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Scafell Pike from Seathwaite
Difficulty: Hard
Distance: 14km / 9 miles
Time: 6 Hours approx.
Starting from: Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale Valley, near Keswick
Postcode: CA12 5XJ
Price: £20 per person / Family tickets available
The Route:
By far our most popular route we will take in the highest peak in England along with some of the most spectacular scenery in the Lake District.
From Seathwaite we will climb above Taylorgill Force to Styhead Tarn and Styhead Pass where we will meet the beginning of the Corridor Route which we will follow to Lingmell Col, here we have the option to take in the additional summit of Lingmell, a great viewpoint over Great Gable and the Wasdale Valley.
From Lingmell Col we will climb the short path onto the summit of Scafell Pike.
The route then takes us north along the summit Ridge, past Broad Crag and Ill Crag where again we have the option of taking in the summit of Great End, the fifth highest mountain in England.
We now descend over Esk Hause with views over the Langdale Pikes and Windermere before turning again to the north and descending alongside Grains Gill back to Seathwaite.
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Directions:
From Keswick – Leave Keswick on the Borrowdale Road (from the mini roundabout near the co-op) Follow this road for aprox 8 miles, passing through Rosthwaite until just before reaching the village of Seatoller a lane leads to the left, signposted to Seathwaite and the Trout Farm. Follow this lane, parking as close to the end of the lane and the farm as possible, we will meet outside the café at the farm.
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