Whin Rigg, Illgill Head, Scafell & Slight Side

Sunday 15th June 2014

Walking Diary (All Walks) Lakeland Wainwrights Southern

Brackenclose Car Park, Wasdale, Greathall Gill, Whin Rigg, Illgill Head, Green How, Scafell & Slight Side

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Distance: 14 miles

Duration: 8:00 hours

Ascent: 4868 ft

Difficulty: Very Hard

Accompanied By: Ste, Robert & Dicko

Weather: Hot & Sunny

Wainwrights Visited

Illgill Head Scafell Slight Side Whin Rigg

3D outline of route

Parking

A hard days walking ahead for these boys !

Heading up to Whin Rigg by Greathall Gill

Stunning Wastwater and the surrounding fells

Time for a breather just after Illgill Head - and then the descent down to Burnmoor Tarn at the col before Scafell.

Robert enjoying the climb up to Slight Side

Yours truly at Slight Side with Scafell behind

Memorial to the two Polish Pilots that crashed their Hurricanes here during the Second World War

Wreckage can still be found near the summit of Slight Side

Looking back towards the Scafells