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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:20, 27 February 2011: 640 × 430 (105 KB): GeographBot == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Two routes to Scafell Pike diverge The left route goes east towards Lingmell col then south to the summit. the right route heads south east to Mickledore then to the summit.}} |date=2009-05-25 |sour
Lingmell is often bypassed by walkers aiming for Scafell Pike and Scafell, but it is a rewarding ascent in its own right, or as part of a circuit of the Scafell range. There are two ascent routes from Wasdale Head , via Brown Tongue or Piers Gill, but the latter route provides better walking and impressive views of the Piers Gill ravine and ...
Including Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, they occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south-west.
Foxes Tarn is well known to fell-walkers due to its location on one of the standard routes between Scafell Pike and Scafell, the two highest mountains in England. The direct ridge route crosses Broad Stand, which can only be negotiated safely by rock-climbers. [ 6 ]
The Scafells, or Scafell Massif, [1] are a range of fells in the Cumbrian Mountains of England, made up of the remains of a caldera volcano. Fells in the range include Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Scafell, and Scafell Pike, England's tallest mountain. Great End, Lingmell and Slight Side are also usually included within the definition.
Mickledore is the distinctive notch in the skyline between Scafell Pike (left) and Scafell (right). Mickledore is a narrow ridge at an elevation of 840 metres (2,760 ft), connecting the mountains of Scafell and Scafell Pike in the English Lake District. It is also a pass between the valleys of Wasdale and Eskdale. The name means great door or pass.
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Great End is the most northerly mountain in the Scafell chain, in the English Lake District.From the south it is simply a lump continuing this chain. From the north, however, it appears as an immense mountain, with an imposing north face rising above Sprinkling Tarn (lake).