The Lake District Walker
Guided Walks in the English Lake District


Ambleside Walking Weekend

Ambleside Walking Weekend
Saturday 14th April 2012

£20.00


Difficulty: Hard
  Two longer walks, both walks easy underfoot
Distance: Up to 17km / 11 miles approx. per day
Ascent: Up to 1110m / 3400ft approx. per day
Time: 7 hours
Start Time: 10am
Maximum Group Size: 10
Minimum Group Size: 1


"Fairfield, a grand mountain with grand satellites in support."
A.W Wainwright

The high fells above Ambleside offer great scope for a wonderful weekend of walking, this walking weekend combines the popular Fairfield Horseshoe, a long ridge walk above Ambleside with exceptional views throughout with the slightly less well known route over Red Screes, a wonderful summit and great viewpoint over the surrounding countryside.

Summits included on this route:
   
Nab Scar
440 metres/1444 feet
Heron Pike
612 metres/2008 feet
Great Rigg
766 metres/2513 feet
Fairfield
873 metres/2864 feet
Hart Crag
822 metres/2697 feet
Dove Crag
792 metres/2598 feet
High Pike (Scandale)
656 metres/2152 feet
Low Pike
508 metres/1667 feet
Red Screes
776 metres/2546 feet
Middle Dodd (Optional)
654 metres/2146 feet
Little Hart Crag (Optional)
637 metres/2090 feet
High Hartsop Dodd (Optional)
519 metres/1703 feet

"Red Screes has more claims to distinction than any other high fell east of the Keswick - Windermere road."
A.W Wainwright

The Fairfield Horseshoe
From Ambleside we will follow the Rydal road a short distance before crossing the fields to Rydal. A steep ascent will then lead onto Nab Scar.
A long but easy walk will then lead along the ridge to the summit of Fairfield.

We will continue along the ridge to Hart Crag and Dove Crag before the long descent over High Pike and Low Pike before descending to High Sweden Bridge and the track back into Ambleside.

Although this is one of our longer routes after the first steep climb it is a fairly easy ridge walk, although long. We do however take it gently, we have all day to complete the walk!

Red Screes
From Ambleside a short walk up the Kirkstone road will bring us to our path, climbing the long but gentle southern ridge of Red Screes, first by the summit of Snarker Pike to the dramatic summit of Red Screes.

With steep drops to the north and west of the summit the views from the summit of Red Screes are magnificent.

From Red Screes there is an option to descend north over Smallthwaite Band to the satelite top of Middle Dodd before descending west to Scandale Pass.

The summits of Little Hart Crag and High Hartsop Dodd are just a short detour from the pass for those collecting the summits, but the descent from Scandale Pass south to Scandale Bottom and following the track south by Scandale Beck to High Sweeden Bridge and back along the track to Ambleside.

Each participant will be required to bring suitable equipment for their chosen event, please see Equipment Required.

Want this walk on another day?
Why not make a private booking?
 

We can take a private booking for this or any other event on any other day of the year.

For further information please click here

 


Where to Meet
 (Both Days) : 		The Lake District Walker Shop, Ambleside
Time: 10am
Postcode: LA22 0BP
Grid Reference: NY 376 042
Directions: Ambleside is easily found on the A591 north of Kendal and Windermere. The Lake District Walker is just as easy to find on Kelswick Road, just up the hill from the Library and Bus Stops.
Full information will be provided in a download file upon booking


View past Red Screes events in our blog here


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