Walk Route Map c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon from Ambleside

Walk c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon from Ambleside

Fabulous high level route

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12½mls (20km)
Ascent:	3,411ft (1,040m)
Time:	8hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c230:

Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Little Hart Crag - Scandale Pass - Red Screes - Snarker Pike - Ambleside

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

6
English
Mountains

8
Wainwrights

8
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

2
Marilyns

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Fairfield at 873m (2865ft). Fairfield is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 13).

Fairfield is also known as an English Nuttall (18th highest in England, 40th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (7th highest in England, 280th highest in the UK).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of 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).

You will also reach the summit 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).

Along the way you will also bag:

Red Screes at 776m (2547ft). Red Screes is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (56th England, 98th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 49), an English Nuttall (68th highest in England, 120th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (18th England, 437th highest in the UK). The summit of Red Screes is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Great Rigg at 766m (2514ft). Great Rigg is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (62nd highest in England, 107th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 54) and an English Nuttall (76th highest in England, 131st highest in England & Wales).

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).

Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) at 621m (2038ft). Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) is known as an English Nuttall (231st highest in England, 402nd highest in England & Wales).

Heron Pike at 612m (2008ft). Heron Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 128) and an English Nuttall (246th highest in England, 430th highest in England & Wales)

Nab Scar at 450m (1477ft). Nab Scar is classified as a Wainwright (No. 190)

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90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

*Heron Pike and Nab Scar from Fairfield

Photo: Wayne Hill (35)

Walk c230 The Scandale Beck Horizon from Ambleside - Middle Dodd with Place Fell, Angletarn Peaks and Hartsop Dodd beyond Brothers Water in the valley below from Red Screes

Middle Dodd with Place Fell, Angletarn Peaks and Hartsop Dodd beyond Brothers Water in the valley below from Red Screes

Photo: Andy Malcolm (85)

The Kirkstone Pass from Snarker Pike summit

Photo: Chris Pearson (4)

*Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Fairfield

Photo: Wayne Hill (36)

The summit cairn on Fairfield with Windermere in the distance

Photo: Christine Shepherd (512)

The view towards Patterdale from Hart Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (117)

Snow on The col between Hart Crag and Fairfield

Photo: Timothy Towers (3)

The summit of Little Hart Crag in deep snow

Photo: Christine Shepherd (6)

*The Old Man of Coniston (left) and The Scafell Massif from Fairfield

Photo: Wayne Hill (37)

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (64)

Approaching Heron Pike with Fairfield beyond

Photo: John Holt (3)

Rydal Hall

Photo: Stuart Richardson (10)

Temperature Inversion in the Rydal Valley from near Heron Pike

Photo: John Holt (2)

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Photo: Chris Pearson (11)

Great Ridge, Heron Pike and Windermere beyond from Fairfield

Photo: Raymond Brown (29)

Seat Sandal from Great Rigg on The Fairfield Horeshoe

Photo: Mike Walker (338)

Brothers Water and Hartsop from Dove Crag

Photo: Les Swindell (2)

Ambleside and Windermere from Nab Scar

Photo: Peter Inglis (10)

Hart Crag from Dove Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (327)

Lake Windermere and Ambleside from the lower slopes of Snarker Pike

Photo: Chris Pearson (1)

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