The ‘true’ Esk Hause—so named by Alfred Wainwright in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells—is the north–south route from Borrowdale to Eskdale.

Allen Crags stands adrift from the main ridge, with the valleys of Langstrath and Grains Gill falling on either side.

This round tarn occupies a corrie beneath Hanging Knotts, small trout lurking in its 50 foot (15 m) depths.

[2] Southward from the summit, Esk Pike throws out a long descending ridge into the uninhabited fastness of Upper Eskdale.

Esk Pike's central position above Eskdale gives it glorious views of the Scafells, with the Eastern and Northern Fells also forming a fine panorama.

From Brotherilkeld on the Eskdale road the climber can choose between Ore Gap, Esk Hause and the south ridge, all of these options being around five and a half miles (9 km).