Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
597m (1959ft)

The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Catherine Hill walked up on April 20th, 2019 [from/via/route] Route tbc but set out up the hill from Sykes farm cafe in Buttermere [with] Karen and Hazel [weather] Dry,sunny, hot - Quote busy, it was Easter. Delicious afternoon tea at Sykes farm cafe as a reward 😄

John Hanlon climbed 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 and Fleetwith Pike

Claire Murray bagged on November 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] £4 to park at farm [with] Just myself [weather] Sunny and beautiful

Darren Wilson hiked on August 30th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buttermere, Great Borne,Starling Dodd, Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag, Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike [with] Mike [weather] Good day - Clear day good views

Martin Woods summited on August 9th, 2020 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth Park [with] Mrs woods [weather] sunny 30 degrees - missed the turn to fleetwith ended up at the slate mine

Phil Higgins conquered on December 30th, 2008 [from/via/route] Scarth Gap. Descent via Iominate Tarn and Warnscale [with] Tilly [weather] Bright, cold day - With Tilly.

Andrew Johnson scaled on January 15th, 2020 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth [with] Ted [weather] Overcast and very windy

Christine Shepherd walked up on June 4th, 2007 [from/via/route] I walked from Honister using walk c151 [with] On my own [weather] Warm and clear - Climbed again on 29.8.17. This was the last fell of a glorious day's walking. Unfortunately, a slip on Haystacks meant that I walked back down to Buttermere limping with a bit of a hole in my knee.

Robin Thorne climbed during May, 2018 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast Walk [with] Jon Thorne [weather] Sunny

Richard Marchant bagged on June 1st, 2009 [from/via/route] Parked at the East end of Buttermere we walked across the fields and ascended Hay Stacks via Warnscale and the Scarth Gap Pass and on to the top of Hay Stacks and lunch at the top. We then descended down to Warnscale Bottom and back to the car for an well earned Ice Cream. [with] Alison my wife and two lads James and Thomas [weather] A hot sunny day - A weeks holiday in the Lakes with the family and this was one of the boys very first mountains and an awesome day out.

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