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Scafell 963.9m P132 (3162ft) (DoBIH Hill ID: 2360) [JNSA 491] Lake District National Park Definitive List summit. County of Cumberland Definitive List summit.

can see Scafell Pike a few hundred meters away, amazing 360 views.

Yewbarrow is an excellent viewpoint for the Scafells and Pillar range, despite being only 627m high. It is an entertaining peak as the usual route up via Bell Rib is a grade 1 scramble and another Grade 1 scramble is encountered on the descent via Stirrup Crag to Dore Head (though this can be bypassed by leaving the ridge earlier). Yewbarrow is very steep on the Wastwater side so the summit is a very airy viewpoint.

When Scafell Pike is overrun with walkers who have to climb England’s highest mountain, go and seek out Scafell. Scafell is the connoisseur’s mountain, with much more of interest than its fractionally higher neighbour. It has some of the finest crags in the country and these protect the summit from most attempts to climb it from any easterly direction except via Lord’s Rake with or without the West Wall Traverse. Foxes Tarn is a good aproach in summer from Scafell Pike via Mickledore but much less so in winter. Approaches via Slight Side or from Wasdale via the NW ridge are good any time. Enjoy time on Scafell, from where you can observe the hoards on Scafell Pike from afar, probably in solitude.

Illgill Head at 609m is the highest point of the long ridge above Wast Water, it's often known as Wastwater screes. The summit and ridge line are runnable, nowhere near as rough as the face looks so the ridge makes a good loop with the lake or from further away. Illgill head is a fine viewpoint of Wasdale Head.

Great fell alongside Wast Water and very accessible from the car park at Overbeck Bridge. I went up on a drizzly day but still had a great scramble going up via the gullies between Dropping Crag and Bell Rib. Didn't get the blue sky views but at least I had some and it was good scramble outing. Not wanting to down climb Stirrup Crag in the wet I took a side track just back from North Top coming off the Western side.

Not the nicest of days to do Scafell. Wanted to do it solo via Lords Rake but the vis and weather was not too good. Saw nothing above 500m. Guess I will have to come back!

Set out from the National Trust car park at 7.30am in the morning on a blue sky day and by 8.30am we were on the top and couldn't see 50m in front....bummer!