Walk c162 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water

This 13¾ mile, Grade 9 (Very Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cow Bridge Car Park & will take about 10½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:13¾mls (22km)
Ascent:5,501ft (1,676m)
Time:10½hrs
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Route outline for walk c162:

Cow Bridge Car Park  -  Brothers Water  -  Hartsop  -  Hartsop Dodd  -  Caudale Moor  -  Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)  -  Caudale Head  -  Pike How  -  St Raven's Edge  -  The Kirkstone Pass  -  Red Screes  -  Smallthwaite Band  -  Middle Dodd  -  Scandale Pass  -  Little Hart Crag  -  High Hartsop Dodd  -  Little Hart Crag  -  Scandale Head  -  Dove Crag  -  Hart Crag  -  Blake Brow  -  Hartsop Above How  -  Hoggill Brow  -  Gale Crag  -  Bleaberry Knott  -  Cockley How  -  Cow Bridge


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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5
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Mountains
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9
Wainwrights
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6
English
Nuttalls
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1
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Dewey
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0
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2
Marilyns
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Hart Crag at 822m (2698ft). Hart Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (34th highest in England, 65th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 27).

Hart Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (40th highest in England, 76th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Dove Crag at 792m (2599ft). Dove Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (47th highest in England, 85th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 38).

Dove Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (56th highest in England, 104th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Red Screes at 776m (2547ft). Red Screes is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (56th highest in England, 98th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 49).

Red Screes is also known as an English Nuttall (68th highest in England, 120th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (18th highest in England, 437th highest in the UK).

The summit of Red Screes is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:

  • Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) at 763m (2504ft). Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (63rd England, 109th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 55), an English Nuttall (77th highest in England, 133rd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (19th England, 465th highest in the UK). In Alfred Wainwright's 'Book Two - The Far Eastern Fells' the chapter for Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) is entitled simply 'Caudale Moor'.
  • St Raven's Edge at 593m (1946ft). St Raven's Edge is classified as an English Dewey (17th highest in England, 42nd highest in England & Wales).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c162 Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water

In no particular order . . .

South toward The Kirkstone Pass from the shores of Brothers Water

South toward The Kirkstone Pass from the shores of Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (25)

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Photo: Chris Pearson (11)

Fairfield from Hart Crag

Fairfield from Hart Crag

Photo: Peter Inglis (5)

Middle Dodd summit cairn

Middle Dodd summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (536)

Brothers Water, Place Fell and the Angle Tarn Peaks from Middle Dodd

Brothers Water, Place Fell and the Angle Tarn Peaks from Middle Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (67)

High Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from Dove Crag

High Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from Dove Crag

Photo: Les Swindell (3)

The summit cairn on St Raven's Edge

The summit cairn on St Raven's Edge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (620)

Brothers Water and Angle Tarn Pikes from High Hartsop Dodd

Brothers Water and Angle Tarn Pikes from High Hartsop Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (63)

Troutbeck from Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)

Troutbeck from Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor)

Photo: Ivor Bennett (17)

Helvellyn (centre) from Hart Crag

Helvellyn (centre) from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (332)


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