Sca Fell

Sca Fell

The Sca Fell - sometimes also written by some authors such as Alfred Wainwright Scafell - is one of the 214 Wainwright mountains mentioned ( fur ) in the northern English Lake District National Park. With a height of 964 meters, it is after Scafell Pike is the second highest peak in England. The Scafell Pike it is connected by a Mickledore called Rock Ridge.

Originally the name Sca Fell was used to refer to the entire surrounding massif. Lately, the term is only used for the collection of the south Mickledore location.

Earlier it was assumed that the Sca Fell is the highest point in the whole mountain range. In fact, he seems when viewed from different vantage points and directions to project beyond the surveys located in its northern neighborhood. For this reason, now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag summit were formerly known collectively under the name of " Pikes of Sca Fell ".

While it is now known that the Sca Fell actually does not reach the height of Scafell Pike, as he remains the most difficult to compelling for hikers hill in the area. Both the surrounding steep slopes, as well as the nearby Moore make the climb in foggy weather particularly difficult since a path is then hard to find. On a nice day you can sit alone on the summit and take a look in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the crowds, the crowd in just a kilometer away on the top of a 15 meters higher Scafell Pike.

The radiation emanating from Wast Water direct ascent route is today threatened by unstable rock because of a rockslide in 2001. Has a longer alternative route to the summit early in their boat in Eskdale, at the same terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. It follows the upper reaches of the River Esk and then guides you through the Foxes Tarn to the summit. As descent route offers itself the way to Burn Moor Tarn, which runs through the middle of moorland.

The massive Ostpfeiler of Sca Fell has one of the largest cliffs of England over several famous rock climbing routes.