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Scafell Pike 978m |
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Your ascent of Scafell Pike and it's immediate neighbour Scafell are accessed via Mickleden at the head of the Great Langdale valley if you choose option 1 or 2. From the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel you walk to Angle Tarn and Esk Hause then passing Great End, Ill Crag and Broad Crag before summiting the Scafells. A rope is provided by our instructors for the tricky section at Broad Stand know affectionatley as fat mans agony! The 2 day challenge (Option 3) will mean accessing the Scafells via High Raise after Helvellyn and a suitable campsite will be used between Thirlmere and High Raise before completing the challenge the following day.
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Scafell Pike consists of igneous rock dating from the Ordovician period, and is geologically part of the Borrowdale Volcanics. It is sometimes confused with the neighbouring Scafell to which it is connected by the pass of Mickledore. The name Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks higher from many angles). The contraction Scafell Pike originated as an error on an Ordnance Survey map, but is now standard. |
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The land was donated to the National Trust in 1920 by Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the Lake District "who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the Great War".
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