Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water
Superb views of Brothers Water and Patterdale
Route outline for walk c305:
Cow Bridge Car Park - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Kirkstone Beck - Caiston Beck - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Cow Bridge
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 4 English Mountains |
 6 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 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:
- Middle Dodd at 654m (2146ft). Middle Dodd is classified as a Wainwright (No. 111)
- 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), a Wainwright (No. 119) and an English Nuttall (205th highest in England, 354th highest in England & Wales).
- Hartsop Above How at 570m (1871ft). Hartsop Above How is classified as a Wainwright (No. 141)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water
In no particular order . . .
Middle Dodd with Place Fell, Angletarn Peaks and Hartsop Dodd beyond Brothers Water in the valley below from Red Screes
The lower slopes of Hartsop Dodd (left), Caudale Head, The Kirkstone Pass and High Hartsop Dodd (right, behind the tree) reflected in Brothers Water in the snow
Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag
Me, Wainwright bagging, at the top of Middle Dodd with Brothers Water and Place Fell in the distance
The Brothers Water Valley from Kirkstone Beck on the lower slopes of High Hartsop Dodd
Early Morning Mist nr Hartsop Village with The Angletarn Pikes and Place Fell in the background
Looking East to the snowy fell tops of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and High Street from the summit of Little Hart Crag
Hartsop Dodd across Brothers Water with Gray Crag (Hayeswater) (far left) and Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (far right)
Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield dominate the skyline beyond Brothers Water
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Fairfield
Rydal Water (left) and Coniston Water (right - far distance) and Heron Pike in mid-distance from Hart Crag
Lake Windermere and Rydal Valley from Rydal Head with Heron Pike on the right
Hartsop Village with Grey Crag towering beyond from the shores of Brothers Water
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