Description
A comprehensive route network for winter possibilities.
When conditions allow, the Lake District offers snow, ice, and mixed climbing across many different fell groups. The book covers both well-known high crags and smaller areas that often only come into condition during particular spells of weather. It provides a combined starting point for getting an overview of the breadth of options, rather than planning every trip around the same most talked-about classics in the area throughout the winter.
Nearly a thousand routes across a range of grades and styles.
Scafell, Great End, Pillar, and Langdale are among the central areas, alongside several eastern and more remote locations. The selection ranges from easier snow gullies to highly demanding lines. This makes the book useful as a reference work across many seasons, with the possibility of finding new alternatives depending on developing conditions and the skills present in the party at the time.
Descriptions and overviews for planning.
The route information helps you understand areas, approaches, and lines before choosing a route. The collaboration with the Fell and Rock Climbing Club gives the book a solid regional foundation. It serves as a source for further planning and a detailed route network, while current conditions and observations must also be assessed before a described line is chosen as a concrete objective for the day in the mountains.
For climbers with relevant experience in the winter mountains.
The book is no substitute for training in rope work, avalanche assessment, or other skills required for winter climbing. Weather, temperature, and snow can change both the approach and the route itself. The guide is suited to readers who can already combine such information with their own experience and up-to-date forecasts, and who are able to choose a different area or a less demanding plan if conditions make this necessary along the way.
A long tradition of guidebooks.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew out of a community of climbers and mountain people who wanted to share detailed knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still shapes the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Brian Davison. English language. 464 pages. Second edition, published in 2012. ISBN 9781852847166.
