Sca Fell
964m (3163ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Sca Fell is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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Walk c233 Sca Fell and Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's 2 highest mountains
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,195ft (1,279m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Corridor Route, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Lingmell Gill, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Walk c109 Slight Side and Sca Fell from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
England's 2nd highest mountain
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,428ft (1,045m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Foxes Tarn, Cam Spout Crag, River Esk, Great Moss, Lingcove Bridge, Brotherilkeld, Hardknott Pass, Eskdale.
Walk c175 Slight Side and Sca Fell from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
England's 2nd highest mountain
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,401ft (1,037m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Hard Rigg, Burnmoor Tarn, Eel Tarn, Christcliff, Wha House Farm, Eskdale.
Walk c271 The Scafell Massif from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's highest & 2nd highest mountains
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,140ft (1,567m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Middleboot Knotts, Round How (Scafell), Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Wast Water.
Walk c453 The Scafell Mountains from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Testing route up England's highest mountains
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,409ft (1,648m) | |
| Time: | 9½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Corridor Route, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Slight Side, Broad Tongue, Hardrigg Gill, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Walk c166 The Scafell Masiff from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
England's highest mountains
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,982ft (1,519m) | |
| Time: | 10 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Lingcove Bridge, Great Moss, Eskdale.
Walk c110 The Eskdale Skyline from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
Stenuous high level route across England's highest mountains
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14ml (22.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 6,009ft (1,832m) | |
| Time: | 9 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Ore Gap, Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bowfell Buttress, Cambridge Crag, Flat Crag, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Three Tarns, Great Moss, Brotherikeld, Eskdale.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Sca Fell
Claire Murray walked up on August 17th, 2020 [from/via/route] Started at village green near hotel. Walked Lingfell, Scafell, Pike, Scafell and the other one I've forgotten 🙈 [with] Murray [weather] Lovely! - Uphill struggles!
Caroline Winter climbed on July 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head, Hollow Stones, Mickledore route, Lords Rake, Scafell, Foxes Tarn, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Lingmell Col [with] Becky, Royce, Courtney [weather] One of the hottest days of the year. Sunny all day - Underestimated how exhausting the walk. Age and reduced fitness taking its toll. We watched Fell runner climbed Lords Rake in 3 minutes ! Met up with Kiwi shepherds and continued walking and spent the following day with them. Ran out of steam and time to add on Lingmell. Very late for booked meal at Wasdale, but they kindly served us.
Andy Buxton bagged during August, 1968 [from/via/route] Corridor Route to Scafell Pike thenLOrd's Rake and West Wall Traverse. Descent vis Lord's Rake [with] Dad [weather] Misty - Lord's Rake a bloody loose thrutch. Also with Ian Wright in June 1980 plus other times
Richard Marshall hiked on July 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] From Boot. Fell off ScaFell [with] Bo [weather] Very Hot. Breezy on top
Michael Austin summited on May 12th, 2019 [from/via/route] Corridor Route [weather] Sunny
Paul Macey conquered on July 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] After Slight Side [weather] Low cloud
Elaine Evans scaled on September 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] From Wasdale campsite carpark, via corpse road towards Burnmoor Tarn, ascended to Sca Fell then descended to Slight Side, back to corpse road and returned to car. [with] Sue [weather] Wonderful walking weather - fair, sunshine and cloud with a cooling breeze. Poor visibility on Sca Fell summit. - Very boggy ground on way up and on way down. Saw memorial to Polish pilots who crashed in 1941 - some wreckage still present at site.
Phillip Bulley walked up on September 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] From Backenclose to lords rake. [with] Ruby. [weather] Sunny and warm.
Bay Wan climbed on August 25th, 2019 [from/via/route] Slight Side to Scafell loop (avoided Scafell Pike like the plague because a) it was August Bank holiday weekend and b) I heard it was all bouldery so not really my bag) [with] Cocoa dog - 8 yrs old [weather] Sunny summers day. 25 degrees. Lovely with a breeze. Cooking without. - Path disappeared after about an hour on the way up to Slight Side at Whinscales and it's pretty boggy in most if the way, however, treading a lesser used path has its advantages being I saw no one until I neared Scafell! Didn't enjoy the scree descent down from Scafell and the boggy return, although the path was better here.
Richard Marchant bagged on November 23rd, 1993 [from/via/route] This was a two day trip with an overnight camp at Beckhead Tarn below Great Gable. Day 1 we ascended Yewbarrow then onto Red Pike-Scoat Fell-Pillar-Kirk Fell and descended to Beckhead Tarn and camped the night and what a cold night. Day 2 Great Gable-Scafell Pike via the corridor route then Sca Fell and back down to Wasdale and the car. [with] Best Friend Ray Collins. [weather] Clear blue skies, no wind but very cold and in the minus overnight
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Sca Fell
Yewbarrow, Great Gable, Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from Wast Water
Great End, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Sca Fell and Slightside from the summit of Yewbarrow
Sca Fell (left), Mickledore (centre), Scafell Pike (centre-right) and Ill Crag (right) from Crinkle Crags (Long Top)
Snow on Scafell Pike (left), Sca Fell (right top) and Lingmell (right centre) from Westmorland Cairn on Great Gable
From left to right: Slight Side and Sca Fell, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Cold Pike, Little Stand and finally the shoulder of Grey Friar from the summit of Hard Knott
The Scafell Massif - Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Great End - from the summit cairn on Crinkle Crags (South Top)
Britain's Favourite View - Yewbarrow, Great Gable, Lingmell, Great End, Sca Fell and the shoulder of Illgill Head (far right) from Wast Water
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