Skiddaw Climbing notes shared by Mountain-Forecast users

• May 24, 2017
  daniel from United Kingdom
  

  Hi everyone. I just want to say I am climbing Skiddaw, which is the way to go via Ullock Pike up to Skiddaw

• January 11, 2016
  Alex Bremner from United Kingdom
  

  Climbed Skiddaw on Saturday 9th Jan 2015 and intended to do the BGR leg 1 to Gt Calva and Blencathra but whiteout and blizzard at the top sent me back down the way I had come. From +10 to -5 degrees in the space of 100m elevation is unusual in the UK. Take some layers, glasses and a GPS and you can navigate through the blizzard and mist that then settles in the valley.

• January 21, 2013
  Stuart Hewes from United Kingdom
  

  Did Skiddaw Today. In the extreme Winter conditions.

  Advise novice walkers not to attempt.

  A lot of snow drift, recommend snow goggles.

  The route is iced over therefore use of spike pleats. Crampons not advised as terrain may damage them as a fellow walker broke theirs.

  Wind chill factor is severe

  Wind speed at Skiddaw peak is extreme can catch you off guard.

  Visibility almost whiteout along Skiddaw peak.

  Happy walking.