Red Pike's summit cairn sits right on the edge of Mosedale Crags, a near-continuous wall of rock dropping into the valley. Near the lower southern top is The Chair, a windshelter built onto an outcrop in the shape of an armchair, which once gave the fell its name. From there the view south takes in the Scafells and the Wasdale Screes, while Pillar and Scoat Fell block the view north, and it's often called Wasdale Red Pike to tell it apart from its Buttermere namesake.
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Andesite lavas with tuff and rhyolite, a stony ridge with crags falling into Mosedale.
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Also on this route: Pillar, Scoat Fell, Steeple, Yewbarrow
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
