Skiddaw 2012


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Skiddaw

8th October 2012

Distance	Time		Elevation in meters
Km	Elapsed Hrs-Mins	Moving Hrs-Mins	Gain	Loss	Min	Max
13.8	5H30	3H57	987	1,021	81	941

For our climb of Skiddaw we drove through Keswick and took the A591 towards Bassenthwaite and parked off-road near the Ravenstone Hotel. From here the path rises sharply through the woods until it breaks out in open land on the foothills of Ullock Pike. After climbing Ullock Pike, the path follows the line of Longside Edge, a ridge not dissimilar in shape to Crib Goch in Snowdonia, but with a broader ridge. This part of the climb was really enjoyable, with views of Little Man straight ahead and of Skiddaw itself to the left. The path drops down onto a col, from which a rough scree path leads to the Skiddaw summit. The first part of this scree path is fairly gentle, but the last third becomes quite steep and it is a struggle to the top. The path leads to the eastern most of the two Skiddaw peaks; the Western peak is a short distance away via a shallow col. After leaving Skiddaw we descended to the north of Little Man, with views of Blencathra to the north-east. The path comes out at the foot of Latrigg Fell, with a short walk in to the centre of Keswick.