Seen from Skiddaw House, Great Calva looks like a neat, steep-sided pyramid in the empty country 'Back o' Skidda'. Its top is a curving ridge with a cairn at the highest point, an old fence line, and a stone windshelter just to the east. The fell sits at the head of a big fault that runs south through the middle of the Lake District, and that gives it a long view straight down the line of Thirlmere.
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Skiddaw slate under thick heather, with very wet ground on the ridge and boggy cols.
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Also on this route: Knott, Great Sca Fell, Meal Fell, Great Cockup
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
