Scafell Pike from Seathwaite
Sat 4 Feb 2006
Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Esk Hause - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Sty Head - Styhead Tarn - Styhead Gill - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite
Distance: 10.50 miles
Ascent: 3,650ft
Time: 7 hours 40 minutes
With: David & Jennifer Hall and Anne
Notes:
Cloud in the valleys, blue sky and sunshine with the odd cloud on top. Very mild for February and no wind.
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Looking up Grains Gill from near Seathwaite
Looking back down Grains Gill
Looking up Ruddy Gill to the cliffs of Great End
Great End
Great Gable and Green Gable from the path to Esk Hause
North westerly panorama from the path to Esk Hause
The Langdale Pikes and Langdale under a sea of cloud
Allen Crags with the Helvellyn ridge beyond
Hard Knott and Harter Fell sticking out of the cloud
Heading for Calf Cove
Looking back to Esk Hause with High Raise behind and the Fairfield fells on the skyline
Lingmell from Great End
Wasdale Head, Red Pike and Pillar from Great End
Northerly panorama from Great End's summit
The view north from Great End with Sprinkling Tarn below
Cloud pouring over Pillar
Another shot of the Langdale Pikes and the cloud sea, this time from Great End
Hard Knott
Eskdale
Eskdale with Harter Fell's top just above the clouds
Scafell Pike and Broad Crag from Ill Crag's summit
Kirk Fell and Great Gable
Lingmell from Broad Crag col
Ill Crag and Bowfell from the ascent of Scafell Pike
North Easterly panorma from Scafell Pike's summit
Lingmell and Great Gable with Styhead Tarn on the far right
Wasdale from Lingmell's summit with Illgill Head on the left and Seatallan on the right
Great Gable from the Corridor Route
Styhead Tarn, frozen today
Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Lingmell from Styhead Tarn
Previous Walk: Blencathra from Mungrisdale (Sun 29 Jan 2006)