Blencathra

Sharp Edge on Blencathra carries a Grade 1 in the guidebooks, but in anything short of dry, calm weather it feels harder than that, which is why it sits after Crib Goch here. The crest rises from Scales Tarn, about an hour from a roadside pull-off, and narrows to a fine blade. Its notorious Bad Step is a smooth slab before a small col that has claimed several lives, and that slab turns treacherous when wet. Save it for a settled day and you get one of the most satisfying short scrambles in England. For a second helping, descend Hall's Fell Ridge, an officially Grade 1 line that is far more forgiving.