Distance: 11mls app
Total Ascent/Descent: 2800ft app
Weather permitting, the beauty spot today is going to be the fantastic 360 deg view from the top of Red Screes – which towers majestically over the Kirkstone Pass (and pub!!). We leave the coach park (20p toilets) directly to the east to skirt pretty Redbank Wood and Wansfell Pike to zig-zag along the valley a bit before starting the climb up to Red Screes, via Snarker Pike and Raven crag, a gradual ascent – but quite steep in parts - of some 2100ft. It is quite a pull to be fair but one which, believe it or not, should only take about 2½ hrs. Keep going – head down!! The fun will be to see how many well-known lakes, ridges and hill-tops you can identify from the top. The winner may get a Twirl bar! If it is not too windy, we shall have lunch in this “circle” seat, otherwise we shall start our return north-west and lunch in the shelter of the Scandale Pass X-roads. We shall then descend south down Scandale Beck just below High and Low Pikes. [From experience, a return via these latter Pikes would be just a little bit too hard and long given our timescale, unfortunately]. This is an easy, just under a 2hr section. At approx 11 miles, you will be more than ready to put your feet up back in the town with ale in hand – ideally in the sunshine on an outside table prepared just for you! Like all Fell walks, the first half is quite hard going but not as difficult as Old Man Coniston. As always, though, and no apologies, we shall need to maintain a good pace throughout.
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