Scafell Pike?

ktcoil

Hello


We are looking at doing Scafell pike next week(we have done a lot of the Wainwright fells already)


Can anyone recommend where your can start/park(postcode) and a route?


thanks

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There's plenty of parking at Seathwaite and Wasdale Head, but very little at Brotherilkeld. From Seathwaite, via Taylorgill force and Styhead is as good as any, with Grains Gill for an alternative descent. From Sty head you can take either the Corridor route or go via Esk Hause.
If you go from Wasdale Head the Piers Ghyll route is very good.

ktcoil

Thanks


Forgot to say we are staying at Grasmere too so prob closest start from there?(obviously not walking from there lol, driving)

Castle

ktcoil wrote: »

Thanks


Forgot to say we are staying at Grasmere too so prob closest start from there?(obviously not walking from there lol, driving)

Seathwaite will be a lot closer; Wasdale is about a 90 minute drive from Grasmere.

I've climbed it from Wasdale as the walking round trip is only 6 miles, as opposed to 9.5 miles from Seathwaite

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ktcoil wrote: »

Forgot to say we are staying at Grasmere

In that case your nearest route would be to park at the Old Dungeon Ghyll, and go via Mickleden, Rossett Gill, Angle Tarn & Esk Hause.
(RG will warm you up, but if you want a better graded climb look for the old packhorse road that nobody uses. It's the bridleway shown on the map that zigzags away from the gill.)

If you want another really good day out from Langdale, try this (again from the ODG):
Oxendale, Browney Gill, Pike O'Bliscoe, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End, then return via Angle tarn, Rossett Gill and Mickleden. Magic!

If you're staying in Grasmere, the Fairfield Horseshoe is right on your doorstep, too.

prenton01

Depending on what type of route you want and if you fancy a bit of scrambling there is a great route i have done.

Start at Seathwaite go to sprinkling tarn
there you look left and climb to Great End ( this is the scramble)
The across Broad Crag to Scafell Pike
Route back over Ill crag to Esk Hause then onwards to sprinkling crag back to Seathwaite

If you want GPX file let me know

ktcoil

hey thanks sounds good, would you happen to have best postcode to park? thanks