HUNDREDS of people will gather on Scafell Pike this Saturday to light the fell up in colours - and there is still a chance to participate. 

A team of mountaineers, climbers, and performance captains will move people through the mountain landscape in a participatory outdoor artwork using Geolights.

This gathering is one of the four finale events taking place at the four UK peaks as part of Green Space Dark Skies, led by production company Walk the Plank and UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. 

The Westmorland Gazette: Another previous event at Three Cliffs Bay in Gower, taken by Robert MelenAnother previous event at Three Cliffs Bay in Gower, taken by Robert Melen

The event will be broadcast as part of a BBC Countryfile special in the autumn. 

The artwork aims to draw attention to how to safeguard the future of the countryside and our rights to access it - making new connections between nature, the landscape and people. 

The Lumenators will use Geolights which have been developed by graduate engineers from Siemens. 

The Westmorland Gazette: A previous event at Giant's Causeway taken by Brian MorrisonA previous event at Giant's Causeway taken by Brian Morrison

The ascent will take around two hours, with the Lumenators reaching a satellite peak of Scafell Pike, not the summit. They will then gather together and perform simple movements with the lights to create patterns in the landscape. 

This will be captured through film, photography, and drone imagery. The mountaineers will then guide the participants down the mountain. 

The director of the event Mark Murphy said: “We ask for three things from Lumenators – your time, your energy and your creativity. In return, we will give you an enormously enriching day and night you’ll never forget."

Walk the Plank is working with National Trust as supporting partners. 

Tom Freshwater, head of public engagement programming at the National Trust, said: "This finale is set to be extra special. The National Trust is for everyone, forever and events like these connect thousands of people to nature as part of a truly unique cultural experience.

Green Space Dark Skies goes beyond observing the artwork – people will actually be part of it."

The Westmorland Gazette: Scafell Pike, photo by John MalleyScafell Pike, photo by John Malley

Richard Leafe, the chief executive for Lake District Park Authority, said: "This is a production that uses sustainable technologies in really exciting and innovative ways, and we’re hopeful that its artistic ambition and inclusive approach will help many new people to enjoy the spectacular Scafell Pike landscape responsibly."