Red Screes
776m (2547ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
The summit of Red Screes is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Red Screes
Michael Lewis walked up Red Screes on March 11th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Ambleside up Scandale Pass [with] Suzanne [weather] Dry cold with snow on the ground from the previous 48 hourse
Angeline Grieveson climbed Red Screes on November 20th, 2022 [with] Dotty
John Ramsbottom bagged Red Screes on October 24th, 2022 [from/via/route] walk c351 [with] Lola/ Skratch [weather] dry/ windy
Christine Shepherd hiked Red Screes on September 30th, 2007 [from/via/route] We climbed this fell using walk c230 but as Red Screes was the main target we did it in reverse! Climbed again from the Kirkstone Inn on 31.07.21 Enjoyed the climb from Kirkstone Inn again on 4.6.22 [with] My friend Miriam [weather] Lovely Autumn sunshine. - Climbed this again using part of walk c305 after bagging Middle Dodd on 1.9.10. I had bagged Lingmell in the morning!)
Steve Cookson summited Red Screes on April 21st, 2022 [from/via/route] C351 from Brothers Water. [with] Gillie [weather] Sunny but windy.
Ian Ashton conquered Red Screes on April 2nd, 2022 [with] Solo
Martin Hartshorne scaled Red Screes on March 21st, 2022 [with] finley [weather] Clear breeze cold on top
Geoff Hand walked up Red Screes on February 9th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c351 Red Screes & Little Hart Crag from Cow Bridge, Brothers Water. [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Broken cloud & sun, Windy on top, getting clearer as day went on. - Cold day but great views. Not many people about. Nice little walk.
Richard Marchant climbed Red Screes on July 18th, 2021 [from/via/route] Started from Ambleside's main car park & then basically walked the Scandale Horseshoe heading North up Low Pike, High Pike on to Dove Crag. Then traversed across to Little Hart Crag & ascended Red Screes & returned to Ambleside heading south along the ridge. [with] Just myself [weather] Dry & fine weather.
Charlotte Hewson bagged Red Screes on July 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked at brothers water, up middle Dodd, on to red screes, then little hart cragg & finally high hartsop dodd then back to the car. [with] Emma [weather] Sunny & a bit cloudy - Dog struggled, was little shade & hard going but planes flew over which was cool!
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Red Screes

Red Screes (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke from Baystones (Wansfell)

*Baystones (Wansfell) in the foreground with Red Screes (left), Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Thornthwaite Crag and the Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke ridge silhouetted on the skyline from Wansfell Pike

Cofa Pike and Fairfield from High Crag (Helvellyn) with Red Screes in the distance

Thornthwaite Crag (left), Hartsop Dodd and Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (centre), Red Screes (right) and the shoulder of Hartsop above How (foreground) from Arnison Crag, Patterdale

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

A Brocken Spectre (almost) with Red Screes beyond from the lower slopes of Yoke

Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, the Scandale Valley and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
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