Climbs 87
Rocktype Rhyolite
Altitude 871m a.s.l
Faces E
Jeremy Wilson on Roaring Silence (E3) on Scafell East Buttress (from the Lake District Climbs Rockfax). © Mike Hutton
Crag features
Great climbing on a high mountain crag, including some of the best routes in the Lake District. Super-classics include Mickledore Grooves (VS), Centaur (HVS), Yellow Slab (HVS), Hells Groove (E1), Lord of the Rings (E2), Ichabod (E2), Roaring Silence (E3), Lost Horizons (E4), Shere Khan (E5), Borderline (E7), Talbot Horizon (E9) and Welcome to the Cruel Word (E9). Other excellent routes are Phoenix (E1), Overhanging Grooves Direct (E2), Chiron (E3), Dyad (E3), Midnight Express (E3), Equinox (E4), Cullinan (E5), The Almighty (E5) and Zeya (E5). Sunny in the morning, though it can seep badly in some areas.
Approach notes
Best approached from Wasdale to Mickledore in about one and a half hours.
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Guidebooks
Lake District Climbs
Lake District Climbs provides comprehensive coverage of the very best traditional climbing in the mountains and valleys of English Lake District. The range and variety of climbing available is outstanding, from low-level single-pitch outcrop cragging to long multi-pitch mountain routes. There is something here for climbers of all abilities from experts to those just starting out.Scafell & Wasdale (2014)
Scafell Wasdale & Eskdale (1996)
Scarfell & Wasdale
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