Scafell Pike

Distance: 11km / 6.84 Miles
Ascent: 1300m (4264ft)
Duration: 6 Hours 30 Minutes

A direct route to Lingmell followed by a superb scramble up Lords Rake to Sca Fell.

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Looking across to Pillar.

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Wast Water, Buckbarrow and Middle Fell.

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Pillar.

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The Screes and Wastwater.

Brown Tongue and the Scafells.

Brown Tongue and the Scafells.

A cloudy Great Gable.

A cloudy Great Gable.

And a wider shot of Great Gable.

And a wider shot of Great Gable.

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Kirk Fell.

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Kirk Fell and Great Gable.

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Piers Gill.

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Great Gable and Styhead Tarn.

Lingmell from the path up to Scafell Pike.

Lingmell from the path up to Scafell Pike.

A busy Scafell Pike summit today!

A busy Scafell Pike summit today!

Ill Crag and the Langdale Pikes.

Ill Crag and the Langdale Pikes.

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Bowfell.

Sca Fell.

Sca Fell.

Approaching Mickledore.

Approaching Mickledore.

Eskdale from Mickledore.

Eskdale from Mickledore.

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Scafell Crags.

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The dangerously steep path down to the start of Lords Rake.

Lords Rake.

Lords Rake.

Climbing up the Scree.

Climbing up the Scree.

Looking down the scree.

Looking down the scree.

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The rest of Lords Rake.

More rock and scree to work our way up the West Wall Traverse.

More rock and scree to work our way up the West Wall Traverse.

And the last part of scrambling.

And the last part of scrambling.

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Looking down from the actual top.

Wast water and the Screes from Sca Fell.

Wast Water and the Screes from Sca Fell.

Burnmoor Tarn.

Burnmoor Tarn.

Seatallan.

Seatallan.

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Mosedale and Pillar.

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Scafell Pike.

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Grasmoor over Kirk Fell.

Sellafield and the Isle of Man.

Sellafield and the Isle of Man.

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Seatallan and Yewbarrow.

Britain’s favourite view.

Britain’s favourite view.

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