An excellent day ...a stiff walk to be honest - rather straight up and then back down! We parked up for free at Wasdale Head and took the footpath back to the National Trust campsite ...the path was damp in places! We then took the track up to Burnmoor Tarn... looking for the path towards Scafell several minor tracks take off across the molinia peatiness....so we struck out...fortunately it was dry! Then up the obvious path to the left of Hardrigg Gill. Steep in parts and then as you ascend on to the rockier parts it was ...steep again. As you climb you get superb views and the summit arrives very suddenly - no chance of a gradual ridge or plateau. Coming back down there was a decent path back down into Wasdale without going back to Burnmoor tarn ...I think we need newer maps - ours are 30 years old! ...Again a steep, but rapid descent and then to the Wasdale Head Inn for a pint. Fantastic conditions - very little wind and unnervingly way too warm for mid November.
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| Great Gable in the morning light and evening sun. |
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| Scafell. |
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| The summit.... |
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| Wasdale walls ..... |
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| Wasdale screes. |
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