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 |
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| 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. |
Pam, Lesley, Jim, Tony & Tony
The path climbs steadily in open land shortly after leaving the Bassenthwaite road
Looking across the valley to Skidaw
looking back along the path we have just climbed
Looking back to Bassentwaite
A rest, before we tackled Longside Edge
Longside Edge in the background
On Longside Edge
Looking back at Longside Edge
Starting the climb up the scree to Skiddaw
At the Eastern summit, with the Western summit in the background
Looking over Bassenthwaite from the Western summit
Tony, Pam, Tony and Lesley approaching the Western summit
The Western summit
Heading down to the east of Little Man
Blencathra in the distance
A monument above Keswick in memory of two Skiddaw sheperds Edward Hawell (1813-1889)
and his son Joseph Hawell (1857-1891), both of Lowscale
Looking back on our route
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