| Its been nearly two and a half years since I was last up on the roof of England - and even though there were no views from the very top, it was a perfect day for a walk like this... | ||||
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Date: | 23rd January 2012 | Ascent (m/ft): | 1253m (4111ft) |
| Start Location: | Wasdale Head | Highest Point: | Scafell Pike (978m/3210ft) | |
| Time Started: | 10:35 | Parking: | National Trust Car Park | |
| Duration: | 5 Hours 25 Minutes | Weather: | Cloudy, Showers, Snow 700m+ | |
| Distance: | 15.5km - 9.63 Miles |
Difficulty: | Difficult | |
| Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Hollow Stones - Scafell Pike - Great End - Esk Hause - Sprinkling Tarn - Sty Head - Moses Trod - Wasdale Head | ||||
| Video coming soon | ||||
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| The slopes of Middle Fell and Yewbarrow from the very start of the walk. | ||||
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| Very cloudy above showing some of the crags on this side of Scafell Pike. I was hoping so much that it was going to clear when I got up there! | ||||
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| Great Gable... | ||||
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| ...and Kirk Fell. | ||||
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| Crags on Sca Fell. | ||||
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| Wast Water and Middle Fell. The rocky notch in the centre of the photo is Buckbarrow. Time to put the camera away as its about to rain... | ||||
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| And the camera is back out now as I climbed higher. The fells in view are Buckbarrow, Middle Fell and Yewbarrow. | ||||
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| A close up of Wast Water, Buckbarrow and Middle Fell. | ||||
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| Scafell Crags. | ||||
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| Mickledore surrounded by misty crags. | ||||
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| A last view down to Wast Water as the cloud starts to descend. | ||||
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| A brief view around Lingmell to Great Gable. | ||||
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| A frozen cairn on the way up to the Pike. | ||||
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| Scafell Pike summit in mono. I was lucky enough to have the summit completely to myself. | ||||
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| The trig. column on Scafell Pike. | ||||
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| Descending towards Broad Crag (left) and Ill Crag (right). I didn't summit either of them, instead choosing to follow the cairned route towards Esk Hause. | ||||
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| The shelter on one of the summits of Great End. | ||||
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| The north west summit cairn on Great End and the cloud has cleared to give me a view down to Great Gable and Kirk Fell. | ||||
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| An even clearer view now with an almost cloud free Great Gable. | ||||
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| Close up of Great Gable. | ||||
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| Broad Crag and Lingmell. | ||||
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| Ill Crag (in the cloud), Broad Crag backed by Scafell Pike, which is where I've just come from. | ||||
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| Scafell Pike summit just visible through the mist. | ||||
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| The true summit of Great End. | ||||
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| And again, this time showing my route to Esk Hause, and also Esk Pike and Bowfell. | ||||
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| The beautiful Langdale Pikes. Sean McMahon from StridingEdge.net was over there today. | ||||
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| A panoramic shot over Esk Hause. Allen Crags, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Ill Crag as seen from the descent of Great End. Click to see larger version. | ||||
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| Derwent Water and Keswick over little Castle Crag. | ||||
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| Great End from Sprinkling Tarn. | ||||
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| And the lovely Sprinkling Tarn. | ||||
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| On this walk, the tarns seemed to be acting like buses, none for ages then two come along at once. The second being Styhead Tarn pictured. | ||||
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| Broad Crag and Lingmell. The great scar down Lingmell is Piers Gill. | ||||
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| A truly amazing scene, the ravine is more like a canyon its so deep! | ||||
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| And its not the only one about, this is Skew Gill up Great End. | ||||
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| Great Napes up on Great Gable. | ||||
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| Early evening sunshine on Wasdale Head as I descend Moses Trod. | ||||
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| Tall waterfalls along Greta Gill in another deep ravine. | ||||
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| As I was approaching Wasdale Head the sun was blazing on Great Gable so I stopped a moment to get an HDR of it... | ||||
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| ...and another one! It looked stunning and was the only real sunshine on the whole walk. | ||||