The ascent of Angletarn Pikes begins on the narrow grass trail that traverses Dubhow Brow, a modest but steep slope rising above the southern rim of Angle Tarn. The climb is short and direct, pulling quickly onto the rocky crown of the southern Pike, where the ground opens into a small plateau and the twin summits come into view across a shallow peat hollow.

The southern tower of Angletarn Pike rises to 565 metres, its craggy crown perched directly above the waters of Angle Tarn. From the base it is only a short, hands-on scramble to the top, where the view opens into a striking lakescape framed by the surrounding ridges. The tower itself is a mixture of knuckled rock and coarse fell grass, forming a small, rugged perch above the tarn’s northern shore.

The summit of the southern Angletarn Pike is a tangle of craggy outcrops separated by pockets of peat and coarse grass, giving the top a rugged, broken character typical of these smaller Lakeland heights. Beyond the knuckled rocks that frame the summit, the skyline pulls dramatically towards the higher fells, with High Street and Gray Crag forming the dominant shapes on the eastern horizon.

From the southern summit the long eastern face of the northern Angletarn Pike comes fully into view, along with the shallow peaty swale that separates the two tops. The crossing is straightforward in dry weather, and by keeping slightly to the east you avoid the worst of the soft ground, gaining firmer turf as you rise towards the northern Pike’s broad, rocky crest.

The two Angletarn Pikes are divided by a broad swale of peat and sedge, a shallow basin that can be awkward to cross in wet conditions. In high summer the ground often firms up, revealing a clearer line between the humps of higher rock, and with a little care it becomes an easy passage linking the southern and northern tops.

The northern flank of the South Pike stretches out in a long, sloping sweep, mirroring the shape of the northern Angletarn Pike opposite. Both summits present a lengthened north–south profile that contrasts with their narrower east–west width, giving the pair a distinctive twin-shouldered outline above the peat basin between them.

The descent from the northern Angletarn Pike naturally trends north-west towards the Coast to Coast path, reached by following the grassy slope down to the main crossing line. Ahead, Place Fell rises in a bold, unmistakable block above the mouth of Boredale, with Ullswater curving to the west beyond its steep, wooded flanks. It is one of the finest outlooks on this short descent from the northern summit.