README.md

Demo here: http://seanmacentee.github.io/scroll-to-top-button/

You need 3 things:

Step 1 - The jQuery

 $(document).ready(function(){
  $(window).scroll(function(){
      if ($(this).scrollTop() > 100) {
          $('.scrollUpButton').fadeIn();
      } else {
          $('.scrollUpButton').fadeOut();
      }
  });
  $('.scrollUpButton').click(function(){
      $("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 500);
      return false;
  });
 });

Step 2 - The CSS

.scrollUpButton {
 display: none;
 opacity: 0.6;
 position: fixed;
 bottom: 10px;
 right: 10px;
 display: none;
 background: #000;
 color: #fff;
 font-size: 1.5em;
 text-decoration: none;
 padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
}
.scrollUpButton:hover, .scrollUpButton:focus {
 outline: none;
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #fff;
 opacity: 1;
}

Step 3 - The HTML (Add this somewhere before the closing body tag)

<a href="#" class="scrollUpButton">&#9650</a>

Note that &#9650 is html character for an 'up arrow' shape (i'm just being lazy here, you could add an image or use a font icon either)