asby Scar Limestone Pavement

High Pike Summit Cairns

Knott Trig Point

Dirt Path Through Grassy Hills

Sunbiggin Camping

Coast to Coast Path near Sunbiggin Tarn

View from Orton Fells

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