Red Pike (Buttermere)
755m (2478ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c207 The High Stile Ridge from Buttermere
Unsurpassed views of Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| 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.
Walk c263 The High Stile Ridge from Buttermere
Unsurpassed views of Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| 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.
Walk c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
Fantastic views on less visited fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,157ft (962m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Buttermere, Sourmilk Gill, Bleaberry Tarn, Dodd (Buttermere), The Saddle, Red Pike (Buttermere), Ling Comb, Little Dodd, Starling Dodd, Great Borne, Floutern Tarn, Black Beck (Mosedale), Blea Crag, Scale Force, Scale Beck (Crummock Water), Crummock Water, Buttermere Dubs, Buttermere.
Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere
Unsurpassed views of Buttermere and Wainwright's favourite
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| 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.
Walk c397 The Buttermere Fells from Buttermere
Very long high level route with superb views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.75ml (23.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,405ft (1,647m) | |
| Time: | 10.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Buttermere, Scale Force, Scale Beck, Blea Crag, Great Borne, Starling Dodd, Little Dodd (Buttermere), Ling Comb, 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, Dubs Quarry, Fleetwith Pike, Fleetwith Edge, Gatesgarth, Buttermere.
Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
Strenuous, high level route worth every step - if you have the energy!
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18.75ml (30km) | |
| 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.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Red Pike (Buttermere)
Martin Woods walked up on September 13th, 2020 [from/via/route] From Buttermere fish Inn. Red pike and high stile walk [with] Dean and H [weather] Cloudy, rain on tops, 40mph winds - Took path off high stile to the left and led us back down to Buttermere. Quite a bit of a scramble.
Darren Wilson climbed 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
Claire Kirk bagged on August 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere Hostel [with] Alone [weather] Very cloudy
Christine Shepherd hiked during May, 2004 [from/via/route] Walked from Buttermere [with] On my own [weather] Hot and sunny - I remember being covered by little black flies as I climbed to the summit. These had gone thank goodness when I led a group up here two months later. Visited the summit again on 14.8.10 on my way to Starling Dodd. Climbed the Buttermere fells again on 29.8.2017.
Stephen Batson summited 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 and slippy
Richard Marshall conquered on September 21st, 2019 [from/via/route] Mosedale horseshoe [with] Bo and Andy Pratt [weather] sunny. Very warm.
Robin Thorne scaled during May, 2018 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast Walk [with] Jon Thorne [weather] Sunny
Caroline Winter walked up 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 and already feeling hot and sticky on long climb up. No wind until late afternoon (SW), and great views of surrounding Fells. Cloud predicted on High Crag at 1pm, and 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 and Great Borne (Starling Dodd has a very odd twisted metal structure on its top and 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 and 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, and saved £25 plus on taxi fare.
Andrew Johnson climbed on July 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] NT car park Buttermere, then to Crummock following the Frog Graham Leg 3 Route. [weather] Sunny weather
Lucy Perchard bagged on November 19th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Buttermere up to Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag and back down via Gamlin end and Scarth Gap [with] Tony [weather] Clear blue sky but very windy - a rare winter weekend in the lakes when there was wall to wall sunshine throughout
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Knott Rigg (foreground left), Buttermere (just poking out) with Red Pike (Buttermere) beyond and Whitelees Pike & Wandope (centre right) from Ard Crags
Ennerdale Bridge, Bowness Knott, Great Bourne, Starling Dodd, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile and Pillar sourrounding Ennerdale Water from the summit of Crag Fell
High Snockrigg summit with Red Pike (Buttermere) (left), Mellbreak (back centre) and Rannerdale Knotts ((right) surrounding Crummock Water in the background
Great view of Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable (the rounded dome), Kirk Fell, Pillar (the highest point), Black Crag and Steeple from Lingcomb Edge just below the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
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