Great Carrs
785m (2576ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Carrs
Clare Tait walked up Great Carrs on August 14th, 2024 [from/via/route] Our no:101 Wainwright. A beautiful day once again. Fantastic views all around including the Scafells. Early start from Wrynose. Managed parking from the start of the path. Found the climb up & down from Wet Stone Edge steep but manageable. Carried on to Swirl How & the memorial. [with] Charlie [weather] Sun 🌞
Tim Winn climbed Great Carrs on July 24th, 2024 [from/via/route] Coniston [with] Simon [weather] Sunny & clear.
Neil Heywood bagged Great Carrs on September 6th, 2014 [from/via/route] Torver [with] Logan Heywood
Christine Shepherd hiked Great Carrs on July 31st, 2007 [from/via/route] Using walk c420 from Coniston [with] On my own [weather] Sunny & clear - Bagged this again on a much colder day with my daughter Rebecca on 31.3.08 & on my own again on a sunny Autumn day on 1.10.11. Did the Coniston Seven again on 4.8.23 in wonderful walking weather.
James Hughes summited Great Carrs on March 27th, 2023 [from/via/route] Walna Scar Road, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, Old Man Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar [with] Solo [weather] Clear, sun beginning to have some warmth, but cold on tops. Very boggy descent. - Awesome, if not brutal climb. Completed within 5 hoursish. Pint of Keswick Gold Bitter at Newfield Inn.
John Tippins conquered Great Carrs on October 23rd, 2022 [from/via/route] From Seathwaite (c179) [with] Alone [weather] Very low cloud, continual rain & strong winds almost all day.
Richard Marchant scaled Great Carrs on September 15th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Wrynose Pass & walked straight up to Great Carrs over Little Carrs & then on to Grey Friar & back the same route. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear day with little or no breeze.
Ian Ashton walked up Great Carrs on July 9th, 2022 [from/via/route] Part of seathwaite Round [with] SOLO
Geoff Hand climbed Great Carrs on April 20th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c179 The Seathwaite Round Pt2 Brim Fell, Swirl How, Great Carrs & Grey Friar [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Another glorious sunny & warm day (ridiculous for this time of year!) - Second part of 2 goes at this walk. upto Seathwaite tarn, on to Goat's Hawse then on to Brim Fell, Swirl How, Great Carrs & Grey Friar. Great day out.
Kevin Foster bagged Great Carrs on September 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] Low Tilberthwaite. [with] By myself. [weather] Cloudy. Summits mostly covered. Good visibility on lower slopes. - An interesting route onto Wetherlam via Steel Edge. The one Wainwright doesn't mention in his books for some reason? Don't know why because it's a cracking way up. Sadly on Prison Band the cloud level was reached & the rest of the walk was view less. Of interest on route was the war memorial & Halifax bomber crash site between Swirl How & Great Carrs. The views opened up again on the descent of wet side edge & the clouds & sunshine poking through made for some great photos. I climbed Great Carrs a few days later (17th) in glorious sunshine. Good visibility & amazing views in contrast to the previous week's visit.
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