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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.

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