Editing Scrambling (section)

===United Kingdom===
Scrambling has become an increasingly popular form of mountaineering in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]; the English [[Lake District]], the [[Scottish Highlands]], and the north of [[Snowdonia]] in [[Wales]] being the chief regions of interest. Popular Scrambling guidebooks exist for these areas, outlining a wide spectrum of routes in terms of both difficulty and style. UK scrambles come in many forms: the ascents, descents and traverses of ridges, gully and ghyll scrambles, rakes (lines of weakness that penetrate large, and often sheer, rock faces), and the ascents of buttresses and faces. UK scrambles vary enormously in length; from as little height gain as 30 metres, as with many crag rock climbs, up to the 700+ metres of vertical height gain encountered on [[Tower Ridge]], a famous 3S grade scramble that ascends [[Ben Nevis]] via its north face (Tower Ridge is also graded as a 'difficult' rock climb - arguably Britain's longest.). Scrambles in Snowdonia typically feature between 60 (e.g. Milestone Gully, Tryfan.) and 500 metres (e.g. Bryant's Gully, Glyder Fawr) of height gain.

Ridge routes that involve some scrambling are especially popular in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], including [[Crib Goch]] on [[Snowdon]], Bristly Ridge on [[Glyder Fach]], [[Striding Edge]] on [[Helvellyn]], and [[Blencathra#Ascents|Sharp Edge]] on [[Blencathra]], both in the English [[Lake District]], as well as numerous routes in [[Scotland]], such as the [[Aonach Eagach]] ridge in [[Glen Coe|Glencoe]]. Many of these routes include a "bad step", where the scrambling suddenly becomes much more serious. The bad step on Crib Goch for example, involves only {{convert|20|ft}} or so of climbing, but the position is exposed. The rock face here is well polished by countless boots, but there are many holds which offer firm support. By contrast, the traverse of the [[Cuillin]] Ridge on [[Skye]] demands use of a rope at one point at least. The ridge routes of [[Liathach]] and [[Beinn Eighe]] in [[Wester Ross]] are easier to traverse but are extremely exposed. Descent from such ridges is very limited, so once committed, the scrambler must continue to the end. [[An Teallach]] to the north offers scrambling, as does [[Stac Pollaidh]]  further north in [[Sutherland]], which includes a bad step.

One resource for scramblers in Britain are the guides by [[W A Poucher]] (1891–1988), though these are now dated and more recent guide books exist.

A community project consisting of a comprehensive list of scrambles in the United Kingdom is available at UKscrambles.com.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukscrambles.com/|title=UK Scrambling Walks - Peak & Lake District, Wales & Scotland|website=UK Scrambles|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref>