Red Pike (Buttermere)
755m (2478ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Red Pike (Buttermere) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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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: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| 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 (Ennerdale), 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: | 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.
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)
John King walked up on August 9th, 2009 [with] Paul [weather] Sunny - Date unknown
Michael Austin climbed on October 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] C411 & C207
Kevin Foster bagged on April 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] High Stile. [with] By myself. [weather] Sunny with a few clouds. - Peak No.3 on this classic walk and another easy walk along the High Stile ridge. The summit rocks are really red! Magnificent full length view of Crummock Water and most of Buttermere.
Ian Mackenzie hiked on April 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Bowness Knott car park, along the water then straight up Red Pike [with] Me, myself and I [weather] Sunny but cold - Great walk but with steep ascent and descents, not yet fit so it hurt!
Tim Winn summited on October 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] Buttermere [weather] Misty
Martin Woods conquered 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 scaled 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 walked up on August 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere Hostel [with] Alone [weather] Very cloudy
Christine Shepherd climbed 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 bagged 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
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Red Pike (Buttermere)
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
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Crag Fell summit cairn with Great Borne (left), Starling Dodd (centre), Red Pike (Buttermere) and High Stile in the distance
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Kirk Fell (foreground), Pillar, Ennerdale, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (far right) from Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
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