Birkhouse Moor and Red Tarn

Sat 7 Mar 2009

Route: Glenridding village - Mires Beck path - Birkhouse Moor - Red Tarn - Red Tarn Beck path - Greenside Road - Glenridding village

Distance: 6.25 miles

Ascent: 1,900ft

Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

With: Anne

Notes:

A bit on the windy side! Drizzle/light rain for most of the walk

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Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding village

Rattlebeck Bridge

Glenridding Dodd

Mires Beck

Glenridding and Ullswater from the Mires Beck path

Glenridding and Ullswater from the Mires Beck path

The wall and path up Birkhouse Moor's east ridge

St Sunday Crag

High Spying How from Birkhouse Moor's summit

Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor's summit

The last of the ice on Red Tarn

The Red Tarn Beck path

Descending into Glenridding

Glenridding Beck with Catstycam's northwest ridge in the distance

The Greenside Road back down to Glenridding village

Previous Walk: A sunrise walk to Angle Tarn (Thu 5 Mar 2009)

Next Walk: Ullswater (Sun 8 Mar 2009)

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