Quote Originally Posted by Splatcher View Post
Red Screes to Fairfield is on paths the whole way: I don't think there are any shortcuts worth taking. Look at Wainwright's "Eastern Fells", although he hasn't got the first bit of path from Red Screes summit marked. You need to make sure you get this right, as the path is there, heading about W to the wall junction. Scandale Pass, then a "joke" as you don't have to do Little Hart Crag, even though you're so close & it's much more of a summit than some of the others. Past the summit of Dove Crag, & Joss doesn't count that either. Spotting the right top of Hart Crag in the clag is an interesting one, but it's close by the path (as are other tops).

I followed the path down from Pike How, but I think there's a quicker way below on the RHS - I don't know how to find it though.

The other joke summits are Red Crag & Raven Howe between Wether Hill & High Raise, particularly Raven Howe.
My copy of Wainwright - Red Screes, pages3/4, has a path heading west from the summit which then divides into one heading north to Middle Dodd and the other almost due west to the wall junction. On my recce of this section I was tempted to cut the corner, in other words go north of the wall junction, though I doubt this is worthwhile as in clag if you go too far north you will miss the pass and have to head up to it. In mist the summit of Red Screes is confusing - there are several rocky outcrops roughly level with the summit rocks - and the most important thing is to make sure you do not end up going south towards Snarker Pike.