Pike of Blisco

Pike of Blisco
Pike of Blisco from the ridge of Wet Side Edge, between the Three Shire Stone and Great Carrs
Highest point
Elevation	705 m (2,313 ft)
Prominence	177 m (581 ft)
Parent peak	Scafell Pike
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Wainwright, Nuttall
Coordinates	54°25′41″N 3°07′31″W / 54.42798°N 3.12519°W / 54.42798; -3.12519Coordinates: 54°25′41″N 3°07′31″W / 54.42798°N 3.12519°W / 54.42798; -3.12519
Geography
Pike of Blisco Location in Lake District, UK
Location	Cumbria, England
Parent range	Lake District, Southern Fells
OS grid	NY271042
Topo map	OS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL6

Pike of Blisco, or Pike o' 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 A. 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".

Pike of Blisco stands on the complex ridge of high ground descending south-eastward from the Scafell massif. The ridge incorporates Esk Pike, Bow Fell, Crinkle Crags and Cold Pike before turning sharply north-eastward to Pike of Blisco; it then makes a further abrupt northerly diversion around Blea Tarn to connect to Lingmoor Fell. To the north of Pike of Blisco is the Oxendale branch of Great Langdale, while Little Langdale stands to the south east. The two valleys drain eastward, joining beyond Lingmoor Fell. To the south of Pike of Blisco is the 393 m (1,290 ft) summit of Wrynose Pass, which links Little Langdale with the Duddon Valley, and beyond the pass lies Swirl How and the Coniston Fells.