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Middle Dodd

Height: 654 metres / 2146 feet Grid reference: NY 39736 09571 Category: The Eastern Fells

The Helvellyn range from Middle Dodd

The Helvellyn range from Middle Dodd

Brothers Water, Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes beyond Middle Dodd

Brothers Water, Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes beyond Middle Dodd

Middle Dodd summit complete with sleeping man!

Middle Dodd summit complete with sleeping man!

Red Screes via Kilnshaw Chimney

Walked on 14/06/2011

Start point: Kirkstone Pass (NY 401 080)

Kirkstone Pass – Kilnshaw Chimney – Red Screes – Smallthwaite Band – Middle Dodd – Kirkstone Pass

Distance: 2.4 miles     Total Ascent: 480 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes     Start Time: 11:10

Weather: Beautiful sunshine. 18°C

Out of the blue almost, a perfect summer day at last. I managed a relatively quick scramble up to Red Screes via Kilnshaw Chimney (note – it’s a scramble up that way, not a walk) and then headed out to Middle Dodd. It was a perfect day to be on the fells today, not too hot, not too cold but just right (a Goldilocks day?!).

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Red Screes route map.

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Red Screes.

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Dogs a-blur looking for Kilnshaw Chimney.

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Which way do you think?

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At the foot of the Chimney - who put those flamin' nettles there?

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Dougal leads the way closely followed by Casper.

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Mono view from Kilnshaw Chimney.

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The view from the top.

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Windermere.

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It's gone a bit cloudy now on the top of Red Screes.

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A panoramic view from the summit.

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Looking west to the Coniston fells over the summit tarn and wind shelter.

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Looking towards Helvellyn from the summit.

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They were queuing up to get to Middle Dodd down Smallthwaite Band today...well, those two were anyway.

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Looking back to Red Screes.

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Sunshine once more on Middle Dodd.

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Casper and Dougal on Middle Dodd, Place Fell and Brothers Water beyond.

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Middle Dodd panorama.

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St. Sunday and Helvellyn from Middle Dodd.

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Heading back to Red Screes.

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Looking back to Middle Dodd from the climb back up to Red Screes.

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Caudale Moor from Red Screes.

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Looking the other way, to Ill Bell.

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The Ill Bell ridge from the tarn just below the summit.

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The Kirkstone Inn looks busy below looking to Wansfell and Windermere.

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Red Screes from the car park.

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The Kirk Stone.

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Kirkstone Pass. Later, on the way home...

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Loughrigg Tarn.

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The Langdale Pikes and the Langdale Boulders.

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Bog Cotton at Blea Tarn.

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Blea Tarn.

Red Screes

Walked on 10/12/2008

Start point: Kirkstone Pass (NY 401 080)

Kirkstone Pass – Red Screes – Smallthwaite Band – Middle Dodd – Kirkstone Pass

Distance: 2.4 miles     Total Ascent: 480 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Sunny spells, icy wind. 3ºC.

It is four years since I have been up Red Screes so I thought it was high time I paid a visit again, similarly with Middle Dodd. Of course, I should really have come here a week or two ago when I went to Hart Crag but the weather was ferocious and put me off that day. What a day today though, fantastic clarity and views.

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Red Screes from Kirkstone Pass.

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Climbing the path to Red Screes.

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Icicles.

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Raven Crag.

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Looking back down the climb, the Kirkstone Pass road below.

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Wonder where Red Screes got its name? This is the steep climb to the top.

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Looking back from the top of the scree run with a glimpse of Windermere.

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Caudale Moor from the summit plateau.

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The summit of Red Screes.

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All clear to the west over the frozen summit tarn.

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In fact, clear everywhere here looking towards Helvellyn.

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The summit of Red Screes.

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The Scafells.

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The Coniston fells.

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Casper has a look at Wansfell and Windermere.

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Stunning visibility on the summit.

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Sunlight on the tarn.

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Smallthwaite Band leading to Middle Dodd with Brothers Water and Place Fell beyond.

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Caudale Moor and High Street.

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Brothers Water, Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes beyond Middle Dodd.

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The Helvellyn range from Middle Dodd.

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It was really windy on the tops again today, as modelled by Casper.

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Heading back to Red Screes from Middle Dodd.

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Back on the summit.

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The view to England's finest.

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Caudale Moor and the Kirkstone Pass road beneath.

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The Kent Estuary glowing bright in the sunshine.

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The Kirkstone Pass Inn and the car park.

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Red Screes from the Kirkstone Pass road.

Red Screes

Walked on 06/12/2004

Start point: Bottom of Kirkstone Pass (NY 402 113)

Kirkstone Pass – Middle Dodd (237) – Smallthwaite Band – Red Screes (238) – Scandale Pass – Little Hart Crag (239) – High Hartsop Dodd (240) – Kirkstone Pass

Weather: Dull, overcast – rain and strong wind on the tops.

Today’s walk is a steep ascent up to Middle Dodd and Red Screes from the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, across the Scandale Pass and a lovely ridge walk from Little Hart Crag to Hartsop Dodd, then a steep descent back to Kirkstone Pass. The weather wasn’t brilliant again today but the high winds meant that there was the odd clearing of the mist to give fleeting glimpses of a view.

Red Screes

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Middle Dodd at the start of the walk.

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Following the wall up the steep ascent.

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Little Hart Crag from Middle Dodd.

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Two misty summits; Middle Dodd...

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and Red Screes

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The mist clears briefly on Smallthwaite Band on the way to Red Screes.

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A fleeting glimpse of Little Hart Crag from Scandale Pass.

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A misty view of Scandale from Little Hart Crag. Windermere is up to the left, Scandale Tarn to the right.

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Looking back along the ridge to Little Hart Crag from High Hartsop Dodd.

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Brothers Water and Hartsop from the steep descent from High Hartsop Dodd. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Twin peaks - Middle Dodd and High Hartsop Dodd.

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Red Screes

Walked on 04/06/2003

Cow Bridge – Hartsop Dodd (33) – Caudale Moor (34) – Middle Dodd (35) – Red Screes (36) – Little Hart Crag (37) – High Hartsop Dodd (38) – Cow Bridge

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Brothers Water from the ascent of Hartsop Dodd.

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View from Hartsop Dodd. L-R : Middle Dodd, Low Pike, High Pike, Dove Crag, Hart Crag with High Hartsop Dodd in the near distance on the right.

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Ullswater from Hartsop Dodd, Arnison Crag on the left and Place Fell to the right.

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Gray Crag from Hartsop Dodd.

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Hartsop Dodd summit, High Raise, Rampsgill Head and Gray Crag behind.

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Looking along the wall to Caudale Moor from Hartsop Dodd. Red Screes is to the right.

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Caudale Quarry on the side of Caudale Moor, Red Screes behind.

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Stony Cove Pike, Caudale Moor summit.

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Atkinson's Monument on Caudale Moor.

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Middle Dodd summit complete with sleeping man!

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Red Screes summit cairn and shelter.

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Little Hart Crag summit with High Pike and Low Pike behind.

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High Hartsop Dodd summit.

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High Hartsop Dodd from Caudalebeck Farm.

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