S6 · Southern
Wastwater Screes Ridge
15 km · 741 m · OS time 05:14 h · with dogs 6-7 h · Moderate Amber
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Car park
Lake Head NT car park, Wasdale (by the campsite)
CA20 1EX · NY182075 · 54.45627, -3.26325
NT tariff, about 50 spaces, members free. Poor mobile signal - set up payment before you arrive. Do NOT park on Wasdale Head green.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Lake Head over the outflow at Brackenclose and up the Fell Side path to Illgill Head, along the cliff-top ridge to Whin Rigg, down Greathall Gill, over the Irt to Nether Wasdale and back along the lane on the north-west shore of Wast Water.
Dog hazards
No rock steps, but the Screes cliffs are right beside the ridge - use the wide middle path, not the crag-edge path, and keep dogs on leads. Two step stiles on the Illgill Head ascent have no dog provision - expect to lift. Greathall Gill descent is steep. Cattle at the bottom.
Scrambles
None on this route (the lakeshore Screes path is not used).
Water
Little on the ridge; Wast Water at the end.
Livestock
Sheep; cattle in Nether Wasdale.
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