05-10-14, 07:43 PM
(05-10-14, 07:15 PM)pilgo link Wrote: climed scarfell pike but took a longer,off the beaten track route as recomended by a girl in a hiking shop,was much better than the 'motorway' route that all the bloody tourists use !! :lol
All the well known peaks have that problem, don't they? Long, boring slogs to the top. Snowdon is the same. All up by the pony track, or whatever it's called. All down again by the Miner's Track.
I took the Rhyd Ddu path up, and saw maybe 3 people on the way up. Got to the summit, and it was crowded! They were all heading down the Miner's Track in a big long queue - if that's the way it had to be in the hills, I wouldn't bother. I took the Pyg Track down, all on my lonesome. It stays high for longer than the Miner's Track, with fantastic views down the Llanberis Pass. Got down to the crowds again at Pen y Pass :rolleyes but the best bits had been quiet, so could forgive that.
The Corridor Route on Scafell was another one that was quiet when I did it. And again, lots of folks on the summit when I got there. A good reason to camp in the hills and get an early start to beat the crowds.