The Pikes of Scawfell

Tue 18 May 2004

Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Taylorgill Force - Styhead Tarn - The Band - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Sty Head - Styhead Tarn - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite

Distance: 10.25 miles

Ascent: 3,650ft

Time: 5 hours 40 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Sunshine and blue sky, cool in the wind

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Grains Gill and Seathwaite Fell from near Seathwaite

Taylorgill Force

Great End from Styhead Tarn

Great Gable, Green Gable and Styhead Tarn from The Band, Great End

Northerly panorama from The Band, Great End

Northerly panorama from The Band, Great End

Looking over Sprinkling Tarn and Seathwaite Fell to Skiddaw and Blencathra

Looking over Glaramara to the Helvellyn ridge from Great End

Ill Crag and Broad Crag with Scafell Pike behind from Great End's northwest summit cairn

Looking down Central Gully, Great End to the path by the top of Ruddy Gill, 850ft below

The Langdale Pikes, Esk Pike and Bowfell with Windermere in the distance from Great End's southeastern summit cairn

360 Panorama from Great End's summit

Ill Crag, Scafell Pike and Broad Crag from Great End

Great Moss and the little summit of Pen from Ill Crag's summit

Scafell Pike from Ill Crag's summit

Broad Crag from Ill Crag's summit

360 Panorama from Broad Crag's summit

Lingmell with Pillar behind from Broad Crag Col

Ill Crag, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from the ascent of Scafell Pike

The view north from Scafell Pike's summit

Scafell and Mickledore from Scafell Pike's south top

The Mosedale fells, Lingmell and Great Gable from Scafell Pike

Scafell from Lingmell

Broad Crag from Lingmell's summit cairn

Great End, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Scafell from Lingmell

Middleboot Knotts with Great Gable behind from the top of Piers Gill

Great Gable from the Corridor Route

Kirk Fell and Great Gable

Styhead Tarn

The view north down Borrowdale with Blencathra in the far distance from Greenhow Knott

Previous Walk: Bowscale Fell (Sun 16 May 2004)

Next Walk: Hard Knott (Wed 26 May 2004)

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