Guide to 100 scrambling routes climbing the rocks and gills of the English Lake District, covering the northern area including Wasdale, Buttermere, Patterdale and Blencathra. The carefully graded routes range from scrambling grade 1 to climbing grade V Diff, so there is something for beginners as well as veteran mountaineers - rock climbing equipment is advised for more difficult routes. Each scramble is clearly described with notes about grade, quality, aspect and approach, with colour maps and topos to aid navigation. There is information on safety and equipment, and listings of scrambles by location and grade allow the reader to assemble their own tailor-made combination of routes.
The Lake District is one of the most scenic areas in the world and this guide includes popular routes such as Sharp Edge, Cam Crag Ridge and Sphinx Ridge, dramatic gills like Sandbed and Ill Gills, and 28 classic rock climbs including Corvus, Needle Ridge, Grey Knotts Face and Steeple's East Buttress.
Contents:
Wasdale
Route 1 Middle Fell and Buckbarrow.
Route 2 Steeple East Buttress via Netherbeck gorges.
Route 3 An exploration of upper Mosedale.
Route 4 Pinnacle ridges of Pillar.
Route 5 Ill Gill and Boat How Crags, Kirk Fell.
Route 6 Climbers’ Traverse and Sphinx Ridge, Great Gable.
Route 7 The Napes, Great Gable.
Route 8 Lambfoot Dub skyline – Great End and Ill Crag.
Route 9 Lingmell, Pikes Crag and Scafell Crag.
Route 10 The Mickledore round.
Buttermere and Ennerdale
Route 11 Lorton and Buttermere gullies, Grasmoor.
Route 12 Pillar Rock, Seavy Knott and Round How.
Route 13 Chapel Crags and Raven Crag, High Stile.
Route 14 Grey Crag, High Stile.
Route 15 Honister Crag, Striddle Crag and Hassness Gill.
Borrowdale
Route 16 Lower Borrowdale gills and Shepherds Crag.
Route 17 Sourmilk Gill, Gillercomb Buttress and Green Gable.
Route 18 Ruddy Gill and the gullies of Great End.
Route 19 Esk Hause gills and crags.
Route 20 Combe Gill crags.
Route 21 Combe Gill, Cam Crag Ridge, Sergeant’s Crag and Lining Crag.
Northern and eastern fells
Route 22 Mere Gill and Ashness Gill.
Route 23 Sharp Edge and Hall’s Fell Ridge.
Route 24 Mill, Beckthorns and Sandbed gills.
Route 25 Helvellyn gills, coves and edges.
Well illustrated throughout with maps and photos.
By John Fleetwood.
Card cover with plastic cover, 17cm x 11.5cm, 304 pages.
Published 2021.
ISBN: 9781786310460.