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Country: England
Scafell Pike, situated in the Cumbrian mountains in the beautiful Lake District is England's highest peak. It stands 978 metres high (3,208 feet), and is climbed by thousands of people each year. Along with Ben Nevis and Snowdon, it is one of the mountains climbed as part of The Three Peaks Challenge.
Originally the name 'The Pikes of Sca Fell' was applied to the peaks which are nowadays known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag.
Scafell Pike was donated to the National Trust in the first quarter of the 20th Century by Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the Lake District who fell in the First World War.
There are two main routes up Scafell Pike, from Wasdale Head Inn and the other star ting from Seathwaite in Borrowdale. The second is a longer route, but one which rewards the walker with magnificent views and this will be
our route.
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