High Stile
807m (2646ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,338ft (1,017m) |
| Time: | 6.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Sourmilk Gill - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd (Buttermere) - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Peggy's Bridge - Burtness Wood - Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,390ft (1,033m) |
| Time: | 6.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Lingcomb Edge - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Burtness Wood - Sourmilk Gill - Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,132ft (1,259m) |
| Time: | 8.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Lingcomb Edge - 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 - Warnscale Bottom - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 16ml (25.5km) |
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| 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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18.75ml (30km) |
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| Ascent: | 7,309ft (2,408m) |
| Time: | 14.75hrs |
| Grade: | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale - Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre - High Gillerthwaite Yourth Hostel - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Great Round How - Brandreth - Gillercomb Head - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - High Beck - Low Beck - Ennerdale.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Stile
Paul Roddam walked up on July 19th, 2025 [with] Barb, Bri [weather] Muggy
Richard Fulcher climbed it on March 25th, 2025 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Jen [weather] Started off with cloud over the tops but cleared around lunchtime. Not much wind but cold gusts every now & then .. generally cold with sunshine. - This was part of a ridge walk taking in Red Pike, High Stile & High Crag. Tough ascents & descents due to steepness & scree.
James Hughes bagged it on June 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] c207 The High Stile from Buttermere [with] Sara [weather] Misty & wet at times. Poor visibility on tops. - Amazing walk - met three men on Red Pike struggling to navigate. Bounded across tops & added Haystacks at end. Slip on way down from Haystacks. Pint at Bridge Hotel.
Christine Shepherd hiked it on May 1st, 2004 [from/via/route] I climbed this from Buttermere via Red Pike [with] On my own [weather] Lovely spring weather - Great views. Climbed this again when I led a group from St George's Church Leeds in July 04. Had another brilliant walk over the Buttermere fells 29.8.17.
Sarah Moore summited on April 9th, 2023 [from/via/route] My own invention! Wanting not to drive from YHA Ennerdale & to make the most of the High Stile ridge [with] On my own [weather] Not so sunny - good... very windy at times - tough (lots of people coming off the tops / turning back, but glad I didn't) - Loved this - an 8 hour walk really started to test me lengthwise & absolutely adored the lack of people on what I thought would be a crazy busy Easter Sunday. One to remember...
Ian Ashton conquered it on September 24th, 2022 [with] chelle
Richard Marchant scaled on July 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] Started out from the village of Buttermere making my way along a footpath to the Western end of Buttermere & up the Old Burtness to Bleaberry Tarn from here it was up to the Saddle & on to Red Pike. Then Ridge walked along to High Stile & High Crag does over Seat to Scarth Gap Pass & down the footpath to the South Shores of Buttermere & back to the car. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear hot sunny day with little or no breeze.
Paul Macey walked up on June 7th, 2022 [from/via/route] C207 [with] Luke [weather] Sunny Intervals
Jeremy Torrance climbed it on October 8th, 2021 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Jon Stu [weather] Good autumn
Wayne Baxter bagged it on August 19th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Buttermere car park walk along Buttermere lake & up Scarth Gap Pass. Turn right up to Seat & onto Gamlin End onto High Crag. Followed the path to High Stile & Red Pike. Down the Saddle to Bleaberry Tarn, continue on the path back to Buttermere. [with] Sue [weather] very low cloudy to start once on top cloudy level was good - I wished I have done this walk the other way round, coming down Red Pike not easy.
John King hiked it on August 9th, 2009 [with] Paul [weather] Sunny - Date unknown
Michael Austin summited on October 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] C411 & C207
Kevin Foster conquered it on April 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] High Crag. [with] By myself. [weather] Sunny with a few clouds. - An easy walk along the broad ridge. A flat stony top. Best views are from the most westerly cairn which is probably the highest point near as damn it.
Tim Winn scaled on October 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buttermere [weather] Misty
Martin Woods walked up on September 13th, 2020 [from/via/route] From Buttermere fish Inn. Red pike & high stile walk [with] Dean and H [weather] Cloudy, rain on tops, 40mph winds - Took path off high stile to the left & led us back down to Buttermere. Quite a bit of a scramble.
Darren Wilson climbed it 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
Stephen Batson bagged it on November 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth [with] Clare [weather] Grey sky, fog on the summits - This was a very hard climb to start, rocks were wet & slippy
Robin Thorne hiked it during May, 2018 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast Walk [with] Jon Thorne [weather] Sunny
Caroline Winter summited on August 27th, 2019 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth, Scarth Gap Pass, Seat, High Crag, High Stile, Red Pike, Starling Dodd, Great Borne, Steel Brow, Scales, The Fish at Buttermere, B5289 to CP [with] Becky [weather] 9.30 Start & already feeling hot & sticky on long climb up. No wind until late afternoon (SW), & great views of surrounding Fells. Cloud predicted on High Crag at 1pm, & cloud descended on leaving Great Borne. - Classic ridge walk with a plethora of views, not forthcoming on last visit here. Red scree peppering slopes of Red pike, so to descend further along after continuing the ridge to Starling Dodd & Great Borne (Starling Dodd has a very odd twisted metal structure on its top & Great Borne is a pile of stones). Also, saves climbing them from Ennerdale. Came down further West along a track, so needed to back Track to find NW route. Long walk out along slippery rocks & bracken. Diversion at scale Bridge, due to reconstruction. Missed last bus at 17.18 hrs, so ate a delicious trout dinner at The Fish, before walking the road-nearly as pleasant as the lake walk, & saved £25 plus on taxi fare.
Andrew Johnson conquered it on July 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] NT car park Buttermere, then to Crummock following the Frog Graham Leg 3 Route. [weather] Sunny weather
Richard Marshall scaled on June 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Ennerdale Red Pike [with] Bo [weather] Cloudy/sunny. Very warm.
Lucy Perchard walked up on November 18th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Buttermere up to Red Pike, High Stile & High Crag & back down via Gamlin end & Scarth Gap [with] Tony [weather] Clear blue sky but very windy
David Watson climbed it on August 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bowness Knot [weather] Sunny
Elaine Evans bagged it on September 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Gatesgarth car park, across Peggy's Bridge & up to High Crag, on to High Stile, then Red Pike, descended to Bleaberry Tarn & down to shores of Buttermere via Burtness Wood. Walked alongside water's edge back to carpark. [with] Sue and Christine [weather] Lovely day for walking, not too hot, a couple of light showers but mostly OK. - Really good, mostly enjoyable walk but did not like the descent from Red Pike at all! So pleased the rain didn't come in as forecast.
John Bryers hiked it on August 16th, 2018 [from/via/route] Fourth of 7 Wainwrights today. Camped at Syke Farm, Buttermere. Walked along Crummock water from Scale bridge Scale force, traversing Starling Dodd to join ridge path to top of Great Bourne returning via Starling Dodd & on to Red Pike & High Stile. [with] With Mya my faithful Patterdale Terrier. [weather] Weather blustery with occasional showers with some strong cool winds for August! - Once bagged, headed to High Crag & beyond!
Bay Wan summited on July 31st, 2018 [from/via/route] Started at Buttermere on a loop which included Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag & Seat.....was thinking about Haystacks as well but that will have to wait for another day as me legs were shattered!!! [with] Cocoa dog - 7 yrs old [weather] Cloudy but dry. Gale force winds which blew everyone over & made them brace for their lives on top of High Crag!!! - Legs!! ...only 10 miles!?
Vic Royle conquered it on May 18th, 2018 [from/via/route] With Red Pike & High Crag [with] Team Wiggle [weather] Glorious - Panteha's Peaks - Enough said 'Please stay in sight - IM ON A CALL' Gap in the forest Michelle & Steve's - Minnie got a black eye
Richard Wilkinson scaled on May 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Red Pike, the High Stile Ridge & Buttermere [weather] Sunny bank holiday - Steep climb to Red Pike & then over the tops of High Stile / High Crag, before returning along the shore of Buttermere.
Simon Myerscough walked up on October 2nd, 2005 [with] Matthew & Martin [weather] Sunny with occasional cloud, quite warm - My first peak bagging walk
Jill Dean climbed it on November 11th, 2017 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Grez and dexter
John Almond bagged it on August 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Gatescarth - Burtness Wood - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd - Red Pike - HIGH STILE - High Crag - Seat - Scarth Gap - Wainwright 103 [with] Solo [weather] Good. - Found it hard going up Red Pike - painful leg cramps during latter part of walk!
Iain Jones hiked it on July 29th, 2017 [from/via/route] Honister Hause (The Wainwright 60 - Day 1 (Ennerdale)) [with] Graeme High
Phillip Bulley summited on June 7th, 2017 [from/via/route] Via High Crag [with] Judith and Ruby. [weather] Sunny but very windy.
Lydia Hopkinson conquered it on June 9th, 2015 [with] walking group [weather] glorious
Nick Dobson scaled on May 20th, 2017 [from/via/route] NAtional Trust car park in Buttermere up to Red Pike & along the ridge [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] Overcast & raining with poor visibility - Definitely the worst conditions we have endured in all our walks todate
Chris Sheard walked up on June 6th, 1999 [from/via/route] Up long ridge from red pike [with] John [weather] Moderate as forecast - John walks in trainers not good but his choice
David Wand climbed it on August 27th, 1997 [with] Long walk with Gayle and we camped in the butter valley
Colin Egan bagged it on June 7th, 2015 [from/via/route] Ridge walk from High Crag, return the same way to Scarth Gap & thence Gatescarth farm [with] My wife Faith [weather] Fair but cold on top, wind increasing but not too fierce - Visibility was good on this our final Western fell, glorious views in all directions but too windy for a lunch break! We retreated to a sheltered viewpoint on the ridge with a fine view down to Buttermere.
Leon Harvey hiked it on June 11th, 2016 [with] Solo
Gillian Atkinson summited on October 5th, 2016 [from/via/route] from buttermere [with] hf holiday
Mark Davidson conquered it on June 7th, 2003 [with] Mike [weather] Hazy & a bit dull - but got some good views
Andrew Joss scaled on October 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Buttermere [weather] Sunny with a little cloud
Christina Lander walked up on July 26th, 2016 [from/via/route] Buttermere - Scale Force - Red Pike - High Stile - High Crag - Hay Stacks - Gatesgarth [with] Dick, Kath & Mick [weather] Drizzle at first but dry later on
Anthony Scott climbed it on June 27th, 2016 [from/via/route] YHA Ennerdale [with] me [weather] Breezy, some drizzle, rain on the way
Clive Ward bagged it during August, 2008 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Johnny, Helen, Keith [weather] Had been cloudy & raining. It cleared late afternoon to be sunny when we got to the peak - Staying at the big house in Lamplugh
Elaine Grayson hiked it on September 2nd, 2010 [from/via/route] From Ennerdale
Christine Knowles summited on May 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Ennerdale via Seat & High Crag [with] Graham [weather] Sunny but cold - Surprisingly busy for Monday in early May
Victoria Bates conquered it on February 22nd, 2016 [from/via/route] C207 [with] Mark [weather] Very cloudy. Snow underfoot.
Martyn Howarth scaled on September 18th, 2015 [from/via/route] Buttermere. [with] BLP 24 Peakers. [weather] Very early morning low cloud, clearing.
David Noble walked up on November 14th, 2015 [from/via/route] Bowness Knott [with] Jack [weather] Hurricane Jane ended up light constant rain & 25mph winds a dud
Tony Rogerson climbed it on February 21st, 2009 [from/via/route] Buttermere Red Pike & High Stile [with] Maureen [weather] Low cloud & windy
Ann Davis bagged it on September 11th, 2015 [from/via/route] gatesgarth farm [weather] sunny & windy
Matthew Fee hiked it on April 11th, 2015 [from/via/route] Red Pike [with] Paul R [weather] Windy, Cloudy - Snow on the tops
Tracey Cowell summited on July 16th, 2015 [from/via/route] Bleaberry tarn/red pike/high stile/high crag/seat/scarth gap/buttermere [with] Sister [weather] Sunny/20mph gusts/some cloud
Kevin Parnham conquered it on May 13th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Ennerdale via Red Pike [with] Jo [weather] Glorious day,some cloud came in for a time - Fantastic views into Buttermere
Michael Nolan scaled on March 11th, 2014 [with] James [weather] sunny
Andy Gibbs walked up during September, 2004 [from/via/route] From Buttermere [with] Mike, Jake, Gav & Eddie [weather] Absolutely perfect. Could see for miles
Ian Simpson climbed it on March 29th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Buttermere [with] Lou
Charlie Housley bagged it on May 31st, 2014 [from/via/route] Along the ridge from High Crag above Comb Crags. [with] Joanna. [weather] Superb weather, if a little warm for walking, but best not to complain as it makes up for the more typical Lakeland days.
Joanne Mcgawley hiked it on May 3rd, 2014 [with] Rich [weather] Dry but Windy - 11.15 miles
Graham Coules summited on May 3rd, 2012 [from/via/route] Buttermere circular [weather] Sunny & calm
Raymond Barnett conquered it on January 19th, 2014 [from/via/route] gatesgarth [with] self [weather] mist rain snow
Carl Murphy scaled on June 9th, 2010 [from/via/route] ennerdale
Darren Mortimer walked up on September 14th, 2013 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Fantastic sunny day with white fluffy clouds & very little wind
Harry Meijer climbed it on August 31st, 2013 [from/via/route] The Buttermere Fells,Buttermere [with] The Lake District Walker
Dave Eyes bagged it on August 20th, 2013 [from/via/route] Buttermere, along lake & up to Haystacks & on to High Crag, then High Stile [with] Christine Eyes [weather] good
John Tippins hiked it on April 4th, 2013 [from/via/route] Red Pike [with] David Mann [weather] sunny, bright
Dale Verrall summited on November 6th, 2010 [from/via/route] Buttermere - Walk number C207 [with] Les & Amber [weather] Nice day
Michael Lee conquered it on June 17th, 2008 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth [with] Jill, Bob, Jessica & Thomas. [weather] Warm & sunny. - Our 25th wedding anniversary!
Paul Carmichael scaled on November 16th, 2012 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] Neil Hopkin [weather] Wet
Iain Taylor walked up on August 15th, 2010 [from/via/route] Buttermere (NY 17756 17088)
Chris Bramley climbed it on October 6th, 2012 [from/via/route] Scale force [with] Blake, jaqui, janet
Tony Aspden bagged it on June 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] C2C from Red Pike [with] Andy [weather] Fine & sunny
Stephen Littlewood hiked it on August 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] from Buttermere [weather] overcast & windy - ridge walk from Great Borne, Starling Dodd, Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag & Haystacks 17mile round trip
Neil Smith, Matthew Thomas, Stephen Byrne, Jenny Godfrey, Patrick Rogozinski, Mark Smith, Karen Lythgoe, Wendy Sockett, Jane Wilkinson, Melanie Dunn, Paul Woodhouse, Edward Merewether, Michael Rygol, Louis Smith, Mr M A Blanchard, Peter Walsh, Paul Kendell, Dennis Brown, Jo Dixon, Adrian Sherriff, David Butterfield, Adrian Roberts, David Shaw, John Walter, David Laws, Simon Clark, Steven Woodroffe, Carl Abbott, Colin Neild, Louise Sandwith, Jonathan Tobin, Mike Wilson, Pam Armstrong, David Sheret, Simon Duerden, Phil Clark, Steve Frank, Paul Booth, Richard Price, Immacolata Pescatore, Linda Mckeogh, Trevor Williams, Alan Davidson, John Cuthbert, Phyllis Mcgibbon, Patrick Buckland, Jonathan Chitty, Paul Stevens, Stephen Millington, Chris Bede, Rob Barklamb, Andy Nicholls, Jeanette Coward, Jacqui Smith, Ray O'hara, Linda Walker, Libby Burns and Rebecca Hardy have all walked, climbed & bagged High Stile.To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Stile
The High Stile Ridge (High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike) beyond Buttermere from Hindscarth Edge
Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks at the end of Buttermere, with the Buttermere Fells - High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) - from Rannerdale Knotts
Crag Fell summit cairn with Great Borne (left), Starling Dodd (centre), Red Pike (Buttermere) and High Stile in the distance
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from the top of Green Gable
Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable panorama featuring Kirk Fell (foreground centre), Wast Water, Wasdale and Yewbarrow with Middle Fell and Seatallan beyond (left), Red Pike (Wasdale), Little Scoat Fell and Pillar behind Kirk Fell (centre) and Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (right)
Fleetwith Pike and The High Stile massif from the North shore of Crummock Water
The shoulder of Grasmoor (left), Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts (centre) and the High Stile Ridge (High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) reflected beautifully in a very still Crummock Water taken from the north west shore below Mellbreak
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
High Stile (left), Buttermere, Grasmoor and Fleetwith Pike (right) from near the top of Warnscale Beck
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