Red Pike (Wasdale)

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826 mWainwright — Western Fells+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km Care needed in cloud

Red Pike (Wasdale) at 826m (2,710ft) is the pointed summit above Overbeck and the Wasdale valley, its russet-red scree slopes visible from Wast Water below. Wainwright noted the excellent views from the summit across Wast Water to Illgill Head and south to the sea.

Summit conditions on Red Pike (Wasdale)

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 10° to 4°C, gusts to 61 mph, 7.5 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Against our lines, Tuesday 27 October: wind, cold and cloud from the Met Office UKV 2 km model (daylight hours, as in the verdict above); rain from the summit line’s forecast (the whole day). A tile is large when this top is past its line.

Wind on the top

Past the line

62 mph, our estimate for the open top in the worst daylight hour

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 49 mph times our exposure factor of 1.28. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 61 mph, before any exposure factor.

The line Our line: 25 mph, where our wind Scale begins its 25–35 band: “balance affected; buffeting on exposed ground”. MWIS (opens in new tab) describes what wind does to a walker across a range rather than at a line: from about 20–25 mph it starts to affect your balance.

Estimated: it is not calibrated against summit readings, and the two forecasts can disagree by more than a band.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

7.5 mm of rain over the whole day, midnight to midnight

The same figure as the summit line above and the 7-day forecast.

The line Our line: 6 mm in the day, where our scorer counts a day as soaking. We read rainfall, never river levels: becks in spate.

Open-Meteo’s forecast. It says nothing about rain already in the ground.

Also checked cold: feels like −1 °C, no ice or snow forecast; cloud: a clear-top reading of 29 out of 100, over our in-cloud line of 20. Under a line is not the same as fine: it means only that these figures are under the lines we use.

Not in these tiles Lightning, river levels, snow or ice already lying, and the ground under your feet. A tile cannot see them, so an empty space here never means they are absent.

Snow figures with a second opinion: Powered by Met Office data

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

Wainwrights are scored for walking conditions each morning from the Met Office’s UK forecast model, read for each summit through Open-Meteo; the forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Routes up Red Pike (Wasdale)

Choose the way up before the car park: these two routes start from two places, and the last two rows give the parking and bus at each route’s own start. Full maps further down.

Compared	Very Long Day Out	Extended Mosedale Horseshoe
Starts from	Overbeck Bridge	Wasdale Head
Distance and climb	26.63 km, 1,810 m of climb	17.75 km, 1,236 m of climb
Time, fast to steady	~8¼–11¼ h	~5½–7½ h
Scrambling	Graded scramble: Stirrup Crag, at Yewbarrow's north end (km 2.9–3.2). Yewbarrow: The north end drops in a steep set of ledges and chimneys — a genuine scramble that catches people out, especially as a descent.	Graded scramble: Stirrup Crag, at Yewbarrow's north end (km 11.8–12.1). Yewbarrow: The north end drops in a steep set of ledges and chimneys — a genuine scramble that catches people out, especially as a descent.
Exposure	Moderate	Hard
Navigation	Hard	Moderate
Steepest stretch	Climb of about 49% at 1.2 km (Severe)	Descent of about 47% at 13.8 km (Severe)
After the summit	Over Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Steeple, Haycock, Little Gowder Crag, Caw Fell, Middle Fell, Seatallan, Glade How and Buckbarrow	Over Yewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag) and Yewbarrow
Walked or planned	Planned: drawn, not yet walked	Not yet personally walked
Car park at the start	Overbeck Bridge, Wastwater (NT, paid)	Wasdale Head village green car park (free)
Bus to the start	Not measured	Not measured

Times run from fast to steady pace (Naismith’s rule). Scrambling quotes each route’s own notes; “not mentioned” means they do not say, not that the ground has none. Each route’s page has its map, stages and GPX.

Distance, climb and the steepest stretch are measured from each route’s GPX track; the other grades are set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap, and each route page says which. How we check →

How hard is Red Pike (Wasdale)?

The shortest way up we hold is Extended Mosedale Horseshoe — 17.75 km, 1236 m of ascent, ~5½–7½ h. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.

All axes: steepness: Severe · length: Hard · terrain: Hard · exposure: Hard · navigation: Moderate.

These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 826 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast

Tue 27 Oct

10° / 4°

61 mph

7.5 mm (100%)

Wed 28 Oct

7° / 4°

41 mph

7.4 mm (100%)

Thu 29 Oct

8° / 6°

27 mph

0.5 mm (67%)

Fri 30 Oct

7° / 4°

26 mph

0.3 mm (12%)

Sat 31 Oct

6° / 1°

4 mph

4.5 mm (8%)

Sun 1 Nov

6° / -1°

13 mph

0.0 mm (2%)

Mon 2 Nov

4° / -3°

9 mph

0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Red Pike (Wasdale)

Parking

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Overbeck Bridge, Wastwater (NT, paid) — 0.1 km from the start of Very Long Day Out (straight line)

Approx 20 spaces. By Overbeck Bridge on the lakeshore road. 'Very Long Day Out' and 'Wastwater Shore (the Screes view)' start here. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review. Small NT pay-and-display car park at the foot of Yewbarrow on the lakeshore road. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8 up to 4 hours; £9.50 all day. Charges apply at all times (NT, checked August 2026). Free for NT members (checked August 2026). No overnight parking (National Trust, checked August 2026).

Directions Something changed here?

Wasdale Head village green car park (free) — at the start of Extended Mosedale Horseshoe

At Wasdale Head, about 0.3 km south of the Wasdale Head Inn; the National Trust's Pillar trail starts here and calls it the Wasdale Head Village Green car park (grid ref NY 1868 0852, read 17 October 2026). The 'Round Kirk Fell from Wasdale Head' and 'Extended Mosedale Horseshoe' routes start here; the Great Gable and Scafell Pike routes start at Lake Head, 1.3 km on foot. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.

Directions Something changed here?

Lake Head, Wasdale (NT, paid) — 3.6 km from summit (straight line)

Walking base for Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike — the 'Great Gable & Kirk Fell' route starts 10 m away. Also serves 'Scafell Pike from Wasdale, by Lingmell Col'. National Trust's access statement records a pay-and-display machine here (National Trust, January 2024) but does not say which payment methods it takes; the same document notes mobile reception is poor across Wasdale, so carry coins as well as a card. Compacted surface (OSM-tagged). Toilets on site. National Trust, pay & display (free for members). The classic base for Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Yewbarrow. Fills very early. Fees: £7 up to 2 hours; £8.50 up to 4 hours; £10 all day. Charges apply at all times (NT, checked August 2026). Free for NT members (checked August 2026).

Directions Something changed here?

If it is full: Overbeck Bridge, Wastwater (NT, paid) (1.8 km, 110 m up); Greendale, Nether Wasdale (roadside, free) (4.9 km, 197 m up)

Wasdale Head Inn

Positions are approximate.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

We don’t know yet. Wasdale Explorer (seasonal) serves this area, but we don’t hold its stop positions, so we can’t measure the walk from it — and we won’t tell you to drive on the strength of a gap in our own data. The Wasdale Action Group lists it as running Saturdays, Sundays and bank holiday Mondays from the start of May to the end of August (read 30 September 2026): check before you travel.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Hazard & Incident Information for Red Pike (Wasdale)

Checked by Lee McCoy, 22 September 2026. Draws on published material from Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A fine peak on the Mosedale Horseshoe, with a gentle grassy western slope but a sharp eastern edge falling in crags to Mosedale. The summit sits right on the brink of that drop. Its main dangers are navigational — the broad tops and forking paths around Red Pike, Scoat Fell and the link to Pillar are a known place to go wrong in mist, in remote country a long way from the road. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team covers this ground and has searched here for walkers and fell-runners who lost their way.

The eastern crags above Mosedale (summit edge): The summit and the ridge northward run along the lip of steep crags dropping into Mosedale. In wind or cloud a slip near the edge is serious. Keep to the western side of the crest and well back from the brink.
Navigation around Red Pike / Scoat Fell in cloud: The ground here is broad and confusingly similar, and the path forks on the ascent of Red Pike; walkers have taken the wrong line in mist. The link between Red Pike, Little Scoat Fell and Pillar is easy to misjudge. Navigate deliberately by compass and account for the steep drops to the east.
Remoteness of the Mosedale Horseshoe: This is committing, far-from-the-road terrain with a long walk-out in any direction. A minor injury or navigation error becomes a major problem here. Carry full kit, food and a means of calling for help, and allow plenty of daylight.

Who should attempt this fell: From the west Red Pike is an easy grassy climb, but never forget the cliffs on its eastern side — keep back from the edge along the top. The real skill here is navigation: the broad, similar-looking tops around Red Pike and Scoat Fell catch people out in cloud, and it is remote, serious country. Be confident with map and compass, set bearings before you move, and treat the full horseshoe as a big mountain day.

What to watch for: Slips over the eastern crags above Mosedale near the summit edge · Navigation errors in mist where the paths fork around Red Pike and Scoat Fell · Walkers and runners becoming separated or lost on the remote ridge · Underestimating the length and commitment of the Mosedale Horseshoe

Local Mountain Rescue: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team (opens in new tab)

Safety: Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Report incorrect information (opens in new tab)

Navigating in cloud

Care needed

Of the three things our terrain model measures, the highest reading here is the amount of walkable ground near the summit that lies close to steep ground or crag. Take care in poor visibility — carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Red Pike (Wasdale) compares with all 214: the Clag Index (experimental).

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Red Pike (Wasdale)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

1.1 km NBlack Crag828 m · Western

1.8 km SEYewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag)617 m · Western

1.9 km NNEPillar Rock780 m · Western

2.4 km ENELooking Stead (Pillar)628 m · Western

2.5 km WLittle Gowder Crag735 m · Western

Routes over Red Pike (Wasdale)

Extended Mosedale Horseshoe

Summits: Pillar Black Crag Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)SteepleRed Pike (Wasdale)Yewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag)Yewbarrow

Download GPX Not yet personally walked

Warnings: The ground here is broad and confusingly similar, and the path forks on the ascent of Red Pike; walkers have taken the wrong line in mist. The link between Red Pike, Little Scoat Fell and Pillar is easy to misjudge. Navigate deliberately by compass and account for the steep drops to the east. Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell): The short ridge out to Steeple is narrow and exposed, with a steep drop, and becomes serious when banked with snow or iced. Cross it carefully and avoid it in fierce wind; it is the spot most likely to catch you out here. Steeple: The link to the main ridge is a short, narrow crest with steep, rocky drops on both sides. A fall here can be fatal. It is straightforward in dry, calm conditions but genuinely exposed; take care with foot placement, and treat it with great caution in wind, wet or cloud. Red Pike (Wasdale): The summit and the ridge northward run along the lip of steep crags dropping into Mosedale. In wind or cloud a slip near the edge is serious. Keep to the western side of the crest and well back from the brink. Yewbarrow: The north end drops in a steep set of ledges and chimneys — a genuine scramble that catches people out, especially as a descent. Walkers regularly become cragfast here unable to climb down, and falls have caused head and leg injuries. Tackle it only if you are comfortable scrambling on steep rock; if in doubt, avoid the traverse and return the way you came. The steep scree slope off Dore Head (toward Mosedale) is severely eroded, loose and unpleasant — once a scree run, now a notorious leg-breaker. The steep ground beside it has left walkers cragfast. Avoid it as a descent; safer ground exists, and the screes are best left alone.

From the hazard notes for Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) · Steeple · Red Pike (Wasdale) · Yewbarrow, each with its sources.

Route guide: Extended Mosedale Horseshoe →

Very Long Day Out

Summits: Yewbarrow Yewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag)Red Pike (Wasdale)Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)Steeple Haycock Little Gowder Crag Caw Fell Middle Fell Seatallan Glade How Buckbarrow

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Picked for its light in: May, July

Warnings: Middle Fell: The Wast Water-facing side falls away in tiers of crag. Don't be tempted to drop straight off the ridge — descend by the established lines at the ends. In cloud keep to the ridge crest and well back from the eastern edge. The ground here is broad and confusingly similar, and the path forks on the ascent of Red Pike; walkers have taken the wrong line in mist. The link between Red Pike, Little Scoat Fell and Pillar is easy to misjudge. Navigate deliberately by compass and account for the steep drops to the east. Yewbarrow: The north end drops in a steep set of ledges and chimneys — a genuine scramble that catches people out, especially as a descent. Walkers regularly become cragfast here unable to climb down, and falls have caused head and leg injuries. Tackle it only if you are comfortable scrambling on steep rock; if in doubt, avoid the traverse and return the way you came. Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell): The short ridge out to Steeple is narrow and exposed, with a steep drop, and becomes serious when banked with snow or iced. Cross it carefully and avoid it in fierce wind; it is the spot most likely to catch you out here. Caw Fell is a long way from any road or car park (Blengdale or Bowness Knott are the usual, distant, starts). A minor injury, navigation slip or late finish becomes serious because you are a long way from a road, and any rescue takes time to reach you. Carry full kit, food, water and a means of calling for help, and leave a generous time margin. Caw Fell: The wide, flat top has little to fix on and the connecting ground (e.g. toward Lank Rigg) is pathless and boggy in places. In cloud, navigate by compass — the ridge wall is a useful handrail, but don't rely on finding a trodden path. Seatallan: The way up is not obvious from below and the path is faint and indistinct in places; the wide, flat summit gives little to navigate by. In cloud, take a compass bearing to find the top and to choose the right line down. Haycock is a long, rough walk from any direction, with narrow paths. A minor injury, navigation error or late finish turns serious here because you are a long way from a road, and any rescue takes time to reach you. Carry full kit, food and water, a means of calling for help, and allow generous daylight. Steeple: The link to the main ridge is a short, narrow crest with steep, rocky drops on both sides. A fall here can be fatal. It is straightforward in dry, calm conditions but genuinely exposed; take care with foot placement, and treat it with great caution in wind, wet or cloud. The steep scree slope off Dore Head (toward Mosedale) is severely eroded, loose and unpleasant — once a scree run, now a notorious leg-breaker. The steep ground beside it has left walkers cragfast. Avoid it as a descent; safer ground exists, and the screes are best left alone. Red Pike (Wasdale): The summit and the ridge northward run along the lip of steep crags dropping into Mosedale. In wind or cloud a slip near the edge is serious. Keep to the western side of the crest and well back from the brink. Steeple: The summit and its ridge are flanked by steep coves dropping toward Ennerdale. A trip near the edge runs into serious ground. Keep to the crest and don't stray onto the steep grass and rock above the coves. Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell): The summit slopes gently to the south but breaks into impressive crags on its northern side, above the Ennerdale coves. In cloud or wind keep well back from the northern edge — the easy boulder top gives little warning before the drop.

From the hazard notes for Yewbarrow · Red Pike (Wasdale) · Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) · Steeple · Caw Fell · Middle Fell · Seatallan, each with its sources.

Route guide: Very Long Day Out →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Extended Mosedale Horseshoe route:

possible water source (3 m off the line) shelter (weather shelter, mapped, not checked; 15 m off the line) Wasdale Head Green (12 m from the start, straight line) Wasdale Head Campsite (163 m from the start, straight line)

Treat water from the fell before you drink it. A mapped point is not proof the water is drinkable, so carry your own or use a supply you know is safe. Never drink untreated from a beck, stream or tarn — even clear-looking hill water can carry giardia or cryptosporidium from livestock upstream and leave you seriously ill. Use a treatment method suited to what might be in the water, and follow the device’s own instructions. Boiling and ordinary filters do not make water with dissolved metals or chemicals safe: where that is possible, choose another source.

About Red Pike (Wasdale)

Red Pike (Wasdale), a Lake District fell — Photo: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From Overbeck a path climbs to Dore Head, the col below Yewbarrow, then goes up a badly eroded, loose path to the summit. The scree that falls from Dore Head into Mosedale is not a way down. Often combined with Yewbarrow and Scoat Fell for the classic Mosedale Horseshoe — one of the great Wasdale circuit walks.

Classifications & hill data

Is Red Pike (Wasdale) a Wainwright?

Red Pike (Wasdale) is a Wainwright. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list, the Nuttall list, the Fellranger list and the Hewitt list.

Selected lists

826 m

Height

2,710 ft

In feet

NY 1653 1060

Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

The summit is also a Birkett.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

The view from Red Pike (Wasdale)

The 360° skyline from Red Pike (Wasdale)

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

drag to pan · arrow keys

The skyline as a list, by direction

North: Pillar (2 km), High Stile (4 km), Grasmoor (10 km)
North-east: Watson's Dodd (19 km), Stybarrow Dodd (20 km), Little Dodd (20 km), Great Dodd (20 km), Green Side (20 km), Knowe Crags (22 km), Gategill Fell Top (23 km), Blencathra (23 km), Atkinson Pike (24 km)
East: Great Gable (5 km), Great End (6 km), Allen Crags (7 km), Helvellyn Lower Man (18 km), High Crag (18 km), Nethermost Pike (18 km), Helvellyn (18 km), White Side (18 km), Dollywaggon Pike (18 km), Raise (19 km), Great Rigg (19 km), Fairfield (19 km), Cofa Pike (19 km), Hart Crag (20 km), Dove Crag (21 km), Ill Bell (27 km), High Street (28 km), Rampsgill Head (28 km), High Raise (28 km)
South-east: Scafell (6 km), Scafell Pike (6 km), Broad Crag (6 km), Slight Side (7 km), Esk Pike (8 km), Brim Fell (16 km), Dow Crag (16 km), The Old Man of Coniston (17 km)
West: Haycock (2 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Snowdon (166 km, Wales), Slieve Donard (174 km, Ireland), Carnedd Llewelyn (154 km, Wales), Aran Fawddwy (191 km, Wales), Broad Law (113 km, Scotland), Snaefell (80 km, Isle of Man), Moel Siabod (163 km, Wales), Cairnsmore of Fleet (87 km, Scotland).

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills v18.4 (opens in new tab) (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

Sunrise and sunset on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Red Pike (Wasdale) sits close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its longest wait of the modelled year (at midwinter) first light is only 13 minutes after almanac sunrise, so the published sunrise time is a fair guide here.

Midsummer. The filled shape is the skyline as seen from the summit; the line is the sun’s path. Where they meet is first light — everything left of that point is the wait.

Times for 2026, in Lakeland clock time (GMT in winter, BST in summer) — and model outputs rather than observations.
	First light	Almanac sunrise	Difference
Midsummer	04:33 BST ±5.0 min	04:38	-5 min
Equinox	06:15 GMT ±5.0 min	06:16	-1 min
Midwinter	08:46 GMT ±5.0 min	08:33	+13 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean 0.06°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Red Pike (Wasdale)

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (at midsummer) last light is only 1 minute before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Red Pike (Wasdale).

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
	Last light	Almanac sunset	Difference
Midsummer	21:52 BST ±5.0 min	21:53	-1 min
Equinox	18:33 GMT ±5.0 min	18:27	+6 min
Midwinter	15:58 GMT ±5.0 min	15:50	+8 min

These are daylight figures, not a descent plan: the light goes on fading for a good while after the sun leaves, and going down in it is a decision about your own ground and party, not about this table.

What you can see from Red Pike (Wasdale)

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.

59Wainwrights in view+9 marginal

179 kmFurthest sightlineSlieve Binnian · possible under favourable refraction

3Sea in viewIrish Sea, Solway Firth, Morecambe Bay

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Far horizons

Slieve Binnian Northern IrelandW · 179 km clear
Slieve Donard Northern IrelandW · 174 km clear
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) WalesSSW · 166 km clear
Carnedd Llewelyn WalesSSW · 151 km clear
Snaefell Isle of ManWSW · 80 km clear
Criffel ScotlandNNW · 56 km clear
Solway Firth bay/estuaryNNW · 45 km in view
Morecambe Bay bay/estuarySSE · 42 km in view
Irish Sea open waterWNW · 35 km in view

All 59 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Pillar, Haycock, Yewbarrow, Kirk Fell, Seatallan, Middle Fell, High Stile, Great Gable, Green Gable, Lingmell, Brandreth, Fleetwith Pike, Buckbarrow, Grey Knotts, Scafell, Scafell Pike, Great End, Slight Side, Whin Rigg (Wasdale), Allen Crags, Dale Head, Lank Rigg, Esk Pike, Hindscarth, Whiteless Pike, Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot, Grasmoor, Grange Fell (Brund Fell), Thunacar Knott, Harter Fell (Eskdale), Sergeant Man, Ullscarf, Green Crag, High Seat, Bleaberry Fell, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston (Coniston Old Man), Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, White Side, Dollywaggon Pike, Raise, Great Rigg, Watson's Dodd, Fairfield, Stybarrow Dodd, Great Dodd, Hart Crag, Clough Head, Dove Crag, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Bowscale Fell, Ill Bell, Yoke, High Street, Rampsgill Head, High Raise (High Street), Carrock Fell

How the view from Red Pike (Wasdale) compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

How the skyline, light and sightlines are computed

Computed, not photographed. First light is the first minute the sun’s upper limb clears this summit’s own skyline and last light the last minute it is still clear of it, both solved against the 360° horizon profile behind The View from Red Pike (Wasdale). Almanac sunrise and sunset are the flat-horizon convention. Every time carries a ± band from the 30 m elevation model — it smooths arêtes and cornices, so nothing here claims better than five minutes.

Sightlines from the Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model, which is a surface model: each 30 m cell holds the top of whatever stands there, trees and buildings included, rather than bare ground. Corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

Places to stay near this fell

We have not verified an independent place near this fell — these are the chains and charities that serve it.

YHA Wasdale Hall (opens in new tab) hostelabout 3.3 km
YHA Black Sail (opens in new tab) hostelabout 3.9 km

We have not stayed at any of them. We take no bookings or affiliate fees. Distances are straight lines from each route start, never walking times. Properties found via OpenStreetMap (opens in new tab).

Red Pike (Wasdale)

Summit conditions on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Wind on the top

Rain, and the becks

Routes up Red Pike (Wasdale)

How hard is Red Pike (Wasdale)?

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Parking & buses for Red Pike (Wasdale)

Parking

Buses

Hazards on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Hazard & Incident Information for Red Pike (Wasdale)

Navigating in cloud

If you need Mountain Rescue

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Birketts within 3 km of Red Pike (Wasdale)

Routes over Red Pike (Wasdale)

On the hill: terrain and water on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Water & shelter on the way up

About Red Pike (Wasdale)

Classifications & hill data

Is Red Pike (Wasdale) a Wainwright?

Selected lists

The view from Red Pike (Wasdale)

The 360° skyline from Red Pike (Wasdale)

Sunrise and sunset on Red Pike (Wasdale)

Last light — when the sun leaves Red Pike (Wasdale)

What you can see from Red Pike (Wasdale)

Places to stay near this fell

Other fells near Red Pike (Wasdale)