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| Name: | Scafell |
| Hill number: | 2360 |
| Height: | 963.9m / 3162ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2359 Scafell Pike |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Topographical area: | EL03 Scafell-illgill |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| Catchment: | Esk (Ravenglass), Catchment Boundaries, Irt |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, High Hills of Britain, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem, Trail 100 (Hu,Tu,Sim,F,Hew,N,W,B,HHB,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg,Cm,T100) |
| Grid ref: | NY 20682 06478 |
| Summit feature: | cairn on rock N of windshelter |
| Drop: | 132.2m |
| Col: | 831.6m NY 2102 0690  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | Formerly on Marilyn list |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1706 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Wha House - Terrace Route - Slight Side - Long Green - Scafell - Symonds Knott - Green How - Burnmoor Tarn - Eel Tarn - Wha House | MountainTerrier | 07/09/2024 |
| Scafell and Slight Side from Eskdale via Foxes Tarn. | sms.37 | 17/08/2024 |
| Scafell with Shaun and Jonathan | P333ebz | 03/08/2024 |
| Up Lord's Rake and a gully for Symonds Knott, so decided I should pay a second visit to Scafell on my way back to the car at Wasdale. | NormanW | 14/07/2024 |
| From Eskdale YH via Foxes Rake and back. In a cloud after waterfalls and leaving Esk valley, but absolutely no wind. Esk valley is beautiful but very wet. The trail on the (true) right bank of Esk is much better than on the left one, what I knew on the way back. | LandE | 14/07/2024 |
| From Symonds Knott. | KeithByTheC | 16/05/2024 |
| Highest Hills of England (2nd) | NyeBowman | 10/05/2024 |
| 169 | windybilly | 22/04/2024 |
| Slight Side and Scafell Walk. IOG Easter Trip 2024. | dancingqueen101 | 30/03/2024 |
| Scafell and Slight Side from Wha House Farm. Again misty, but a brief glimpse of a view from Scafell's summit. The rocks are very slippery after the many months of rain - care required. 14km with 1050m ascent, taking me 6 hours, there and back. | silverwolf_alan | 19/02/2024 |
| https://www.komoot.com/tour/1430523102 | Modestas | 03/02/2024 |
| From Gill Bank | rfoster | 23/09/2023 |
| To be added | James McKnight | 09/09/2023 |
| From Wha House. 16 km, 1050 m asc. Up by the Cat Cove path to Slight Side and Scafell. S to Great How, Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag and Goat Crag. Dry, warm. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310491689 | SalmonJoe | 10/08/2023 |
| Parked at NT Wasdale Head. SIMMS on Nuttall 5.1 plus Illgill Head. Lingmell > Great End > Ill Crag > Broad Crag > Scafell Pike > (via Lord's Rake) Scafell > Illgill Head | Peter_W_Mitchell | 15/06/2023 |
| From NT car park. Scafell Pike - Scafell (via Foxes Tarn) | JnJ | 30/05/2023 |
| Great Lakeland 3 Dayer | emily | 29/04/2023 |
| Corridor route / Lord's Rake from Seathwaite | Huwel | 23/02/2023 |
| Brackenclose, Maiden Castle, Hard Rigg, Scafell, Green How, Brackenclose. Freezing fog made scree slippery with rime. | Isbjorn | 02/01/2023 |
| Snowy/sunny/cloudy at top. | Amanda&JamesExplore | 02/01/2023 |
| R via Green How | Richard Tait | 22/12/2022 |
| Damp and claggy solo day doing Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Sca Fell and Slight Side. Scafell Pike summit was empty (apart from me!) | Winter Round | 01/12/2022 |
| Stayed at Eskdale YH the night before, the staff allowed me to keep my car there on 26th, while I did the hike. Walked along the road to Wha House and followed the well defined path between the Crags and up to Slight Side, then onto Sca Fell. Great views in all directions, sunny until half way down when I brief shower caught me. Returned via the same route, as on the ascent I visited the wrong (lower) north summit, so on the descent I visited the southern summit, which now looks lower....06:20hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 26/09/2022 |
| From Wha House via Cam Spout, returning via Slight Side | squeegs | 23/09/2022 |
| Lingmell,Middleboot Knotts, Round Haw,Great End,Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Symonds Knott, Scafell. From NT car park at Wasdale Head. Tough day | Longwojo | 19/09/2022 |
| From NT campsite in Wasdale, up to Mickeldore Col then descended to climb Fox Tarn path. Scafell and Symonds Knott summits then descended via the grassy West slope. 2nd walk of the day after Morning walk in poor condition on Lingmell, treated to perfect evening conditions on the summits. With R. | Dan Baddeley | 04/09/2022 |
| Did Lords Rake, Symonds Knott, and then finally reached the summit of Scafell. A very technical but fascinating Summit to do part of the final county Top of England, Scafell Pike. | DavidHiner | 31/08/2022 |
| From small car park at Wha House Farm to Slight Side, Scafell and Symonds Knott. | dgresty | 17/08/2022 |
| Via foxes tarn. Walked with Dad and Jennifer. | AJScourfield | 09/08/2022 |
| MY FINAL WAINWRIGHT. Thanks Alfred for the inspiration. With the crew. Prosecco in the clag on the summit. | Fionalevey | 06/08/2022 |
| Great day despite the mist, Fiona's final Wainwright | trimarc2 | 06/08/2022 |
| With CP and YP | garth87 | 05/08/2022 |
| From Wha House. 16 km, 950 m asc. To Brotherilkeld and along the E side of The river Esk to cross Lincove Bridge. Continue up the E bank and cross opposite the base of Cam Spout. Up the RH side of the Spout and onto and into Foxes Tarn Gully and up to Foxes Tarn. Up the scree to the Cross in the Col, detour to Symonds Knott then SW to Scafell summit. Down the S ridge to Slight Side summit and back by the Catcove Beck path to Wha House. Warm, dry, misty on the tops. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720300936419 | SalmonJoe | 29/07/2022 |
| From Brackenclose, Wasedale Campsite, up Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Scafell via Foxes Tarn, back down to Wasedale 10.73km. With Ben. Cloud covering the top on and off through the day. We waited about 20 minutes on the summit to get a good view. | Victor | 13/07/2022 |
| from the Pike via Foxes Tarn Gulley | Windsor Wool | 28/05/2022 |
| Stayed at limefitt. Scafell Pike to Great end for Si's final wainwright. (fitting name for a fitting end) | Nicefish | 21/05/2022 |
| R by WWT excellent but tricky.. Rockfall? | Richard Tait | 17/05/2022 |
| With Rob | Lynfa Penygarn | 19/03/2022 |
| Ascent from Eskdale | LewisMat | 07/03/2022 |
| With: hb sb ab nh jmf; From CP at base of Hard Knott Pass, to Wha House, then Terrace Route to Slight Side (My last Wainwright). Up to Sca Fell then down via Foxes Tarn and Eskdale to Brotherilkeld and CP. Brilliant weather. | Ian Baines | 06/03/2022 |
| Jubilee Bridge -> Goat Crag -> Bull How -> Dawsonground Crags -> Cat Crag -> Slight Side -> Scafell -> Foxes Tarn -> Damas Dubs -> Jubilee Bridge | briandiggle | 17/01/2022 |
| Started at Eskdale - Slight side- Scafell - Lingmell. Beautiful November day and descended into Wasdale for a lovely lunch. 9.5 miles 3879 ft elevation | nell1583 | 13/11/2021 |
| The ascent of Scafell from Wha House, via Slight Side, Symonds Knott, returning via Slight Side, Great How and Boat How to Boot. A wonderful November day in the Lakes, with a mixture of vivid blue sky and mist drifting around the hills. Even a sighting a splendid Brocken Spectre from Symonds Knott. 21km with 1200m ascent in 7h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 13/11/2021 |
| Raining all night and due to continue all day, my companion planned to enjoy a day in the pub but dropped me at the top end of Wast Water and left me to it. Main route up Scafell Pike impassable due to river crossing in torrent, so plodded up to saddle between Scafell and Illgill then turned NE and climbed up streaming slopes towards Scafell and summit. Managed to descent to Foxes tarn but thought better of it with everything in torrent and returned the way i had come , descending to Burnmoor tarn with the whole bowl awash. Descending to E of tarn looked a safer bet and followed track to Boot then glad to be on tarmac, road to pub in Santon | richardrosser | 27/10/2021 |
| Came up Lord’s Rake and up to Symonds Knott. Solo. W183 Rnd6. | Dangerous Dave | 11/10/2021 |
| From Wasdale Head NT car park with Lucy. Cloud below 1,000 feet. By Foxes Tarn from Mickledore. | Nab Scar | 26/09/2021 |
| with Tony after Broad Stand | HardenC | 15/09/2021 |
| Weather - Low cloud, poor visibility ... Route: circular from Wha house farm - slight side - Scafell- Burnmoor Tarn - Boot. | R & K | 06/09/2021 |
| R by WWT superb 2hr 14 moving | Richard Tait | 02/09/2021 |
| Via Lingmell Gill, Hollow Stones, Broad Stand, climb the gully to Foxes Tarn then descent via Green How. Solo. Warm even at summit and light winds made for good walking. Views on the lea side to E. | RoguePulsar | 10/08/2021 |