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Up on your right, scrambly outcrops form the ill-defined wide spur on Esk Pike's north-east face. The steepest rocks are at the bottom. Leave the path as the ground steepens, and slant up and right to the base of the spur. You can start scrambling straight up, or else head up to the left along the base of the rocks to find an easier line – in which case slant back right on grass ledges and short rock steps to regain the spur's poorly defined crest. Continue straight up, to arrive just south-east of Esk Pike's summit knolls.