Skiddaw

Skiddaw is one of the highest hills in the Lake District, with a height of 931m. It lies to the North of the area and is most frequently climbed from Keswick. The major navigational challenge involves getting out of Keswick town centre. Once this is accomplished, there is a large and obvious path to slog up, leading to a narrow, flattish summit plateau. The summit itself is conveniently positioned at the Northern end of this, although care should be taken in bad weather not to mistake a shelter at the top of the path for the summit; the real summit is to the north and has a trig point on.

The ridge going North from the summit leads to an amusingly named hill called Cockup.