Skiddaw
930m (3052ft)
The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
The summit of Skiddaw is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You can find Skiddaw & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
See Skiddaw and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
See Skiddaw and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
*Walk & bag all 24 Wainwrights in The Northern Fells area of The Lake District in just 7 easy-to-follow circular walks.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks. Click here for more information.
NB: Whether you print off a copy on to paper or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers Maps will prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal!
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Skiddaw
Iain Jones walked up Skiddaw on July 21st, 2012 [from/via/route] Skiddaw & Lonscale Fell from Millbeck [with] Stuart Jones - 31 July 2015 - Trail Run from Millbeck; 25 August 2017 - The Wainwright 60 - Day 5 (Skiddaw); 6 March 2024 - from Bridge Cottage, Keswick
Paul Messenger climbed Skiddaw on August 16th, 2013 [with] Pt Dg [weather] Clear some showers
Paul Macey bagged Skiddaw on July 19th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using Walk 273 [weather] Mostly sunny some cloud 19 degrees at finish
Rob Prikanowski hiked Skiddaw on June 7th, 2023 [from/via/route] c273 [weather] Sunny & warm, a little cloudy, strong wind.
Paul Roddam summited Skiddaw on February 5th, 2019 [with] Tom, Barb, Rice [weather] Sunny
Julian Bourne conquered Skiddaw on October 5th, 2018 [from/via/route] Keswick [weather] Fine
Vincent Clarke scaled Skiddaw on February 2nd, 2023 [from/via/route] Gale road [with] Cal n Louis [weather] Worst yet
Christine Shepherd walked up Skiddaw on August 18th, 1997 [from/via/route] Keswick [with] My husband Peter [weather] Very sunny in the valley but misty & damp from about 1,500ft. - We reached the summit after skidding & sliding on wet slate. There was nothing to see until we broke through the cloud on the way down to see a wonderful rainbow & a buzzard spreading his wings in front of us. Fantastic! Climbed Skiddaw again 12.5.08 in bright sunshine so that I could enjoy the view. On 22.5.12 I used walk c248 to reach the summit in hazy sunshine. Climbed again using walk c186 on 30.06.21 with Jenny.And again on 18.1.2022. Climbed on 2.1.23. It was so cold on the summit that the water in my drinking tube froze!
Martin Hartshorne climbed Skiddaw on November 4th, 2022 [with] finley [weather] Cloud on the tops, windy,grey,muddy some light showers. 5deg
Carl Murphy bagged Skiddaw on May 18th, 2018 [weather] Hot 🌞🌞🌞
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