Red Tarn and Birkhouse Moor
Thu 9 Dec 2010
Route: Glenridding village - Greenside Road - Red Tarn Beck path - Red Tarn - Birkhouse Moor - Mires Beck path - Glenridding village
Distance: 6.25 miles
Ascent: 1,900ft
Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Still a good covering of snow, not many people about. Hard going through the unconsolidated drifts. Overcast with the odd sunny interval. Strong cold wind high up.
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Rake Cottages
Looking up the Greenside Road
Catstycam
Footbridge over Red Tarn Beck and Catstycam top right
Looking back down the valley and to Sheffield Pike
Helvellyn's Red Tarn
Striding Edge
Striding Edge and Helvellyn in cloud from the route to Birkhouse Moor
Snow patterns
Striding Edge, Helvellyn (in cloud) and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor's summit
Looking across to the far eastern fells
Far Eastern mono
Ullswater
Saint Sunday Crag
Ullswater and a wintery Glenridding below
Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding
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