The summit of Lingmell is directly above the crags on the eastern side, a fine cairn having been constructed to replace the thin column described by Wainwright in the 1960s. This is one of the finest vantage points for Great Gable, a little over a mile to the north. Particularly impressive is the view of the Great Napes, one of the nurseries of the sport of rock climbing. Alfred Wainwright wrote in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells of: ‘…the surprising aspect of Great Gable across the deep gulf of Lingmell Beck…the eye being deceived into seeing its half-mile of height as quite perpendicular'. From the summit of Goat Crags to the south is an equally astounding view of Scafell Crag, another early climbers' playground on Scafell.