Fleetwith Pike
648m (2126ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c295 Hay Stacks and Fleetwith Pike from Gatesgarth, Buttermere
Wainwright's favourite mountain
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.80ml (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,455ft (748m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Buttermere - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Warnscale Beck - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
Walk c456 Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks, Brandreth and Grey Knotts from Honister Hause
Lots of ups and downs to stunning views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25mls (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,756ft (840m) | |
| Time: | 5.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Honister Pass - Honister Hause - Bell Crags - Hopper Quarry - Honister Quarries - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Burnt Scarth - Fleetwith Pike - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Warnscale Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Loft Beck - Coast to Coast Walk - Brandreth - Grey Knotts - Honister Hause.
Walk c397 The Buttermere Fells from Buttermere
Very long high level route with superb views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 16ml (25.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 6,285ft (1,915m) | |
| Time: | 12.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) - Ling Comb - Lingcomb Edge - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Dodd (Buttermere) - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Warnscale Beck - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fleetwith Pike
Christine Shepherd walked up Fleetwith Pike on June 18th, 2010 [from/via/route] Climbed this as an extra after doing Great Gable Climbed this again 18.12.2021, to complete my second round of the Wainwright's. I used Fleetwith Edge straight up & down; superb! Finally visited the Warnscale Bothy when I climbed this with Louise on 10.6.22. [with] Jenny [weather] Glorious sunshine - Had got very close to the summit the year before when I did the Via Ferrata at Honister but they wouldn't let us visit the actual summit.
Paul Macey climbed Fleetwith Pike on June 6th, 2022 [from/via/route] C295 [with] Luke [weather] High Level cloud
Andrew Cotter bagged Fleetwith Pike on February 1st, 2019 [from/via/route] Car park [weather] Snow & wind
Mark Smith hiked Fleetwith Pike on May 5th, 2009 [from/via/route] Buttermere [weather] hot & sunny
Richard Marchant summited Fleetwith Pike on August 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] Started from Gatesgarth car park & then walked along the East shore of Buttermere up to Haystacks. Then traversed across to Fleetwith Pike & descended Westward off Fleetwith Pike back down to Gatesgarth Carpark. Just a quick morning's walk but in sublime weather with fantastic view 360 degrees from both peaks [with] Just myself [weather] Dry & fine weather. - Simply awesome morning out
Richard Fulcher conquered Fleetwith Pike on July 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] Walked up from the NT car park at Honister Slate mine via the Bothy (which bothy?) to photograph the late evening light kissing the fells. Didn't quite work out that way as the heavens opened about 7pm & I got soaked to the skin. Had to hurriedly retreat back to the car. [weather] Sun, cloud, low cloud & then torrential rain!
Ian Cox scaled Fleetwith Pike on July 9th, 2021 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth via Hay Stacks [with] Nicola Cox [weather] Bright but cloudy, with some low cloud, but stayed just above us
Michael Austin walked up Fleetwith Pike on October 15th, 2020 [from/via/route] C295
Kevin Foster climbed Fleetwith Pike on May 14th, 2021 [from/via/route] Honister Pass (slate mine). [with] By myself. [weather] Low clouds down on tops gradually lifting. - Not the most obvious route to bag this mountain. A tough descent from Kirk Fell into Ennerdale & then back out again via the path alongside Loft Beck followed by a detour round Haystacks before climbing on a diagonal path from Dubs Quarry to the summit cairn of Fleetwith Pike. Great views down Buttermere made it all worth while though.
John Hanlon bagged Fleetwith Pike on September 16th, 2020 [from/via/route] Hotel- Borrowdale Gates, started from Gatesgarth carpark Buttermere [with] Gail, followed easy day walk [weather] Sunny - 2 Wainwrights walk, Haystacks & Fleetwith Pike
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Fleetwith Pike
Looking NW from Grey Knotts above Honister Slate Mine to Fleetwith Pike (left) and Robinson, Littledale Edge, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) on the other side of the valley
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
The flank of Hay Stacks (Haystacks), High Crag and High Stile (left), Mellbreak, Buttermere and Crummock Water (centre) with Grasmoor and High Snockrigg (right) from Fleetwith Pike
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor (far left), Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (far right) from Mellbreak
High Stile (left) Buttermere, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, High Snockrigg and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Fleetwith Pike
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Looking down Fleetwith Edge to a cloud inversion in the Buttermere valley from Fleetwith Pike
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
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