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Group ascending Skiddaw 3054 ft (921m) |
Skiddaw is the lowest of the 3000 Footers and the simplest to ascend via a well-trodden track which starts near the summit of Latrigg. The mountain lends it's name to the surrounding areas of 'Skiddaw Forest', 'Back o' Skidda' and isolated 'Skiddaw House', to the east, formerly a shooting lodge and now a Youth Hostel. Skiddaw is synonymous with Skiddaw Slate, an early Ordovician sedimentary rock whose sediments were formed about 500mya in a shallow sea, low energy environment. Skiddaw Slate has a greenish hue and was used extensively on the traditional buildings in Keswick and throughout the Lake District. |
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The Skiddaw Massif is located to the north of Keswick and is the most dominant mountain in the area, commanding majestic panoramic views of Grizedale Pike and the Coledale Fells, Catbells, Dalehead and Newlands, Derwentwater and the distant fell tops around the Jaws of Borrowdale. Skiddaw provides a superlative vantage point and one of the finest panoramas in the Lake District |
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Skiddaw reflections on Derwentwater |
