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Scafell Pike

Walked on 11/10/2004

Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 187 086)

Wasdale Head – Piers Gill – Lingmell (179) – Scafell Pike (180) – Lord’s Rake – Scafell (181) – Wasdale Head

Weather: A grey day. Very cold wind on the tops.

Today’s walk is an ascent to the roof of England with a climb to Lingmell via Piers Gill and an ascent of Scafell via Lord’s Rake. Both of these routes require a certain amount of scrambling and Lord’s Rake is at present considered unsafe due to the large, loose boulder lying in wait to crash down at the top of the first section. There are warning signs in place at the bottom to warn of this – any ascent using Lord’s Rake is at your own risk…

Scafell Pike

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Yewbarrow along Lingmell Beck.

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Great End from the path alongside Lingmell Gill.

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The Great Napes on Great Gable.

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The great chasm of Piers Gill, a thousand foot declivity, looking up to Lingmell Crag. The ascent to Lingmell col is up the left hand side and requires some scrambling in places. The view over the side of the shear cliffs is awesome...and scary.

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Great Gable from Lingmell - it feels like you can almost touch it from here. I could hardly stand up on Lingmell as the wind was so strong and very cold.

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The stony summit plateau of Scafell Pike.

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Scafell across Mickledore. Lord's Rake, the route of ascent to Scafell can be seen to the right of the picture pointing diagonally left to right.

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The first section of Lord's Rake with the large, loose boulder clearly visible at the top.

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Looking up Lord's Rake.

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..and looking back down.

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The large boulder hanging precariously at the head of the first section of Lord's Rake.

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Bowfell and the Crinkle Crags from the summit of Scafell.

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annotated view north-west from Scafell.

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Looking along Mosedale to Scoat Fell and Pillar from the descent of Scafell.

Scafell Pike 3D

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