A friend and I have a big hike in the lakes planned this Saturday. Planning on taking in Scafell and Scafell like in a route from Seatoller finishing up at Dunmail Raise.

Saw forecasts of snow up there this week so just wanted to check how things were looking.

Anyone offer any help?

Cheers

Skiddaw is clear so suspect Scafell will be too

No significant snow fell this week, it was more blasts of hail which whitened things up a bit. Scafells should be fine- are you happy with a route on to Scafell from mickledore? The 3 main options all require a little thought, especially broad stand……

The route we have seen takes corridor, drops down into the boulder field before taking lords rake up to Scafell, it’s then drop down to Foxes Tarn before reascending to mickledore and scafell like.

It’s a reccy for the full Lakeland 3000s later in the year.

Thanks for the heads up both, seems like snow won’t be an issue at least!

this is always a good site to check if you’re thinking of going up a hill….

http://www.mwis.org.uk/english-welsh-forecast/LD/

Some north facing outcrops have a tiny bit of hail left in them (not that you’d be able to ride in them!), but all paths and tops are totally clear. You’ll be very very lucky to even spot anything resembling ice by Saturday.