Description
Scrambling and climbing in the northern fells.
The Lake District offers far more than standard paths to the summits. Ridges, rock faces, and steep gill beds provide a vast selection of scrambling and easy climbing. This guide compiles routes from Wasdale, Ennerdale, and Buttermere to Borrowdale, Blencathra, and Thirlmere, featuring both well-known classics and less-visited lines.
100 graded routes with maps and sketches.
John Fleetwood describes the difficulty, quality, aspect, and approach for each route. OS maps at 1:25,000 and topo sketches assist in understanding the lines before departure. The selection ranges from simple scrambles to climbing routes, providing a better basis for assessing suitability for one’s own skills and current conditions.
Classics and combinable day itineraries.
Sharp Edge, Cam Crag Ridge, and Sphinx Ridge are among the routes, along with gills such as Sandbed Gill and climbs like Corvus and Needle Ridge. The book also provides 25 suggestions for how different sections can be linked together, enabling the planning of a larger mountain day with more variety than a single short scramble.
Who is the book suitable for?
The guide is suitable for experienced hikers wishing to move into steeper terrain, and for seasoned scramblers seeking new objectives. The more difficult routes require climbing equipment and the skills to use it. Information on safety, equipment, and retreats supports preparation. Select routes based on experience, wet or dry rock, and the weather forecast.
A long tradition of guidebooks.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew from climbers and mountain folk who wanted to share thorough knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still characterizes these compact books for hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: John Fleetwood. English language. 280 pages. First edition, published 2021. ISBN 9781786310460.
