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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/1 At 978 metres (3,209 ft),
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in
England. It is located in the
Lake District National Park. It is sometimes confused with the neighbouring
Sca Fell, to which it is connected by the col of
Mickledore. The name
Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks higher from many angles).
The summit was donated to the
National Trust in 1919 by
Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the
Lake District "who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the
Great War". Scafell Pike is one of three British mountains climbed as part of the
(National) Three Peaks Challenge. (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/2 Sca Fell (also spelled
Scafell; older sources give the name as
Scaw Fell) is a
mountain in the
Lake District. Its height of 964 metres (3,162 ft) makes it the second-highest mountain in
England after
Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by the pass of
Mickledore.
Originally the name Sca Fell referred to the whole of the massif from Great End south to
Slight Side; only more recently has the general term become applied solely to the part of the
fell south of
Mickledore. It was once believed that Sca Fell was the highest mountain in this part of the Lake District — it is much more prominent in views from many directions than its higher neighbour — with the three apparently inferior peaks to the north (those now known as
Scafell Pike,
Ill Crag and
Broad Crag) being known collectively as the "Pikes of Sca Fell". (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/3 Pillar is a
mountain in the western part of the
Lake District. Situated between the valleys of
Ennerdale to the north and
Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group (some dozen fells clustered round it). At 892 metres (2,927 feet) it is the eighth highest mountain in the Lake District. The
fell takes its name from Pillar Rock, a prominent feature on the Ennerdale side, regarded as the birthplace of
rock climbing in the district. (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/4 Great Gable is a mountain lying at the very heart of the
Lake District, appearing as a pyramid from
Wasdale (hence its name), but as a dome from most other directions. It is one of the most popular of the Lakeland
fells, and there are many different routes to the summit. Great Gable is linked by the high
pass of Windy Gap to its smaller sister hill,
Green Gable, and by the lower pass of Beck Head to its western neighbour,
Kirk Fell. (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/5 Bowfell (named
Bow Fell on
Ordnance Survey maps) is a
pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the
Lake District, in the
Southern Fells area. It is the sixth highest
mountain in the lakes and one of the most popular of the Lake District
fells. There are several routes to the summit. (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/6 Great End is the most northerly
mountain in the
Scafell chain, in the
English Lake District. From the south it is simply a lump continuing this chain.
From the north, however, it appears as an immense mountain, with an imposing north face rising above Sprinkling Tarn (lake). This is a popular location for wild camping, and the north face attracts many climbers.
Alfred Wainwright wrote of Great End in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells:
"This is the true Lakeland of the fellwalker, the sort of terrain that calls him back time after time, the sort of memory that haunts his long winter exile. It is not the pretty places - the flowery lanes of
Grasmere or
Derwentwater's wooded bays - that keep him restless in his bed; it is the magnificent ones. Places like Great End..." (
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Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With a summit at 931 m (3,054 ft) above sea level it is the fourth highest mountain in England (the third highest if Scafell Pike and Sca Fell are regarded as one mountain), and the lowest above 3,000 feet (910 m). It lies just north of the town of Keswick, Cumbria, and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes. It is the simplest of the Lake District mountains of this height to ascend (as there is a well-trodden tourist track from a car park to the north-east of Keswick, near the summit of Latrigg) and, as such, many walking guides recommend it to the occasional walker wishing to climb a mountain. This is the first summit of the fell running challenge known as the Bob Graham Round when undertaken in a clockwise direction.
The mountain lends its name to the surrounding areas of "Skiddaw Forest", and "Back o' Skidda'" and to the isolated "Skiddaw House", situated to the east, formerly a shooting lodge and subsequently a
youth hostel. It also provides the name for the slate derived from that region:
Skiddaw Slate. Tuned percussion musical instruments or
lithophones exist which are made from the slate, such as the
Musical Stones of Skiddaw held at
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. (
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Portal:Cumbria/Selected mountain/8 Helvellyn is a mountain in the English
Lake District, the apex of the
Eastern Fells. At 950 metres (3,117 ft) above sea level, it is the third highest peak in both the Lake District and
England. The peak of Helvellyn is the highest on the
north-south ridge situated between the
Thirlmere valley to the west, and
Patterdale to the east. This ridge continues north over
Helvellyn Lower Man,
White Side,
Raise,
Stybarrow Dodd,
Great Dodd and
Clough Head, and south leads to
Nethermost Pike and
Dollywaggon Pike. (
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