Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Little Hart Crag & High Hartsop Dodd -
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Route
Hartsop - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Hartsop Hall - Brothers Water - Hartsop
Parking
Cow Bridge, Hartsop (Free) - Grid Ref NY403134. Nearest postcode is CA11 0NY.
Mileage
8 miles
Terrain
Mostly good paths throughout however the route up the face of Middle Dodd is pathless
Weather
Sunny with good visibility
Time Taken
5 hrs 30mins
Total Ascent
3100ft (945m)
Wainwrights
4
Map
OL5 - The English Lakes - North Eastern Area
OL7 - The English Lakes - South Eastern Area
Hartsop - Brothers Water - Hartsop Hall - Middle Dodd - Red Screes - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Hartsop Hall - Brothers Water - Hartsop
Parking
Cow Bridge, Hartsop (Free) - Grid Ref NY403134. Nearest postcode is CA11 0NY.
Mileage
8 miles
Terrain
Mostly good paths throughout however the route up the face of Middle Dodd is pathless
Weather
Sunny with good visibility
Time Taken
5 hrs 30mins
Total Ascent
3100ft (945m)
Wainwrights
4
Map
OL5 - The English Lakes - North Eastern Area
OL7 - The English Lakes - South Eastern Area
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Walk Description
Having climbed Red Screes twice before and had no visibility on either occasion, we awoke to a clear sky and therefore decided to go for it. Instead of starting from Ambleside we drove to Hartsop where the Car Park at Cow Bridge was already busy. The walk has a gentle lead in along the shores of Brothers Water and on reaching Hartsop Hall the sheer steepness of Middle Dodd comes into view. There is a wall part way up the steep face and whilst there is no path beyond this, in good visibility the way to the top is never in doubt. The Summit gained, we then made our way over to Red Screes which is not that far away. It was really heartening to see the views from the Summit - they were clear and far ranging.
From Red Screes we made our way down to the Scandale Pass and then headed for Little Hart Crag - the views were still superb and the visibility held for us. From Little Hart Crag there is a gentle descent to High Hartsop Dodd but on leaving the Summit the gradient becomes much more rapid and it is a bit of a knee cruncher before you arrive back at Hartsop Hall.
This was a fabulous walk - they always are when you have the conditions we had today!
From Red Screes we made our way down to the Scandale Pass and then headed for Little Hart Crag - the views were still superb and the visibility held for us. From Little Hart Crag there is a gentle descent to High Hartsop Dodd but on leaving the Summit the gradient becomes much more rapid and it is a bit of a knee cruncher before you arrive back at Hartsop Hall.
This was a fabulous walk - they always are when you have the conditions we had today!
Can you spot Fudge? Hartsop Dodd is the fell behind Brothers Water
High Hartsop Dodd
Place Fell & Angletarn Pikes
Kirkstone Pass, Brothers Water, Place Fell & Angletarn Pikes
St Sunday Crag peeps over the ridges of High Hartsop Dodd & Hartsop Above How
Cuddle time on the Summit of Middle Dodd with the Helvellyn Range in the background
Fudge in the tarn on Red Screes
Middle Dodd from Red Screes
The Helvellyn Range from Red Screes
Great Gable & Pillar in the haze
Froswick, Ill Bell & Yoke
Summit Trig Point on Red Screes looking to Helvellyn
One wet dog on Red Screes
Red Screes - he is a clever dog but Fudge did not take this photograph!
Looking to Little Hart Crag
Summit of Little Hart Crag
Red Screes from Little Hart Crag
Looking down Scandale to Windermere
Summit of High Hartsop Dodd with St Sunday Crag over Hartsop Above How
Middle Dodd & Red Screes
On the descent of High Hartsop Dodd looking to Brothers Water
Looking back to Middle Dodd & High Hartsop Dodd over Brothers Water