The decent onto the start of Lords Rake wasn't too pleasant, very slippery, loose scree made for an awkward scramble down to the path, once on the path Lords Rake is only a few yards away. I was surprised to see 2 large banks of snow still remaining in the bottom of the rake, a testament to the large amount of snow that came late in the season, and the chock stone at the top of the Rake still hanging on waiting to fall into the gully.
I'm afraid the climb up Lords Rake isn't pleasant, loose muddy scree and the risk of rocks falling from above meant that I moved quickly to get out of the situation asap.
The scenery and situation though is stunning and will be amazing in winter when the snow has covered the scree, ......can't wait!!
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| The River Duddon |
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| Lingmell Beck....only flows in winter |
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| The path to Mickledore |
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| Scafell |
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| Lords Rake from the approach path |
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| Snow in Lords Rake in June!! |
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| Lords Rake, scree |
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| The collapsed chock stone, about the size of a large white van! |
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| Looking back along Lords Rake towards Scafell Pike |
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| Looking back along Lords Rake towards Scafell Pike |
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| Deep Gyll from Symonds Knott |
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| Scafell Pike with weekend crowds |
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| Scafell Pike from Wasdale |
3 comments:
Hello, I enjoyed your photographs very much but I would like to inform you that that the west wall traverse is a different route from which you described with your photos. The traverse actually starts two thirds of the way up lords rake to the left, the route is a far cry from lords rake and Is potentially very dangerous and may require a rope and a good friend to get out of (up or back down). cheers.b
Thanks :-) for that, I've updated the route
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