A very snowy day today climbing Scafell Pike from Seatwaite.
We set off from Seathwaite at 9am and climbed above Stockley Bridge to Sty Head, there was a good covering of snow on the lower slopes, a little damp, but no new snow, from Sty Head onwards there was plenty of fresh snow, soft an deep, very hard work.
We pressed on climbing along the Corridor Route, slow progress but good fun breaking new ground, a few places on the path took a little extra care. We eventually reached Lingmell Col several people had been up this way today so we followed their footprints to the summit of Scafell Pike
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It was pretty late in the day and there were no views from the summit today so we just stopped for a short lunch stop before pressing on, descending the steep slope towards Broadcrag Col, there was plenty of snow along the ridge, but walking was easy, it took less time to get to Calf Cove than during the summer!
We descended through Calf Cove to Esk Hause, picking up the drove road down to Seathwaite, getting down to the farm at 4pm. A great day, although hard work and we hardly saw anybody all day!
