An appeal has been launched to raise £100,000 to help ‘fix’ England’s highest mountain as part of a national campaign.

The Fix the Fells project, which repairs and maintains upland paths throughout the Lake District, wants to raise the money for work on Scafell Pike.

The appeal is part of the Mend Our Mountains: Make One Million campaign, a national scheme led by The British Mountaineering Council which hopes to raise £1 million for Britain’s 15 national parks.

The mountain is under pressure from the number of visitors and severe weather, with erosion a constant problem.

The money would be used to stone-pitch new sections of paths like the Brown Tongue and Hollow Stones routes close to the summit, where the cairn would be rebuilt.

Mend Our Mountains has previously raised more than £100,000 to repair mountains across the country.

The British Mountaineering Council’s access and conservation trust provides funding but chief executive Dave Turnbull called on mountain lovers to help if they can.

He said: “This is a flagship initiative for the BMC which shows our commitment to safeguard the outdoor and adventurous environment to the benefit of everyone, but it is also a collaborative effort with a UK-wide coalition of organisations, businesses and campaigners, as well as the public.

“To reach our ambitious target we need everyone to do their bit.

“We all benefit from these wonderful places and we all have a role to play in looking after them.”

Mary Ann Ochota, BMC hill walking ambassador, added: “Today more people than ever are experiencing the joy of the outdoors.

“More UK adults regularly go hill walking or climbing than regularly participate in golf, tennis and rugby put together.

“The accumulated benefit of this activity to the health, happiness and general wellbeing of wider society is incalculable.

“Taking care of paths is a way of ensuring this huge positive effect is sustainable.”