Red Screes takes its name from the reddish scree that pours down its eastern face above Kirkstone Pass. The broad, stony top has a trig point with a round stone shelter beside it, and a small tarn sits a few metres to the south. From the eastern edge you look straight down on the Kirkstone Pass Inn, while Kirkstone Quarry, cut into the south-east side, has produced green slate.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Rock by shelter 15 m south-east of trig point
Borrowdale Volcanic tuffs and sandstones, grassy to the west, with corries and long screes on the east.
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Also on this route: Middle Dodd, Little Hart Crag, High Hartsop Dodd
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.
