A windy but bright day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today!
I met Nicola and Sasha (the gorgeous golden Lab) at Seathwaite at 9am this morning. The skies were clear but the wind was strong, nonetheless we were up for tackling the highest peak in England. We set off through Seathwaite Farm and made our way up to Stockley Bridge. I think by this point Sasha had already run about 4 miles backwards and forwards over about 1km! We climbed by Taylorgill Force and made our way to Styhead Pass. From here we got great views of the summit of Scafell Pike. We joined the Corridor Route and traversed up the hillside gently to Lingmell Col. As we reached Lingmell Col we started our ascent up to the summit. On our way up the zig-zags we went to the viewpoint over Wastwater before continuing up to the summit. We enjoyed great views from the summit in all directions, and then we went into the shleter for some lunch. We enjoyed a nice lunch break and then descended to Broad Crag Col before climbing again up and over Broad Crag, followed by Ill Crag and down to Calf Cove. From here we had some fine views of the Langdale Pikes. We finished our descent to Seathwaite via Grains Gill.
A smashing day out in the fells!
Awesome... Three of us are coming up from bury st edmunds on saturday (just a day trip) to do the same route! By looks of it snow is minimal?
Mike
Ps are you on twitter?
Hi Mike,
We've got a group doing the same route on Saturday as well, we may see you up there!
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