Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head
Thu 29 May 2008
Route: Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Corridor Route - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head
Distance: 7.25 miles
Ascent: 3,050ft
Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
With: Adam Waller
Notes:
Hardly any wind, humid, patches of cloud around the fell tops
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Great Gable from Wasdale Head
Wastwater
Looking back to Wasdale Head as we head round Lingmell
The Brown Tongue route
Ascending Brown Tongue, lots of people about today
Mickledore and Scafell from Hollow Stones
Lingmell with Great Gable behind
Great End and Broad Crag
The view north to Skiddaw (left skyline)
Mickledore and Scafell from Scafell Pike's south peak
Ill Crag from Scafell Pike's south peak
Scafell Pike's summit from the south peak, the large cairn was built in 1826
Great Moss
Looking over Pen to Bowfell and Crinkle Crags
The remains of the old tea house (probably) at Scafell Pike's summit with Bowfell beyond
Inside the tea house, a flagged floor, stone benches and a fireplace
Heading down towards Lingmell Col
The Corridor Route leads all the way to Sty Head (Styhead Tarn is on the far left)
On the Corridor Route approaching the head of Piers Gill
The head of Piers Gill
Looking down Piers Gill
Looking across to Great Gable from the tarn on the Corridor Route near Middleboot Knotts
Round How with Great End behind
On the Corridor Route approaching the head of Greta Gill
The head of Greta Gill (north branch)
Looking back down the short scramble with the pathfaires working on the Greta Gill path and patching the Corridor Route
Looking back along the Corridor Route with Lingmell Col on the far right skyline
The Corridor Route to Sty Head
Great Gable from the Corridor Route
On the Corridor Route, the Sty Head stetcher box is on the far left and part of Styhead Tarn can just be seen in the centre of the photo
Looking up Skew Gill
The valley route from Sty Head to Wasdale Head
The valley route from Sty Head to Wasdale Head
Piers Gill and Spouthead Gill joining to become Lingmell Beck
Lingmell Beck
Looking back up the valley towards Sty Head. The path on the left is the standard route and the one on the right the quieter valley route
Great Gable and Sty Head
Kirk Fell and Great Gable with St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head in the trees
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