Route - Holme Fell
Weather - Overcast & moderate wind
Learning Points/Skills Practices - route finding, navigation, group leadership & route planning
Group - 7
Camp style - N/A
The individual takes part in the planning and leadership - Yes
Navigation skills are required away from marked paths - paths then open mountains
Experience must be in terrain and weather comparable to that found in UK and Irish hills - Yes Lake District
Knowledge is increased and skills practised - see above
Attention is paid to safety - Constantly looking out for hazards and advising as appropriate.
The journey is five hours or more - No, 1:38 hours in total
Adverse conditions may be encountered - Overcast and moderate winds
Ascent of a substantial peak would normally be included in the day - N/A
Area :
Southern Fells (Scafell Pike)
The Southern Fells Include Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. In the south east are the well known Furness Fells, their heavily quarried flanks rising above Coniston Water.
