Walk c351 Red Screes and Little Hart Crag from Brothers Water

This 7 mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at the Cow Bridge car park at the northern end of Brothers Water & will take you about 5¼ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 7 miles (11km)
Ascent: 2737 ft (834m)
Time: 5¼ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 6 (Moderate) Icon

 

 


Route outline for this walk:

 

Cow Bridge  -  Brothers Water  -  Hartsop Hall  -  Kirkstone Beck  -  Caiston Beck  -  Middle Dodd  -  Smallthwaite Band  -  Red Screes  -  Broad Crag (Scandale)  -  Scandale Pass  -  Little Hart Crag  -  High Hartsop Dodd  -  Caiston Beck  -  Cow Bridge  -  Brothers Water.

 

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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2
English
Mountains
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4
Wainwrights
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2
English
Nuttalls
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0
English
Deweys
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0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
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1
Marilyn
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0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is 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.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Middle Dodd at 654m (2146ft). Middle Dodd is classified as an Wainwright (No. 111).

You will also reach the summit of Little Hart Crag at 637m (2091ft). Little Hart Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (155th highest in England, 264th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 119).

Little Hart Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (205th highest in England, 354th highest in England & Wales).

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

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c351 Red Screes and Little Hart Crag from Brothers Water

In no particular order . . .

Looking up to a snowy Threshwaite Mouth from Brothers Water

Looking up to a snowy Threshwaite Mouth from Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (44)

Middle Dodd summit cairn

Middle Dodd summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (536)

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (64)

High Hartsop Dodd summit cairn in the snow

High Hartsop Dodd summit cairn in the snow

Photo: Christine Shepherd (519)

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Photo: Chris Pearson (11)

Hart Crag summit cairn

Hart Crag summit cairn

Photo: Mike Walker (328)

Great Rigg from Hart Crag

Great Rigg from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (330)

Dovedale from Hartsop Dodd

Dovedale from Hartsop Dodd

Photo: Ivor Bennett (12)


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