Signs to warn of 'treacherous' Scafell Pike blackspot

Piers Gill is a perilous gully where there have been multiple accidents and deaths

Signage will be built on England's highest mountain warning visitors of a perilous blackspot.

There have been multiple accidents and deaths on Scafell Pike which have happened during the descent down a treacherous ravine, known as Piers Gill.

The National Trust and conservation project Fix the Fells said it would implement interventions at the Piers Gill junction and increase signage lower down the fell.

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said there had been "tragic outcomes" at the "extremely dangerous ravine" from "simple navigation errors".

In the last eight years, four people have died in Piers Gill and more than 40 rescued, with many walkers suffering serious injuries.

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said there had been "tragic outcomes" at Piers Gill from "simple navigation errors"

The National Trust said it would build a "memorable cairn on the left side of the junction on the way down from the summit, opposite Lingmell Col".

A sign after turning into Piers Gill will also be placed, urging people to turn back.

This sign will be out of sight from the Corridor Route, so not to confuse walkers.

In the last eight years, four people have died in Piers Gill

The trust explained that large stones would also be placed where the route crosses the head of the gill, to ensure that the "Corridor Route path across the head of the gill is clear, even in low visibility conditions".

Lower down in the valley, more information will be placed at the exit points of the major car parks and areas from which visitors tend to begin their ascent including Lake Head, Wasdale Green and Seathwaite in the Borrowdale valley.

Fix the Fells and a local ranger team said it would work together to make the safer line of descent "much clearer" and the Piers Gill route, which has been well-trodden, "look much less like a path".

National Trust said the signage would be put up by the end of June.