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Scafell and Slight Side
A wonderful day today climbing Scafell and Slight Side from Wasdale as Geoff completed his round of the Wainwrights on Slight Side.
September 17, 2014
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Scafell & Slight Side
A great day today climbing Scafell and Slight Side from Wasdale, perfect weather for walking and some good views throughout.
July 2, 2014
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Slight Side from Eskdale
A very cloudy day exploring Slight Side from Wha House in the Eskdale Valley we decided not to continue from Slight Side to Scafell today.
August 29, 2013
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A wonderful long day climbing Scafell and Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, very hot with some cloud on the tops but a wonderful long day climbing the two highest mountains in England.
July 11, 2013
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A damp day climbing Scafell and Slight Side from Eskdale today.
We set off from Wha House at 9.30 and climbed by Catcove Beck climbing the southern shoulder of Slight Side. By the time we were on Slight Side the early drizzle had turned a little heavier and we were now in thick cloud.
We didn't stop on Slight Side for too long and were soon off again, climbing the southern ridge of Scafell over Long Green eventually reaching the summit of Scafell.
After a short stop we decided to return the way we had come, the wind was now quite strong, so we retraced our steps over Slight Side and down again by Catcove Beck, eventually returning to Wha House a little after sunset.
November 6, 2012
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Wow what a great day! I met Bill at the Wasdale Head INN and we set off to meet the main track that ascends Scafell Pike. We got caught in a couple of waves of drizzle, but despite low cloud for the rest of the day, this was all the rain we faced! At a great pace we ascended the steep track to Hollow Stones, and then continued on to the zig-zags, and at this point we entered the mist. After tackling the steep final ascent we made it to the summit, and Bill was now on the highest point of England for his first time :)
Aftert a short lunch in our usual shelter we summited again and then made our way off the misty summit and descended towards Mickledor. At the rescue box we took the steep broken path down towards Eskdale to meet the path that goes up to Fox's Tarn. This path was a scramble up the waterfalls and it was great fun! We both got to the top of the falls and had really enjoyed the scramble. We now had one last steep ascent of the day, so we got our heads down and plodded up the loose rocks to the summit of Scafell. From the summit we followed the track down past the top of Lord's Rake and then across Green How. We were now under the cloud and getting some fantastic views back over Wastwater, Lingmell, Yewbarrow and even Great Gable had come out of the cloud. We made our way off the steep grassy slope and across the fields to the road that runs back to the INN. We enjoyed the easy plod back to the car park and were both revelling in the fantastic day we had had.
October 27, 2011
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A good day climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head today.
The forecast for the day wasn't great but we were hopeful as we set off from Wasdale Head, we climbed by the Brown Tongue path and up onto Lingmell Col, the wind was pretty strong but so far there we none of the heavy shower predicted.
As we reached the Summit of Scafell Pike a short sharp hail shower hit us, this soon eased as we descended towards Mickledore though, we found a good spot below Broad Stand to eat our lunches out of the wind before descending to meet the Fox's Tarn path.
There was plenty of water coming down from the tarn today but we climbed by the waterfalls without any problems, as we climbed the steep slope above Fox's Tarn another hail shower hit us, a little longer this time but this eased off as we reached the summit of Scafell. There was nothing to see from the top now though as we were now in cloud.
We descended the Green How path dropping out of the cloud quickly and descended the grassy slopes to Brackenclose getting back to the Wasdale Head Inn as a heavy shower reached.
October 6, 2011
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A great day climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head today, we set off from Wasdale Head at 10am and climbed the long grassy slopes of Lingmell, steep at first but easing towards the summit. We had some wonderful views from Lingmell across the valley to Great Gable and north through Borrowdale as well as west over the coast.
From the summit of Lingmell we crossed Lingmell Col and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike. There was a little cloud blowing around on the summit of Scafell Pike so we didn't have the best of views from the summit, but we sat behind the summit platform and ate our sandwiches with occasional glimpses of views.
As we descended towards Mickledore we dropped below the cloud base and were rewarded with some magnificent views of Scafell Crag and down into Upper Eskdale, we dropped down the Eskdale side of the ridge a little way to pick up the Foxes Tarn path, climbing the damp rock by the waterfall easily to the tarn and then up the scree slope onto the summit plateau of Scafell.
After a short detour to see the tops of Scafell Crag and Scafell Pinnacle we climbed the short distance to the summit cairn. The views from here were magnificent and after a short rest we descended towards Wasdale in the sun, a great day.
September 22, 2011
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A wonderful day today climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head, the weather was wonderful all day.
We set off from The Wasdale Head Inn at 10am and climbed the path alongside Piers Gill, scrambling up the rocky sections of the path before crossing the Corridor Route to pick a more direct route above Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike.
We stopped in the sun on the summit of Scafell Pike to eat our lunches before descending to Mickledore crossing to the foot of Lords Rake we climbed the steep first section of the rake to the West Wall Traverse, crossing the grassy ledge before the easy scramble up the upper section of Moss Ghyll to emerge at the top of Scafell Crag, alongside Scafell Pinnacle.
After the short walk to the summit of Scafell and a short break here to admire the views we descended the Green How path down to Brackenclose and back along the valley to the Wasdale Head Inn.
A wonderful day.
June 28, 2011
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A good day on The Scafells today, although we were in thick cloud on the summits.
We set off from Wasdale Head just after 10am and climbed the shoulder of Lingmell, climbing to the summit of Lingmell, just in the cloud, although we did get some glimpses of views over Great Gable and north.
From Lingmell we crossed Lingmell Col and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike, now in thick cloud and after a lunch stop in one of the wind shelters near the summit we descended south to Mickledore, a group of 108 was also descending this route, and after a quick chat with one of their instructors we decided to pick another route and descended from Mickledore to Lords Rake, climbing the rake and to the summit of Scafell.
The cloud was very thick here today, we were unable to see the pinnacle from the the of Moss Ghyll, and after a short stop and a few photos at the summit of Scafell we descended the Green How route, down to Brackenclose and back long the valley to the Wasdale Head Inn.
June 26, 2011
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