This is the UK's leading website for Walking and Hiking

How can I avoid a wasted journey?

Q. Hi

 

I made an unsuccessful attempt to climb Scafell Pike yesterday from Wasdale Head. Due to the heavy rain the footpath to cross the stream at Lingmell Gill was unpassable and hence I had to abandon the climb.

 

I am planning to return this coming weekend to try again but am concerned that if faced with the same situation I may have another wasted journey.

 

I was wondering what alternative routes I could use if I face the same conditions next week?

 

Louise Pritchard, Chorley

 

Click here to add an answer this question.

 

A. The best thing to do is download a number of different routes that all start in the same location. So if you are unable to complete one route due to adverse weather conditions (or whatever) then you always have a number of alternatives and do not end up with a wasted journey and/or overnight accommodation costs.

 

These routes c111 c172 c197 c233 c271 all climb Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head and c197 c233 c271 avoid crossing Lingmell Beck altogether by going straight up Lingmell.

 

For all the current walk routes available that all start in Wasdale Head - see c101 c111 c116 c141 c172 c197 c233 c240 c271 c343 c386 .

 

To find walks that start in other locations - put that place name into our Search page.

 

Hope this helps

 

Mike (Editor)

 

Click here to add an answer this question.

 

 

Back to main Q & A Menu

 

To ask a new question please use this Ask a Question Form.

 

To search this section, see Search.

 

To contribute to go4awalk.com or to contact us about anything at all

- see Talk To Us. For help see Help.

 

go4awalk.com and go4awalk.co.uk are registered trademarks of TMDH Limited.

 

Copyright | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statement

 

NB. To see our navigational hills you must have the Macromedia Shockwave/Flash Player plug-in installed in your browser. This is free and comes as standard with later versions. If you have an early version browser - click here and follow Macromedia's installation instructions. Furthermore, go4awalk.com makes full use of your browser's ability to display multiple pages in a single window as Tabs. To enable tabs in Internet Explorer see Tools > Internet Options > General. To enable tabs in Mozilla Firefox see Tools > Options > Tabs. To enable tabs in Safari see Safari > Preferences > Tabs.