Walk 42r - Scar Crags & Causey Pike - 20th March 2025
 

Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 6 The North Western Fells
 


#94 Scar Crags 2205 ft (revisit)

#93 Causey Pike 2090 ft (revisit)

Distance
7.3 miles
Time
6.5 hrs
Lowest Point
316 ft
Highest Point
2205 ft
Total Ascent
2514 ft
 
Walk Rating - tough
 

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  10.53 Leaving Braithwaite.  
   
  11.12 Panorama 1054 Half way between Braithwaite and Barrow Door and the ground opens up for a spacious view.  
   
  11.27 On the path that runs up the side of Stile End to Barrow Door.  
   
  11.51 Barrow Door with Sail and Crag Hill in the distance.  
   
  12.00 The path from Barrow Door joins the main path from the road.  
 
 
  12.12 Looking back at Stile End and Barrow.  
   
  12.00 Panorama 1055 High Moss.  
 
 
  12.45 On the path alongside Scar Crags started out fine but there were a couple of dodgy bits higher up.  
   
  12.55 Panorama 1056 Sail Pass.  
 
 
  13.00 The Sail path from just above the junction of the paths at Sail Pass.  
 
 
  13.10 Approaching Scar Crags summit.  
   
  11.22 Panorama 1057 Scar Crags summit - a revisit of Wainwright #94, 2205ft. So much clearer than when we were last here.  
 
 
  13.14 Scafells and Great Gable in the distance.  
 
 
  13.14 Langdales in the distance.  
 
 
  13.19 Still on the summit of Scar Crags, looking east.  
 
 
  13.24 Walking along the ridge to Causey Pike.  
 
 
 

13.32 At the lowest point between the two.

  
   
  13.43 Panorama 1058 On one of the knuckles of the Causey Pike ridge.  
 
 
  13.47 The rocky top of Causey Pike.  
   
  13.48 Panorama 1059 Causey Pike summit - a revisit in clearer weather, we were first on this ridge in August 2019 (Wainwright #93, 2090ft).  
 
 
  13.49 Looking down over Barrow and Rowling End. I was alone for lunch on the top but shortly after that I was one of 9.  
 
 
  14.32 Beginning the descent involved slithering down this groove.  
 
 
  14.34 Continuing down towards Sleet Hause.  
 
 
  14.45 Sleet Hause.  
   
  14.50 Panorama 1060 Sleet Hause.  
 
 
  14.57 Walking east to Rowling End.  
   
  15.07 Panorama 1061 The grassy top of Rowling End really is the perfect spot for a picnic.  
 
 
  15.19 The drop down to the road was steep and awkward in places.  
 
 
  15.44 Nearly at the bottom.  
 
 
  16.01 Back at the road at last, it took nearly an hour to get down.  
 
 
  16.03 Some sort of outward bound course was going on in the river below the bridge.  
 
 
  16.22 Looking back at Rowling End and the fellside I had just come down.  
   
  16.36 Panorama 1062 Though I had never been here before, this spot was familiar because it is one of the views from the Fern Howe webcam. While I was stood here I could log in to the camera and screenshot the image of myself . .  
 
 
  16.22 . . . . and here is that picture.  
 
 
   
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