Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite, Borrowdale today.
We set off from Seathwaite just after 10am climbing by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route. The path to Sty Head was a bit icy underfoot so care was needed, but as we got to the footbridge over Sty Head Gill we were in the sunshine soo there was no ice underfoot.
As we reached the upper sections of the Corridor Route we reached the snowline, it was a bit firmer than it has been for a few days and we had good fun climbing by Lingmell Coll to the summit of Scafell Pike.
We were in cloud from Lingmell Coll to the summit and this persisted until we were descending by Ruddy Gill later in the day so there were no views from the summit.
After the usual photo's on the summit we took some shelter near the summit and ate our packed lunches.
After lunch we left the summit descending to Broad Crag Col and climbing over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending by Calf Cove and down below Esk Hause tomeet the Grains Gill path below Great End and followed this back down to Seathwaite, walking the last 30 minutes into Seathwaite in the dark.
Although there were very few views for much of the day we had a great day!
