With a topographical prominence of 61 metres (200 ft), Little Man qualifies comfortably as a Hewitt and Nuttall hill and is regarded as a separate fell by renowned mountain writers Alfred Wainwright and Bill Birkett.

Five hundred metres (1,600 ft) southeast of the main summit lies an 815-metre-high (2,674 ft) lower top called Lesser Man, which is adorned with an unusual cairn consisting of rocks and old fence posts.

Little Man has one big advantage over Skiddaw in that its convex southern slopes make it a far better viewpoint than its higher neighbour.

In fact the panorama from Little Man is regarded as one of the best in the national park, taking in the valleys and lakes of northern Lakeland as well as all of the best-known fells of the district.

Many people climb Little Man via the tourist path from Keswick on the way to the summit of Skiddaw.