Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside

This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk with GPS starts at Ambleside, is 9¾ miles long and will take about 7¼hrs. It is graded 7 (Hard).


Route outline for walk c184:

Ambleside  -  Snarker Pike  -  Red Screes  -  Scandale Pass  -  Little Hart Crag  -  Dove Crag  -  High Pike (Scandale)  -  Low Pike (Scandale)  -  High Sweden Bridge  -  Ambleside



Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
3
English
Mountains
Wainwright
5
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
3
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Marilyn
Bridget
1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is 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).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top 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.

You will also reach the summit of High Pike (Scandale) at 656m (2153ft). High Pike (Scandale) is classified as an Wainwright (No. 109).

Along the way you will also bag:

  • Snarker Pike at 644m (2114ft). Snarker Pike is known as an English Bridget.

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You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

Worth a look if you haven't seen these yet!

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (64)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale)

High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Mike Walker (319)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Brothers Water and Hartsop from Dove Crag

Brothers Water and Hartsop from Dove Crag

Photo: Les Swindell (2)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - The Kirkstone Pass from Snarker Pike summit

The Kirkstone Pass from Snarker Pike summit

Photo: Chris Pearson (4)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - High Sweden Bridge

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Timothy Towers (1)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Great Rigg (right) and High Pike (Scandale) (left) from Dove Crag

Great Rigg (right) and High Pike (Scandale) (left) from Dove Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (7)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Brothers Water from the summit of Red Screes

Brothers Water from the summit of Red Screes

Photo: Chris Pearson (6)

The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Fairfield

Photo: Mike Walker (334)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Photo: Les Swindell (1)

Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside - Great Ridge, Heron Pike and Windermere beyond from Fairfield

Great Ridge, Heron Pike and Windermere beyond from Fairfield

Photo: Raymond Brown (29)


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