Saturday 30th August, Pinnacle Ridge, St Sunday Crag

We had an early start today and headed up to Patterdale, with Ian and Vinnie, to climb on Pinnacle Ridge. It was a warm muggy morning as we ascended from Grisedale up the steep Elmhow zigzags to the traverse path into Pinnnacle Ridge. Low cloud restricted visibility but we carried on to the start of the scramble. The rock on Pinnacle ridge is blocky in places but mostly sound smaller blocks of loose rocks exist and helmets are recommended.




The route works its way up the edge of the buttress close to the gully, with some exposure, to the base of a large pinnacle that can be turned on the left. Behind this is a short steep wall, the crux, this is often wet and greasy. Today it was not so bad and we managed to climb the steep wall. Above this lies the crest spikey crest of the ridge a short scramble up through some blocks brings us to the top of the route.






We headed up trhough the mist to the summit of St Sundays Crag for a quick drink before heading back down over the Birks into Patterdale.