The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north–south axis.

The eastern branch is a short blunt ended spur, but the western arm narrows to the fine airy ridge of Whiteless Edge.

Sail Beck carries the water from the south and east, running out from between Knott Rigg and Whiteless Pike into Buttermere village.

To the north and west of the fell is Rannerdale Beck, disgorging its flow direct into the centre section of the lake.

[2] A small cairn marks the summit on a gentle grassy dome, a few yards in from the fall into Addacomb Hole.

[1] Indirect routes are also popular, and Wandope can either be added to the traverse of the Grasmoor-Causey Pike ridge, or taken on a circuit of Rannerdale.