High Pike (Scandale)
656m (2153ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,551ft (1,082m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
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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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,633ft (1,107m) |
| Time: | 7.75hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike (Scandale) - Low Pike (Scandale) - High Sweden Bridge - High Sweden Coppice - Ambleside
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,984ft (1,214m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Greenhead Gill Head - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike (Scandale) - Low Pike (Scandale) - High Sweden Bridge - High Sweden Coppice - Ambleside
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Pike (Scandale)
Nick Tippins walked up High Pike (Scandale) on July 2nd, 2025 [from/via/route] c247: The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside [with] Fran
Paul Roddam climbed High Pike (Scandale) on September 14th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Ambleside [with] Bri and Barber [weather] Wet
Kate Peacock bagged High Pike (Scandale) on May 18th, 2024 [from/via/route] Helen & Amber walked to this one with me. Anti-clockwise. Great walk. Busy due to events but people were friendly [with] Me & Skye [weather] Sunny with a nice breeze - Sunburnt as the breeze made me think it wasn't as hot
Richard Fulcher hiked High Pike (Scandale) on September 5th, 2015 [from/via/route] Fairfield horseshoe from Ambleside / Rydal [with] Dave Jobling [weather] Fine
Melfyn Parry summited High Pike (Scandale) on November 21st, 2023 [from/via/route] Followed route C247 - walked out of Ambleside on the A591 & just after Scandale Bridge we crossed the road to follow the lane into the Rydal Hall estate, went passed the cafe & the Hall & then turned right to pass Rydal Mount. Here we veered left to take the stone steps path to the top of Nab Scar, again following a well defined path we were soon on Heron Pike. Continuing along the path with a slight detour to ascend Heron Pike north top. Continuing on to Great Rigg & onwards to Fairfield. We stopped here for lunch & the clouds lifted to give great views over towards Helvellyn & Sunday Crag. After pausing to take some photos we retraced our steps for a few metres before heading left to follow the ridge line to ascend Hart Crag, then Dove Crag & then High Pike. The undulating ridge takes you through some quite boggy areas & on to Low Pike & then down to High Sweden Bridge (a fascinating old bridge). All that was left to do from here was to follow the trail downwards in to Ambleside returning to the village by the Salutation Hotel. [with] DS [weather] Visibility was very good below 800m. By lunchtime the cloud had lifted even more to give clear views of the whole horseshoe. A dry day with sunny intervals, quite cold above 600m but very pleasant below this level. - Doing the walk in a clockwise direction as per C247 is best as the ascent anticlockwise would be much more of a cardio vascular workout.
David Higginbottom conquered High Pike (Scandale) on February 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] Route 247 [with] Carolyn [weather] Very poor
James Hughes scaled High Pike (Scandale) on June 26th, 2023 [from/via/route] Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Cragg, Dove Cragg, High Pike, Low Pike [with] Solo [weather] Four seasons in a day. Unsettled with showers at times, cold & misty around Fairfield, improved on descent into Ambleside. - Chatted with Andrew from Littleborough. Outraged by parking cost & then toilet fee. Pint at Golden Rule (Robinsons Cumbria Way) at end.
Rob Prikanowski walked up High Pike (Scandale) on June 21st, 2023 [from/via/route] c247 [weather] Cloudy but dry, strong wind.
Angeline Grieveson climbed High Pike (Scandale) on April 23rd, 2023 [with] Dotty
Tim Winn bagged High Pike (Scandale) on March 24th, 2023 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Barry, Paul, Roger, Andy and Dave [weather] Wet from the sky & under foot.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Pike (Scandale)
Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, the Scandale Valley and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe
Rocky outcrop marking the summit of Low Pike (Scandale) with High Pike (Scandale) (above left) in the background
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