From Stickle Tarn, Pavey Ark looks like a huge wall of rock, about 400 metres wide. The famous scramble of Jack's Rake climbs diagonally across it, following a natural groove marked by a few ash trees. Behind the cliff edge the ground is gentler, with small tarns, rocky outcrops and bilberry ledges, and the top itself is bare rock with a tiny cairn. Stickle Tarn, at the foot of the crag, has been dammed to hold more water.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Tiny cairn on rock
Pebbly volcanic sandstone and breccia forming a great cliff, with rolling moorland behind.
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Our Route
Also on this route: High Raise (Langdale), Sergeant Man, Harrison Stickle, Thunacar Knott, Pike of Stickle, Loft Crag
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
