Pinnacle Ridge



Pinnacle Ridge is a grade 3, *** scramble situated on St. Sunday Crag above Grisedale. Park car/minibus in Patterdale and walk down Grisedale. The directions given in "Scrambles in the Lake District" are reasonably good - you basically need to walk just over 2km down the valley and then go up the hill towards the crag. There is a wide grassy flattening of the hillside and walk towards the crag along this when you reach it. You will go through a "reedy hollow" and there is a bit of a path. You then go over a couple of patches of scree and then come to a longer patch of scree. If you look up you see the pinnacles of Pinnacle Ridge sticking out. Go to the top of this longer patch of scree and the ridge has a gully to the left. The guidebook mentions an "obvious" gun shaped rock. This is possibly the sticky outy rock near the bottom of the route.

Once you are on the route, route finding is easy. The crux is possibly verging on mod level of rockclimbing. Take a rope just incase anyone needs it as the holds are all excellent, but there is a bit of a drop. It appears to be possible to walk round most of the hard bits, though as we didn't check this, please do not assume that you can! A good scramble for experienced people. Not suitable for day hikes. An excellent Sunday scramble for weekend trips, especially if combined with a wander over Fairfield.