Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside

Quieter alternative to the popular routes from Ambleside


Route outline for walk c102:

Ambleside  -  Snarker Pike  -  Red Screes  -  Scandale Pass  -  High Sweden Bridge  -  Ambleside




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
1
English
Mountain
Wainwright
1
Wainwright
 English Nuttall
1
English
Nuttall
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Marilyn
Bridget
1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is 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.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Snarker Pike at 644m (2114ft). Snarker Pike is known as an English Bridget.


You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Lake Windermere from Snarker Pike summit

Lake Windermere from Snarker Pike summit

Photo: Chris Pearson (5)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Lake Windermere and Ambleside from the lower slopes of Snarker Pike

Lake Windermere and Ambleside from the lower slopes of Snarker Pike

Photo: Chris Pearson (1)

Walk c102 Red Screes 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)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Little Hart Crag from The Scandale Pass

Photo: Les Swindell (1)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - High Sweden Bridge

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Les Swindell (8)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - High Sweden Bridge

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (119)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - On High Sweden Bridge

On High Sweden Bridge

Photo: David Baines (2)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Cloud on The Fairfield Horseshoe from near High Sweden Bridge

Cloud on The Fairfield Horseshoe from near High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Janice Hyde (1)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Middle Dodd and Brothers Water from Red Screes

Middle Dodd and Brothers Water from Red Screes

Photo: Chris Pearson (8)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (64)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Dove Crag from Scandale Pass

Photo: Chris Pearson (11)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - High Sweden Bridge

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Timothy Towers (1)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Grasmere from the lower slopes of Snarker Pike

Grasmere from the lower slopes of Snarker Pike

Photo: Chris Pearson (2)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - High Sweden Bridge

High Sweden Bridge

Photo: Steve Brunt (2)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - The famous Bridge House in Ambleside

The famous Bridge House in Ambleside

Photo: David Hayter (294)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - The Kirkstone Pass from Snarker Pike summit

The Kirkstone Pass from Snarker Pike summit

Photo: Chris Pearson (4)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Rydal Water with Langdale Pikes beyond from High Sweden Coppice

Rydal Water with Langdale Pikes beyond from High Sweden Coppice

Photo: Andy Malcolm (13)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Brothers Water from the summit of Red Screes

Brothers Water from the summit of Red Screes

Photo: Chris Pearson (6)

Walk c102 Red Screes from Ambleside - Windermere and Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Windermere and Morecambe Bay from Red Screes

Photo: David Hayter (65)


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