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TP5828 - Sca Fell
Logged Visits:
Revisit for umpteenth time. Should have had my crampons with me as very icy along the corridor route and last pull to summit..
A long hard slog up through the ice and snow from Langdale. Incredible view! I headed then back down to Angle tarn and branched off to climb High Raise. Great day
On the summit on a glorious autumn day having walked up from Langdale.
Walked up from Wasdale head via Lingmell Beck with ex-workmates Bob and Geoff – returned along the corridor route and Styhead Tarn. Great weather with blue sky and only light wind. Unfortunately cloud above 3000 ft limiting views and reducing the temperature. Lots of folk about (and dogs).
Hailstorm near top but worth the visit when sun appeared fleetingly
the heavens opened got a soaking never mind another wainwright ticked off
Ascended from Wasdale Head
Picked up while on a geocaching event, walking up scarfell pike. Not much of view today as was cloudy up top.
Found while attending the Geocaching mega event
third time with Ben Paschwa, Sichella and Taron
Came from Lingmell and continued onto Sca Fell Pike
Visited during a night climb as part of the Three Peaks challenge.
Wow. It is a great place to be but bo was it crowded today. I guess it was mainly people doing the dreaded three peaks challenge. I even had to ask someone to move out of the way to get a picture of the flush bracket. There was no chance of me getting a clear picture of the trig itself. Scafell itself was a lot quieter.
walked up Scafell via Seathwaite Fell and Great End then dropped down to the corridor route. From there it was a long slog to the summit. A brilliant day with wall to wall sunshine though got completely sunburnt
a beautiful day with views to die for, stone built trig.... wonder how many stone built ones there are??
Stone-built pillar with one bottom corner-stone missing. Spider open no cap or plug. Previously visited this high-point of England 18/04/87 & 09/10/05 no trig details noted.
Gone for an 8 as we could not see more than about 10ft at the top. The rain hammered it down the whole time up and down, a great walk but best in the summer, whenever that is in Cumbria!
Great achievement for us to reach the top. Even managed to get a few minutes without cloud obscurring the view
Great to bag the big one!
Nice to locate this one and have a view.
Nighttime rehearsal for 3 peaks.
Climbed Scafell Pike whilst on holiday in the area. We were very lucky and had perfect weather and views from the Trig.
2nd of the three peaks I'm walking with my son. Picked a splendid day for it
Came up Corridor Route from Seathwaite. First time up Scafell. Total pea-soup and constant rain from start to finish. Good for the soul eh? The Mrs loved it...
Visibility not good today, very busy too. Stopped off to climb scafell on our way to Scotland.
15 years and 2 days since my last visit but now with a 13 year old son. We came from Cockley Beck over Crinkle Crags, Bowfell & Esk Pike camping overnight at Esk Hause before completing Great End and Sca Fell when perhaps we should haver been about to watch England stuff the Germans, what was the result ?
Another walk up Scafell Pike. Started out from Wasdale Head with a group, via Brown Tongue. A sunny day, but a little chilly and cloudy on top. Good stuff.
Walked up from car park at Wasdale Head. Sunny all way up but cloudy at summit. Impressive views of Wast Water on way up steep path
Visited in the early hours in torrential rain, so could not really see much. Will have to come back to admire the views another time. There is currently an England flag in the top of the trig, presumably for the World Cup!
Birketts CLF walk W/SCA1 Parked in the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel CP > Mickleden > Rossett Gill > Esk Hause > Great End > Blunt Knott > Ill Crag > Broad Crag > SCAFELL PIKE elaborate cairn close to the trig is the higher point and the actual summit > Esk Hause > Rossett Gill > Mickleden > CP
Would have been great views but it was cloudy. As expected from the Lake District.
No cloud today and a breathtaking view all around.
Stayed at the exellent burntwaite farm took peers gill route then lingmell, Summit like arndale centre,trig near massive shelter,went to esk cairn for lunch mega view here.
Latest of ten visits, first 26/2/77. Visited during walk which took in my last two Nuttalls, Middleboot Knotts and Round How.
At last, made it to England's highest summit after more than half a century! Walked up from Wasdale via Lingmell Gill, back down via the Corridor Route and Lingmell Beck underneath Great Gable. Clear day so excellent views, although very busy.
Found while caching
Parked at Seathwaite and walked up to Styhead Tarn and then onto Corridor Route. Did a short detour to Lingmell for lunch and there was a grand total of two other people there. Went on over Scafell Pike and on past Esk Hause to Sprinkling Tarn. From there I ascended Seathwaite Fell, which was interesting, and scrambled back down to Stockley Bridge. Scafell Pike was too busy but the weather was tremendous and views superb. Photos to follow.
England's highest trigpoint, great views, but its Scafell Pike not Sca Fell, somebody really needs to check all the names on this site
Parked by Jubilee Bridge tried to follow Birketts CLF walk W/SCA2 and 2A, far to complicated, instead followed the River Esk up to Little Narrowcove onto the rocky summit of Pen. From Pen climbed up Little Narrowcove and joined the throngs of fellow pilgims onto the summit cairn/shelter. Trig slightly lower 977.493m at NY 21540031 07216656. Then onto Lords Rake > Symonds Knott > Scafell > Slight Side. Previous visits 28/05/1997 & 5/6/1978
done overnight, awesome spot as ever
RW, DrAli, JeffB, RayW
All four seasons of weather in one day, snow showers and hailstones at the top, but great views as well, good company and a good walk
Done this as 2nd part of our 3 peaks weekend, weather good and sunny at bottom and poor on the top with hail, mist etc typical.Lots of people on the hill many poorley kitted!!
Tough ascent in snow and heavy winds
Ascended from Seathwaite via Corridor Route. Hit some cloud on the top which, suprise, had lifted by the time we got onto Broad Crag next door. Crowds not too bad today and great views from Broad Crag, Ill Crag and Great End. A great day. Trig and Viewing platform in good condition considering the amount of people who must pass by here.
Looking through some old photos and found this TP. Bagged this back in 2008 with Penfold1570 long before I knew about TUK. Bit of a murky day and very foggy at the top, as I remember, so no view to comment on. The next day was lovely and sunny and we got an epic 360 view from nearby Great Gable. A memorable walking trip.
Long walk to the top from Wasdale. No view when we got to summit.
Clear views from the top when I arrived, but I watched the cloud come in and smother the summit as I was descending. Approached via Eskdale and Little Narrowcove, surely one of the most arduous routes in? Looks like I picked a day when there's an organised 3 Peaks challenge on, summit was quite busy with lots of walkie-talkie chatter and flags being raised etc.
Second of the three peaks challange
Walked from Seathwaite Farm via Corridor Route
Found whilst doing a four peaks challenge with Cornwall search & Rescue Team.
Trig in good condition nice walk up over Great End. Nice and clear good distant views.
The top of England! What better place to be? Not sure we did this hill by the best route; from the head of Wast Water up onto Lingmell then an easy cut across to Scafell Pike. Return via Mickledore was more intersesting. We had a fine day which made our first visit here memorable.
running shoes on for a circuit including Scafell Pike in order to retrieve our travelbug from the nearby geocache. plenty of snow about but a nice calm day.
Claggy and drizzly. Usual crowds on top. Did Lingmell Crag on the way to the Pike and that was far better. And quieter.
Amazing views all round. Love seeing all the other tops and tarns. Well worth the hike up from Wasdale.
Terrible weather, very wet and foggy, but very atmospheric, good to be standing on top of England...
What should have been a fantastic view was spoiled by the wet miserable Lakeland weather!
Found this during the three peaks challenge
Very, very busy today.
Walked up from ODG, a long climb. Very busy on a fine clear day.
Another ridiculously hot day! Day of the KISSU/Leki anti-sun-stroke construction!
Parked at Wasdale and walked up through Hollow Stones and Mickledore. Had been sunny all the way up - until we reached the summit and the cloud rolled in (see photos).
Excellent view. If you're thinking of visiting then I'd recommend you go from Seathwaite via Esk Hause, visiting Great End & Broad Crag on your way to Scafell Pike.
Logged whilst on a trip to the top with other cachers on the Death or Glory Event
Lovely walk up from Seathwaite, busy at the top, but perhaps only to be expected on a clear day. Couple of students were cooking bacon sandwiches at £2.50 a go, raising money for charity.
Like the same days logs. The DoG Event .
This is the most decorative trig point I have ever seen. Considering that this is the highest point in England is was remarkably crowded on this day.
Done this on geocache meet "death or glory" great day out sunny with great views.
Climbed the hill with the Death or Glory events members.
Lovely day to find this one
lots to do with gpsr on Scafell now :-)
Like every other time I've been up here always masses of folk....need to come up at nighttime.
Thick mist down to about 300 metres today! Summit really in dense cloud with constant rain and no views. Score based on what I think the view would be like when the summit is clear as I've seen spectacular photos. Note: this trig is indeed on the summit of Scafell Pike and not Scafell.
The most recent of multiple visits,this time firstly visiting and being first to find the new SOTA cache near the summit,logged that one under my GEO name of Fellsmanhiker. PS why is this Trig listed as being on Sca Fell when it's clearly on Sca Fell Pike.
views of nothing but LOW Cloud next time might be better
Was a nice sunny day with far reaching views.Well worth the hard climb from Wasdale Head
Logging this retrospectively. Was a lovely warm clear day with far reaching views. Well worth the hard climb from Wasdale Head.
vgc, stonebuilt, no cap or plug. By stone platform. Clear cool spring day, brilliant view. Visited from Ennerdale: recce for the British Three Peaks Yacht Race.
Climbed on a wonderful clear day with cracking views in every direction. Still snow in places but as this was a bank holiday weekend, the crowds were the problem. But the views made up for it! Excellent trig but what is the point of that awful viewing platform next to the trig? It spoils the summit. The trig should be the highest point.
Long hard slog up from Braken Close in hot sunshine but views worth every step.
2nd peak as part of the three peaks challenge
would have been a nice view apart from the fact that i could see a thing because of cloud cover was down
No views today! Plug missing.
Second one on our Three Peaks Challenge. Not a particularly pleasant walk from Wasdale Head. Pleasant stone trig point however. Shame that the views were so poor, too much mist as always. Barren plateau rather dull.
Had a great day out with cachehoppers,john & chester from phillimore clan,wetherspooners and pid, good conditions unfortunatly I have no pictures to share as I deleted them that evening accidently :(
Second summit of the 3 peaks. Weather was terrible, but the summit was quiet though!
been up several times, usual route from seathaite via the corridor route the return must include the summit of great end [a fav viewpoint]
Foggy!
In a big block of ice, the trig point was good to hang onto in the high wind
Hard to find in the mist
second trig today, nice clear weather too!
The purists would argue this is Scafell Pike and not the lesser Scafell. In the clouds today and the top's like Oxford Street on a Saturday afternoon. Top marks just because it's the highest in England :-)
umpteen visits and an overnighter too 21-06-95!
England Country Top. Cumberland County Top. Fantastic weather on this my 11th ascent, better than mid-summer.
Very busy on the top today.
Visited during a trip round the 4 3's with The Irregulars LDWA.
Nice walk up in the white clouds
this trig point on scafell pike and not scafell as listed.
Built of stones and a good climb to the trig !!!
Slightly spoilt by the low cloud when I was at the summit, which meant that no views were available. Quite quiet; in my stay at the summit I saw only two other walkers.
Has to be the best in England for obvious reasons!
Lucky to have chosen a lovely day to climb the highest mountain in England. Great views, and nice stone trig.
Many visits but this one particularly stand out - deep snow up Corridor Route and gale force winds on top, but what a day!
a stunning sunny still day with clouds of mosquitoes biting the crowds of camera and phone carrying summit baggers
Climbed a couple of years ago - great day!
Bit silly naming the trig after the next door fell. A sunny day and a busy Scafell Pike summit. Trig stone clad. Climbed from Wasdale via Esk Hause and descended over Lingmell. I had planned this as my final Wainwright but we were staying in Wasdale with a friend who was going to do the 3 peaks and wished to recce the route.
Constructed of stone blocks. Wet & windy, but worth the trek.
Visited as part of the "Nuttall" Scafells walk (5.1)
Did this one as part of the 3 Peaks that we did over the period of a week. This was the second after Ben Nevis and before Snowdon. Very foggy day, very wet too. This was back in the good old days before we had a gps and had to rely on our map and compass only.:-)
First visit to Scafell Pike.
No details noted - can ascend direct from Esk to SE
Up from Seathwaite via Esk Hause and Broad Crag. Back along the Corridor route. A good walk, but appalling weather on the top. Couldn't actually walk facing forwards due to the sharpness of the wind, rain, hail etc. 977m Me, Lou
Scorching hot day.. yet not too busy, considering this is a country top - too late in the year for the dreaded 3 peaks mob.. This is Scafell Pike, Scafell's slightly higher neighbour. Fine pair of hills, went up from Eskdale..
done as part of 3 peaks
2nd of Todays 3 peaks FAR better views (as it was clear) than Ben Nevis
Retrospective log. Visited when doing Wainwrights.
Overnight at Hollow Stones, then very early start over Lingmell, Great End and Broad Crag. A couple of people had overnighted on the summit - other than them it was very quiet.
Local stone. Plug missing.
Climbed from Seathwaite via Esk Hause.
great week
Retrospective Logging of this trig from when I reached this summit whilst doing the Wainwrights
Seathwaite to Wasdale via corridor route Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag and Scafell Pike.
first visit
Beat the storm that came through two days later and took the tent with it
Originally built 10th of April 1936 as OSGB Primary Station PP92. The pillar was rebuilt as present in June 1950 using local stone with the same flush bracket, S1537. Whether it was originally stone built or concrete is unknown. By 11th September 1990 the spider no longer had its OS centre plug. Visited and photographed 11/09/1990, GRP.
Has to 10/10 for the highest in England!
stopped at outwardbound centre eskdale green on awalking holiday. approx date
Camped out overnight with BPMRT. Safety check for Borrowdale fell race.
From Wasdale Head via Scafell and Broad Stand with Joyce.
Climbed on family holiday in 1975.
first hill in Lake District. Drove from Bristol, slept in car at Troutbeck, awoke to get our first glorious view in daylight, waited for petrol station to open at 9.00 in Ambleside, drove over Hardknott Pass to Wasdale Head and climbed Great End, still snow patches on ground, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Lord's Rake and back via Slight Side. Car at 7.00pm! Car battery flat! Push start and to Roshthwaite for our B and B. What a day!
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Sca Fell
Cattawall and Buster
Plank anyone ?
24th Sep 2011 14:00 by 
Flush Bracket
Lorri at the Trig 
Beautiful Views
Yuch
Flush Bracket
Me at the trig
Me at te trig
On the way up
trig in the distance
wiew to eskdale
Sca Fell from Scafell Pike
Sca Fell at 3am
Sca Fell
Needs pointed up with mortar!!
Me at Trig
Sca Fell.
Scafell Pike Trig
Janomi & Friends @ Scafell Pike
Camo Trig
Sca Fell Pike Trig Plate
Sca Fell Pike Trig
Kim By Pillar
The Plate
On Top Of The World
Tasha the highest dog in England today.
its wet up here
The Trig and crowds
Northgate and Prudhoe Mountaineering Club members
View from top
Looking up to Sca Fell Pike
Northgate and Prudhoe Mountaineering Club members 2
Crowded on top
A group of tired 3 peak challengers
Flush Bracket
Nice walk to work!
Sheltering behind the cairn
Cold? In August?
The trigpoint
Missing plug
Scafell Pike
Scarfell Pike - Summit 2 of the 3 Peaks
from Scafell summit towards Mikledore
Me and the lads on the 3PC
S1537
S1537 - Flush Bracket
S1537 - Spider
S1537, Pauline, and I
Me by the Trig
Sca Fell Pike trig point.
Sca Fell Pike trig point.
Not the trig point!
S1537 - Sca Fell (Scafel Pike)