Walk Route Map c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water

Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water

Superb views of Brothers Water and Patterdale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9¾mls (15.5km)
Ascent:	3,699ft (1,127m)
Time:	7¼hrs
Grade:

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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

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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

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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 . . .

Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water - 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)

Sitting on Dove Crag summit cairn in the snow

Photo: Christine Shepherd (470)

The Brothers Water Valley from Kirkstone Beck on the lower slopes of High Hartsop Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (61)

Looking up to a snowy Threshwaite Mouth from Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (44)

Brothers Water

Photo: Andy Malcolm (174)

Hartsopp Dodd from the shores of Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (26)

Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water - 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

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

Photo: Ray Bessant (2)

Walk c305 Red Screes and Hart Crag from Brothers Water - Hartsop Dodd across Brothers Water with Gray Crag (Hayeswater) (far left) and Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (far right)

Hartsop Dodd across Brothers Water with Gray Crag (Hayeswater) (far left) and Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (far right)

Photo: Rob Barklamb (43)

Brothers Water from Middle Dodd

Photo: Andy Malcolm (84)

Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Photo: Les Swindell (1)

South toward The Kirkstone Pass from the shores of Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (25)

Red Screes from Middle Dodd

Photo: Chris Pearson (9)

Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield dominate the skyline beyond Brothers Water

Photo: Andy Malcolm (122)

Brothers Water, Place Fell and the Angle Tarn Peaks from Middle Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (67)

Snow on The col between Hart Crag and Fairfield

Photo: Timothy Towers (3)

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (64)

Great Rigg from Hart Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (330)

Hart Crag from Dove Crag

Photo: Mike Walker (327)

Hartsop Village with Grey Crag towering beyond from the shores of Brothers Water

Photo: Chris Haselden (24)

Hartsop Dodd from Hartsop

Photo: Ivor Bennett (11)

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