Great Knott - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike
13.5miles
What's the best to follow white? blue and yellow!
It has snowed a fair amount over the last week or two and the last few days have been sunny. Monday was the best you could get, no wind to boot!
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| Snowman on Great Knott |
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| Looking towards Langdales and Helvellyn |
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| Langdale Pikes |
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| Scafells and Great End |
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| Ice spikes needed |
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| Heading toward Scafell Pike |
One great advantage of lots of snow, no boulder field!
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| Final decent and ascent onto Scafell Pike |
The last ascent quite tricky as it was steep smooth iced snow and I might not have made it if it wasn't for a friendly climber lending me his poles, cheers Noel from the Peak District! A couple in front had the same spikes but with the poles they seemed to get up fine, I wasn't getting quite the good grip.
Seeing climbers with the proper crampons and ice axe whizz up, I really must try them out!
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| A windless Scafell Pike summit |
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Sca fell
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A short rest, food and drink, put the camera away and a Tornado flies low over head banking sharply between us and Scafell. I like trying to get jet photos flying through the fells be generally get them banking underside not cockpit facing. Arrgh gutting!
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| The missed shot! |
