Tag: Sca Fell
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Trying out the Lord’s Rake for Sca Fell, Lake District – August
The sky was grey in the morning, and the hills shrouded in mist, but we set off walking from the campsite up towards Mickledore col between Scafell Pike and Sca Fell. After a bit of discussion we found the bottom of the Lord’s Rake, a scree route up to Sca Fell, in the mist. We…
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Finding a way up to Sca Fell, Lake District – April
We had been up to Scafell Pike before (in 2006): it is the highest mountain in England at 978m, and there is a relatively easy way up to the top. On the last occasion, it was in December, and there was a bit of snow at the top. I had felt a bit nervous about…