Walk Route Map c184 High Pike from Ambleside

Walk c184 High Pike from Ambleside

Quieter alternative to the popular routes from Ambleside

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9¾mls (15.5km)
Ascent:	3,551ft (1,082m)
Time:	7¼hrs
Grade:

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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

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

5
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

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.

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).

Low Pike (Scandale) at 508m (1667ft). Low Pike (Scandale) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 172)

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90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c184 High Pike from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (329)

Rocky outcrop marking the summit of Low Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Mike Walker (316)

Lake Windermere from Snarker Pike summit

Photo: Chris Pearson (5)

Walk c184 High Pike from Ambleside - Lake Windermere, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top) and Great Rigg (far right) from the summit of Low Pike (Scandale)

Lake Windermere, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top) and Great Rigg (far right) from the summit of Low Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Mike Walker (318)

Walk c184 High Pike from Ambleside - Looking East to the snowy fell tops of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and High Street from the summit of Little Hart Crag

Looking East to the snowy fell tops of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and High Street from the summit of Little Hart Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (5)

Brothers Water from the summit of Red Screes

Photo: Chris Pearson (6)

Rydal Water and Loughrigg Fell from Low Pike (Scandale)

Photo: David Baines (9)

High Pike (Scandale) summit cairn

Photo: Mike Walker (322)

Helvellyn (centre) from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (332)

Low Pike (Scandale) and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Les Swindell (4)

Lake Windermere from Snarker Pike

Photo: Chris Pearson (3)

Snow on Fairfield and Hart Crag from Dove Crag

Photo: Timothy Towers (2)

High Pike (Scandale) from Low Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Peter Inglis (1)

Snow on The col between Hart Crag and Fairfield

Photo: Timothy Towers (3)

Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Photo: Les Swindell (1)

The view towards Patterdale from Hart Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (117)

Windermere from Low Pike (Scandale) on the way back down from completing The Fairfield Horseshoe

Photo: Christine Shepherd (118)

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Timothy Towers (1)

St Sunday Crag from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (331)

Dove Crag from High Pike (Scandale)

Photo: Peter Inglis (2)

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