Hiking to the highest point in England - Scafell Pike

On Sunday, we hiked up Scafell Pike, the tallest point in England at 3,209 feet. The hike up was not technically difficult but still fairly strenuous as it was steep in the form of rock steps for most of the way. The biggest variable in the hike in general is the weather, as many hikers get to the top to find that there is no visibility due to clouds and therefore miss out on the breathtaking views.

Here are a few pictures of our hike:

During the early part of the hike, we walked from the campground through some very green fields.

Steeper than it looks in the picture, the trail turned into a series of rock steps

After the series of rock steps, the trail become a dirt trail again. In this picture of Scafell Pike, we went up the right side through a field of scree, walked across the summit, and came down the let side.

Even at higher altitude, we still ran into some scattered sheep feasting on the luscious grass.

As we got to the top of the scree field and scrambled up a gully to what we expected was the top, it got really windy as Leigh-Anne almost floated away.

The final scramble in the gully!

At the end of the gully, we expected to find the summit, but instead realized that our workout was not yet over since we had to cross this huge field of rocks to get to the actual summit, at the right side of this picture. 

Finally at the summit: do you notice how we are right at cloud level?

As we start on the way back down, clouds are coming in to the disappointment of hikers still on their way up.

Rolling mountains with scattered lakes

On our way down, Leigh-Anne was just really excited that we made it to the summit before it got clouded over.

Our campground is in the little woods, right above my head in the picture.

All the way back down the mountain, we had to take a victory shot before heading to the pub!

On most days, Scafell Pike is in the clouds completely, as we saw many times from the campground.