North Lakes
Sty Head Mountain Rescue Post

The Mountain Rescue Post is situated on a well known ‘crossroads’ to those familiar to the Lakeland fells. It sits on a col just above Styhead Tarn and, from here, access to the highest points of the region can be reached. The peak of Scafell Pike (3205ft/978m) can be reached along the ‘Corridor Route' which traverses the dark slope to the left of the rescue post. Great Gable (2949ft/899m), another of Lakeland’s favourites, can be ascended by taking the relatively steep path to the right of the rescue post and following up to the summit. Wasdale and Wastwater lie down the valley to the south-west below the path of the Corridor Route; Borrowdale and Seathwaite lie north-east of here down past Styhead Tarn.