a guide to lakes scree runs

[mudclawed]

evening all

I love scree running. With this in mind, and as a relative newcomer, I am seeking help to compile a list of races with a significant section of scree running in them. I am mostly interested in Lakes races but welcome worthy contributions from further afield.

Then I will go and run them all. Well that's t'idea..

I will start with Farleton Knott (Bofra race in July).

Thanks for any contributions

Random factoid: technical term for scree is "talus" and the talus is the bone I injured in my foot last monday!

[scott baistow 93]

Scafell pike race in sept very very rocky at the top

And Kilnsey show in the dales even more rocky 80% of the race on scree very technical

[andy k]

I am seeking help to compile a list

Lists are rubbish.

go discover.

[mr brightside]

I'd suggest bofra Wasdale Show to add to Kilnsey and Farleton Knott, lots of opportunities to gain advantage by taking a more dangerous route. Bring some gardening gloves to protect your hands.

[mudclawed]

scree - A mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain.

FRA Safety Requirements:
"4 COURSE DESIGN
Courses must not be unnecessarily dangerous and should be designed to prevent any temptation to gain
advantage by negotiating rock climbs or steep unstable slopes, where dislodged stones may fall on those
below. Compulsory sections must not include such hazards or comparable foreseeable dangers. Organisers
of courses which traverse high mountain or moorland terrain should consider having an alternative route
available for use in adverse weather conditions."

A list with zero entries?

I guess that would be partly why they're all BOFRA races thus far...

[dave13]

Plenty of great places up here to run down screes

[wharfeego]

Plenty of great places up here to run down screes

Really? Are there scree runs in Cumbria?

I guess that would be partly why they're all BOFRA races thus far...

You mean those races that are easy pickings for elite runners?



I wonder how long it took to form a scree like Dore Head Screes above Mosedale in the Lake District? Tens of thousands of years? Then we arrive on the scene and completely destroy that landscape in no time at all...just for fun. Not reet is it...? I'm as guilty as anyone for damaging such a fragile environment.