Myself and some friends spent last Friday hiking in the Lake District, setting out from Seathwaite and ascending Scafell Pike (which is at an altitude of 978 metres). The walk took approximately 10.5 hours including some rest stops, and covered about 19 km. The last hour or so was done in the dark, which slowed us down somewhat towards the end. There was still quite a bit of snow left near the peak.

Weather-wise we did quite well, however it was very foggy so we didn’t get enjoy the spectacular views at the summit. On our descent to Wasdale Head we did get some decent views of Wast Water though.

The route was captured using Trails for iOS, which is a really polished app and very easy to use. The battery consumption was my main worry given that the app would be sampling our current location continuously, but my creaking iPhone 3G easily lasted the duration 🙂

This is the route in google maps, some segments weren’t accurately captured because the location couldn’t be determined, but overall it’s fairly representative.

And here are the chaps who I did the hike with 🙂