Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Red Pike (Wasdale)

826 m

2,710 ftDrop 64 mNY 165 106

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRed Pike (Wasdale)826Scoat Fell841Steeple819Pillar892.4Haycock797
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRed Pike (Wasdale)826Scoat Fell841Steeple819
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Red Pike (Wasdale) is a Lake District fell of 826 m in Cumberland. Its key col leads to Pillar, not to its nearest higher summit, Scoat Fell.

It shares its height of 826 m with Beinn Tarsuinn (North Ayrshire). Its drop of 64 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs.

To scale

Summit826 mKey col762 msea level
Key col NY 162 110, 0.5 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

826 m27th highest of 242 in England

Drop

64 m1023rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Scoat Fell1.0 km north-west
    841 m
  2. 2
    Steeple1.3 km north-west
    819 m
  3. 3
    Pillar1.6 km north
    892.4 m
  4. 4
    Haycock2.0 km west
    797 m
1234Scoat FellSteeplePillarHaycockN1 km

Lists

  • 26th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 50th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 40th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Scoat Fell, 841 m, 1.0 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
Pillar
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2378
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Red Pike (Wasdale)

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures