Winter Climbs in the Lake District - A Winter Climber's Guideboo

Every known winter climb from every part of the Lake District is described in a fresh new format – nearly 1000 routes in all. From classic high-mountain gullies to frozen watercourses and icefalls. A joint production by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club and Cicerone Press.

Map Key 

Foreword 
 

Introduction  

Conditions  
Choice of Venue  
Equipment Notes  
Winter Grades  
Descriptions  
Historical  
Warning  
Acknowledgements  

Winter Climbing and Nature Conservation  

Langdale  

Blake Rigg 

Oxendale  
Great Knott  
Gladstone Knott  
Crinkle Gill  
Shelter Crags  

Bowfell  
Neckband Crag  
Bowfell Links  
Traverse Crag  
Flat Crags  
Cambridge Crag  
North Buttress  
Bowfell Buttress 
Angle Tarn and Hanging Knotts  

Langdale Pikes  
Pike of Stickle  
Gimmer Crag  
Harrison Stickle  
Dungeon Ghyll  
Stickle Ghyll  
Pavey Ark  
White Ghyll  

Coniston  

Dow  
Brown Pike  
Dow Crag 

The Old Man of Coniston  
Low Water  
Low Water Crag  
Levers Water  
Grey Crag  
Raven Tor 

Wetherlam  
Steel Edge  
South Hen Crag  
Hen Crag  

Tilberthwaite and the Slate Quarries  
Tilberthwaite Gill  
Hodge Close Quarry  
Parrock Quarry  
Tranearth Quarry  
Carrs  

Eskdale  

Stanley Force  
Birker Force  
Harter Fell Gill  
Scale Force  
Cam Spout Crag  

Little Narrow Cove  
Chambers Crag  
Ill Crag  

Wasdale  

Wasdale Screes  
Low Adam Crag  

Scafell Massif  
Black Crag  

Scafell  
Scafell Crag  
Scafell Shamrock  
Scafell East Buttress 

Scafell Pike  
Pikes Crag  
Dropping Crag  
Broad Crag  

Lingmell  
Piers Gill  
Straight Gill  
Middleboot Gill  
Greta Gill  
Grainy Gill 

Mosedale  

Western Wasdale  
Overbeck  

Ennerdale  

Mirklin Cove  
Haskett Buttress  
Steeple West Buttress  

Mirk Cove and Wind Gap Cove   
Steeple East Buttress  
Scoat Fell Crag  
Black Crag  

Pillar  
West Cove  
Pillar Rock  
Pillar Cove   
Hind Cove  

Great Gable and Kirk Fell  

Gable South  
Kern Knotts  
The Napes  
Westmorland Crags 

Gable North  
Gable Crag  
Green Gable Crag
 
Kirk Fell  
Ill Gill  
Boat Howe  
Black Sail Buttress 

Buttermere  

Honister Pass  
Yew Crags  
Buckstone How  
Quarry Fall  

Fleetwith Pike – North Face 
Honister Crag Icefalls  

Warnscale Bottom  
Fleetwith Gully  
Green Crag Gully  
Toreador Gully  
Haystacks  

Birkness Combe  
Brant Bield Crags  
Eagle Crag  
Grey Crag  

Bleaberry Combe  
Chapel Crags  
Scale Force  

Grasmoor  
Dove Crag  
Lorton Gully  
Buttermere Gully  
Goat Gill  

Newlands  
Newlands Hause Waterfall  

Coledale  
Force Crag  
Eel Crag  
Scott Crag  

Whinlatter  
Hobcarton Crag 

Borrowdale  

Borrowdale East  
Walla Crag Gully  
Ashness Gill  
Shepherd’s Crag 
Black Crag  
Little Stanger Gill  
Sergeant Crag Gully  
Raven Crag  
Combe Head  
Columba’s Gully 
Hind Gill  

Great End Area  
Skew Gill  
Spout Head  
Great End  

Borrowdale West  
Taylor Gill Force  
Base Brown  
Sourmilk Gill  
Gillercombe Crag  
Scaleclose Gill  
High Scawdell Gill  
Rigghead Quarry  
Goat Crag Icefall  
Blea Crag  

Northern Fells  

Skiddaw  
Whitewater Dash Waterfall  
Dead Crag  
Lonscale Crags
 
Blencathra (Saddleback)  
Hallsfell Ridge  
Sharp Edge  
Foule Crag  

Carrock Fell  

Thirlmere  

Bramcrag Quarry Fall  
Sandbed Gill  
Sandbed Gill Crag  
Beckthorns Gill  
Mill Gill  
Fisherplace Gill  
Birkside Gill  
Dob Gill  
Launchy Gill  
Shoulthwaite Gill  

Helvellyn Massif  

Helvellyn   
Brown Cove Crags  
Brown Cove  
Red Tarn Cove
 
Nethermost Cove  
Lad Crag  
Swallow Scarth   
Nethermost Pike North-East Face  

Ruthwaite Cove  
Nethermost Pike South Face  
High Crag  
Dollywaggon North Crag 

Cock Cove  
Dollywaggon South Crag  
Cock Cove Crag
 
Dollywaggon  
Tarn Crag and Falcon Crag  

Patterdale and Adjacent Valleys  

Patterdale – East 
Swarthbeck Gill  
Buck Crag  
Rampsgill Head Crag  
Threshthwaite Cove  

Patterdale – West 
Aira Force  

Grisedale  
St Sunday Crag  

Deepdale  
Link Cove Gill  

Link Cove  
Hart Crag  
Scrubby Crag  

Sleet Cove  
Greenhow End  
Hutaple Crag  
Black Buttress  

Dovedale  
Black Crag  
Dove Crag  
Heirloom Crag  

Kirkstone Pass  
Red Screes East Cove  
Kirkstone Crag  
Red Screes North Cove  

Far Eastern Fells  

Mardale  
Harter Fell Crag  

Blea Water  
Blea Water Crag  

Riggindale  
Twopenny Crag  

Whelter Bottom  
Whelter Crag  
Bason Crag  

Swindale  
Hobgrumble Gill 

Longsleddale  
Galeforth Gill Fall  
Buckbarrow Crag  
Goat Scar   

Kentmere  
Rainsborrow Crag  

Outlying Areas  

The Howgills  
Cautley Spout  
Black Force  
Jeffrey’s Mount Escarpment    

Northern Pennines  
Ais Gill  
Hell Gill  
Hope Head Icefall     
High Cup Nick  

Other Information  

Useful Contacts  
Accommodation: Campsites and Camping Barns  
Climbing Walls  
Lake District Winter Climbs – First Ascents 
Mountain Accidents  
Index  
Index of Diagrams and Maps  
Publication Information