Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 186 084)
Wasdale Head – Moses Trod – Corridor Route – Lambfoot Dub – Lingmell Col – Lingmell – Wasdale Head
Distance: 6.4 miles Total Ascent: 866 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 07:30
Weather: Rain, strong wind. 10C
The forecast was looking good for this morning but when I pitched up at Wasdale Head at first light it looked anything but. The wind was fierce and the rain driving by the time I got to Sty Head. I made my first objective which was Lambfoot Dub, a small and remote tarn which nestles below Great End. The second objective was Scafell Pike but that went by the wayside in the end. Read on to see why…
Lingmell route map.
Early morning Illgill Head.
Red Pike over red bracken.
Great Gable towering above.
Crossing Lingmell Beck looking to Great End.
I'd almost had enough by the time I got here, this was the 'over trousers and fleece stop'. The wind had been very strong and constant and now it was lashing with rain which all added up to make me wish I had stayed in bed.
On the other hand, perhaps it is getting a little brighter over Wasdale below.
Lingmell and the chasm of Piers Gill.
Looking across to Great Gable from the Corridor Route.
Lingmell and Piers Gill again but it has stopped raining at last.
It is clearing to the north with a view to Styhead Tarn and Derwent Water beyond from the Lambfoot Dub shelf.
Lambfoot Dub and Broad Crag. I went 'off piste' to find this tarn and now have it earmarked as a place to bathe next summer!
Looking the other way across Lambfoot Dub to Great and Green Gable.
Great End from the climb to Lingmell Col.
Wet and windy on Lingmell. Having been head numbingly buffeted by an extremely cold and strong wind for the last couple of hours, I had really had enough of it by now - Scafell Pike can wait till next time!
Styhead Tarn from Lingmell.
A view into Mosedale and Pillar.
Wasdale from the descent.
Scafell in cloud and dogs going the wrong way.
Wasdale Head and Mosedale.
Mickledore.
Pillar and the sunshine over Wasdale Head.