| Great End | |
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 Great End from the top of Grains Gill |
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| Elevation | 910 m (2,984 ft) |
| Location | Cumbria,  England |
| Range | Lake District, Southern Fells |
| Prominence | 56 m |
| Parent peak | Ill Crag |
| Topo map | OS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL6 |
| OS grid reference | NY226084 |
| Listing | Hewitt, Wainwright, Nuttall |
| Listed summits of Great End | ||||
| Name | Grid ref | Height | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round How | NY218081 | 741 m (2,431 ft) | Nuttall | |
Great End is the most northerly mountain in the Scafell chain, in the English Lake District. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. Ill Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. By some counts it is the fourth highest peak in England although many people including Alfred A topographic map is a type of Map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using Contour lines in modern Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude There are many notable lists of mountains around the world Typically a list of mountains becomes notable by first being listed or defined by an author or group (e The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise Wainwrights are the 214 Fells (hills and mountains described in A The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak |} Sca Fell (also spelled Scafell, and traditionally ˈskɔːfəl ( Scawfle) though the alternative pronunciation /skɑːˈfɛl/ is common nowadays is a England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. From the south it is simply a lump continuing this chain. From the north, however, it is appears as an immense mountain, with an imposing north face rising above Sprinkling Tarn. A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain Lake or pool formed in a Cirque excavated by a Glacier. This is a popular location for wild camping, and the north face attracts many climbers. UserStan Shebs for a timetable --> Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and feet (or
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. Alfred ("A" Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 &ndash 20 January 1991 was a British hillwalker, guidebook Author and Illustrator A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells 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. Grasmere is a village in central Cumbria, England. It is also the name of the adjacent Lake. Not to be confused with Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire Derwent Water (or Derwentwater) is one of the principal bodies of water in the Places like Great End. . . "[1]
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Topography
The imposing north eastern cliffs, riven by gullies, rise some 600 ft from the Esk Hause path. Their orientation ensures that the sun rarely reaches them, the gullies often retaining snow well into the spring. From the left when viewed from below the principal fissures are South East Gully, Central Gully and Cust's Gully (see below). To the west of the cliffs a ridge descends more gradually in the general direction of Sty Head. This is known as The Band, and it too sports a harsh gash across its features. On the western side of The Band is the deep ravine of Skew Gill, a tributary of Wasdale-bound Lingmell Beck. At the base of The Band the ridge continues as the complex top of Seathwaite Fell, replete with numerous tarns. |} Seathwaite Fell is an area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain Lake or pool formed in a Cirque excavated by a Glacier. [1]. The largest is Sprinkling Tarn with its beautifully indented shoreline providing perfect foreground for views of the cliff.
Sty Head is one of the focal points of the District for walkers. The name strictly applies to the col between Great End and Great Gable at a height of 1,560 ft, but is now more generally given to the path which crosses it. Great Gable is a mountain lying at the very heart of the English Lake District, appearing as a pyramid from Wasdale (hence its name but as a dome This connects two of the most popular starting points for walks in the high fells, Wasdale Head and Seathwaite (Borrowdale). Sty Head is also a walker's crossroads with other paths leading direct up Great Gable and following the outflow of Sprinkling Tarn up to Esk Hause.
Westward from the summit Great End makes a rocky descent toward the arms of Lingmell Beck. This flank is crossed by the Corridor Route, the popular path to Scafell Pike from Sty Head. |} At 978 metres (3209 feet Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. Above the path are the subsidiary top of Round How (a Nuttall) and the tiny, beautifully clear tarn of Lambfoot Dub. The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise [2][3]
The southward ridge to the Scafells crosses a shallow saddle and then climbs over Ill Crag and Broad Crag, a well blazoned path leading across the stony terrain to the summit of Scafell Pike. Scafells is a collective term for the Scafell range of Fells in the western English Lake District, including Scafell Scafell Pike, Broad To the east of the first depression is Calf Cove, its easy slopes leading down to Esk Hause.
The summit has two cairns of very similar height, that to the north west being nearer to the cliff edge and having the better view. Northwards along Borrowdale the vista is unsurpassed, but the whole panorama is excellent. Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District in Cumbria, England. The heads of the gullies can also be approached for startling views down the face. [1]
Geology
The summit is formed by the laminated volcaniclastic claystone and siltstone of the Esk Pike Formation overlying the dacitic welded lapilli-tuff of the Lincomb Tarns Formation. Pyroclastic rocks or pyroclastics (derived from the Greek πῦρ, meaning fire and κλαστός, meaning broken are Clastic rocks Claystone (ˈkleɪstoʊn is a geological term used to describe a Sedimentary rock that is composed primarily of Clay -sized particles (less than 1/256 Millimetre Siltstone is a Sedimentary rock which has a composition intermediate in grain size between the coarser Sandstones and the finer Mudstones and Dacite ( deɪsaɪt) is an igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content Lapilli is a size classification term for Tephra, which is material that falls out of the air during a volcanic eruption. Tuff (from the Italian "tufo" is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption The latter is revealed in the great north front. [4]
Ascents
Great End may be ascended from Sty Head Tarn via The Band (not to be confused with the more famous Band on Bowfell, from Wasdale Head along Lingmell Gill and Spouthead Gill, from Borrowdale via Grains Gill, from Great Langdale via Rossett Gill and Esk Hause, or from Eskdale. |} Bowfell (named Bow Fell on Ordnance Survey maps is a Pyramid -shaped mountain lying at the very heart of the English Lake District Wasdale Head is a small village in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District in Cumbria, England. Esk Hause is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, where paths from Eskdale, Borrowdale, Langdale and Wasdale all As an intermediate objective Great End may easily be climbed from the main path between Esk Hause and Scafell Pike, requiring only a detour of some 400 m. Esk Hause is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, where paths from Eskdale, Borrowdale, Langdale and Wasdale all |} At 978 metres (3209 feet Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. [3]
Cust's Gully
Cust's Gully at the western end of Great End's cliffs was named after 19th century pioneer climber and sketcher Arthur Cust, a classical scholar from Yorkshire also known for his watercolour sketches of the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. "Cervino" redirects here For the Italian town see Cervino (CE. Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also Cust's Gully is a Grade 1 rock climb, but a difficult obstacle for walkers ascending from Sprinkling Tarn. Cust's first winter ascent of the gully was recorded in 1880, although he is thought to have ascended it earlier.
References
- ^ a b c Wainwright, A. (2003). Alfred ("A" Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 &ndash 20 January 1991 was a British hillwalker, guidebook Author and Illustrator "Great End", A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 4 The Southern Fells. A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells London: Francis Lincoln, Pg 2. ISBN 0-7112-2230-4.
- ^ Blair, Don; Exploring Lakeland Tarns; Lakeland Manor Press (2003); ISBN 0-9543-9041-5
- ^ a b Richards, Mark: Mid-Western Fells: Collins (2004): ISBN 0-00-711368-4
- ^ British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps, England & Wales Sheet 38: BGS (1998)
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