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View of Wast Water – View of Wast Water loop from Wasdale

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View of Wast Water – View of Wast Water loop from Wasdale

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View of Wast Water – View of Wast Water loop from Wasdale

05:19

12.0km

790m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 3.40 km for 583 m

After 5.29 km for 41 m

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Parking

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1.19 km

View of Wast Water

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views on the way up Scafell pike

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1.81 km

View of Wast Water

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful part of the country great hiking highly recommended

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2.54 km

Hollow Stones

Highlight • Natural Monument

I've been to many mountains in the UK but this climb was the hardest. The views from above compensate for the effort and fatigue.

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3.61 km

View of Wast Water

Highlight • Lake

Any view down onto Wast Water is bliss. Such a stunning location.

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3.91 km

View from Scafell Pike

Highlight • Summit

A hard route up from Seathwaite, with some scrambling at the bad step, but worth it. The views all the way up and from the top are first class.

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5.46 km

Corridor Route to Scafell Pike

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Corridor Route takes an ingenious line beneath the Scafell massif’s jumble of crags. You are rewarded with impressive views to Piers Gill, the great chasm below Lingmell and to Great Gable. It is one of the finest approaches to Scafell Pike, full of atmosphere and little bits of scrambling interest.

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6.46 km

View of Styhead Tarn

Highlight • Lake

A nice place to stop and have a bite to eat, or allow others to catch up. Has been known that a few wild campers pitch up here.

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6.66 km

Sty Head Stretcher Box

Highlight • Trail

Sty Head is the apex of an ancient and wild trade route between Borrowdale and Wasdale, the Styhead Pass. Right in the mountainous heart of the Lake District, it separates two giants, the charismatic Great Gable and Great End, the lofty north-western termination of the Scafell massif.

Its position makes it the meeting point of six distinct paths. As well as the two trails from Wasdale and the one from Borrowdale, another two seek out Great Gable, while the other ventures up into the Scafells. The top of the pass is also the location of a mountain rescue stretcher box, highlighting the seriousness of the mountain terrain that surrounds it.

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12.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.92 km

5.01 km

747 m

253 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.28 km

3.79 km

1.83 km

1.59 km

209 m

199 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (850 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Wednesday 6 May

12°C

4°C

37 %

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View of Wast Water – View of Wast Water loop from Wasdale

View of Wast Water

View of Wast Water

Hollow Stones

View of Wast Water

View from Scafell Pike

Corridor Route to Scafell Pike

View of Styhead Tarn

Sty Head Stretcher Box

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