Walk Information

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Walk route: Brackenclose, Wasdale - Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Slight Side - Quagrigg Moss - Great How (Eskdale Fell) - Maiden Castle - Brackenclose, Wasdale

Distance: 9.00 miles

Ascent: 4,400ft

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Time: 8 hours 30 minutes

With: Anne and David & Jennifer Hall

Conditions: Sunshine and blue sky most of the time, no wind, a warm day

Photos

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Wastwater from Lingmell's west ridgeLooking back down Lingmell's west ridgeMosedale with Pillar at its head and Red Pike the highest point on the skyline from LingmellScafell Pike and Scafell connected by MickledoreLingmell's summit cairn with Great Gable on the rightGreat End and Broad Crag from the route up Scafell Pike from Lingmell ColGreat Gable, Lingmell on the left and Styhead Tarn on the right from our route up Scafell PikeScafell from Scafell Pike's summitAnne and David can just be seen descending the scree slope from MickledoreThe gully leading to Foxes TarnBowfell and Crinkle Crags with Great Moss far belowFoxes TarnLooking back down the scree slope to Foxes TarnScafell Pike from the top of Broad StandKirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from the top of Broad StandScafell Pinnacle with Great Gable beyond from the top of Deep Gill360 Panorama from Scafell's summitMosedale with Pillar at its head from Scafell's summitBurnmoor Tarn, Illgill Head and Wastwater from Scafell's summitLong Green and Slight SideScafell, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Long GreenSlight Side's summitLooking over Hard Knott to the Coniston Fells from Slight Side's summitScafell and Slight Side from Quagrigg MossHarter Fell from Great How's summitBurnmoor Tarn from Great HowHardrigg Gill with Scafell on the skylineLooking back to Great HowYewbarrowWasdale Head from the old corpse road

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