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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9¾mls (15.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,551ft (1,082m) |
| Time: | 7¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c184:
Ambleside - Snarker Pike - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike (Scandale) - Low Pike (Scandale) - High Sweden Bridge - Ambleside
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 5 Wainwrights |
 3 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is 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).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top 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.
You will also reach the summit of High Pike (Scandale) at 656m (2153ft). High Pike (Scandale) is classified as an Wainwright (No. 109).
Along the way you will also bag:
- 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).
- Low Pike (Scandale) at 508m (1667ft). Low Pike (Scandale) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 172)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c184 Red Screes and High Pike (Scandale) from Ambleside
In no particular order . . .
Looking East to the snowy fell tops of Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) and High Street from the summit of Little Hart Crag
Lake Windermere, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top) and Great Rigg (far right) from the summit of Low Pike (Scandale)
Lake Windermere and Rydal Valley from Rydal Head with Heron Pike on the right
Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag
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