The Scafells
Sun 11 Sep 2005
Route: Brackenclose, Wasdale - Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Slight Side - Quagrigg Moss - Great How (Eskdale Fell) - Maiden Castle - Brackenclose
Distance: 9.00 miles
Ascent: 4,400ft
Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne and David & Jennifer Hall
Notes:
Sunshine and blue sky most of the time, no wind, a warm day
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Wastwater from Lingmell's west ridge
Looking back down Lingmell's west ridge
Mosedale with Pillar at its head and Red Pike the highest point on the skyline from Lingmell
Scafell Pike and Scafell connected by Mickledore
Lingmell's summit cairn with Great Gable on the right
Great End and Broad Crag from the route up Scafell Pike from Lingmell Col
Great Gable, Lingmell on the left and Styhead Tarn on the right from our route up Scafell Pike
Scafell from Scafell Pike's summit
Anne and David can just be seen descending the scree slope from Mickledore
The gully leading to Foxes Tarn
Bowfell and Crinkle Crags with Great Moss far below
Foxes Tarn
Looking back down the scree slope to Foxes Tarn
Scafell Pike from the top of Broad Stand
Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from the top of Broad Stand
Scafell Pinnacle with Great Gable beyond from the top of Deep Gill
360 Panorama from Scafell's summit
Mosedale with Pillar at its head from Scafell's summit
Burnmoor Tarn, Illgill Head and Wastwater from Scafell's summit
Long Green and Slight Side
Scafell, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Long Green
Slight Side's summit
Looking over Hard Knott to the Coniston Fells from Slight Side's summit
Scafell and Slight Side from Quagrigg Moss
Harter Fell from Great How's summit
Burnmoor Tarn from Great How
Hardrigg Gill with Scafell on the skyline
Looking back to Great How
Yewbarrow
Wasdale Head from the old corpse road
Previous Walk: Sail plus (Sat 10 Sep 2005)
Next Walk: Crinkle Crags and Pike o'Blisco (Fri 16 Sep 2005)