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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11¼mls (18km) |
| Ascent: | 4,132ft (1,259m) |
| Time: | 8¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c287:
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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 4 Wainwrights |
 3 English Nuttalls |
 3 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is High Stile at 807m (2646ft). High Stile is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (38th highest in England, 71st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 29).
High Stile is also known as an English Nuttall (45th highest in England, 86th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (13th highest in England, 378th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Red Pike (Buttermere) at 755m (2478ft). Red Pike (Buttermere) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (67th highest in England, 116th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 62).
Red Pike (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (83rd highest in England, 142nd highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of High Crag (Buttermere) at 744m (2442ft). High Crag (Buttermere) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (72nd highest in England, 126th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 65).
High Crag (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (89th highest in England, 154th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Hay Stacks (Haystacks) at 597m (1959ft). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 131) and an English Dewey (13th highest in England, 29th highest in England & Wales)
- Seat (Buttermere) at 561m (1841ft). Seat (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (53rd highest in England, 122nd highest in England & Wales).
- Green Crag (Buttermere) at 528m (1732ft). Green Crag (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (117th highest in England, 274th highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Seat (Buttermere) & High Crag (Buttermere) (left) and Grasmoor (right) from the small pool on Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End, High Crag (Buttermere), Mellbreak, Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag and Crummock Water from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
High Crag (left), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
High Stile (left), Buttermere, Grasmoor and Fleetwith Pike (right) from near the top of Warnscale Beck
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Our new addition Neela ( 1st time in the Lakes) on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Green Gable (left), Windy Gap, Great Gable and Kirk Fell (right) very clear in the background
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
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)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
On Hay Stacks with High Crag (left), Crumock Water and Grasmoor (right) in the distance
Green Gable (left) and Great Gable (centre left) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell from Loft Beck
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (Buttermere) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
Green Gable left), Great Gable (centre) and Kirk Fell (right) with the Scafell Massif beyond (centre) from High Crag (Buttermere)
Looking Stead (Pillar) and Pillar itself towering above the upper reaches of Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Snow on Scafell Pike and the Scafell Massif from a very frozen Innominate Tarn
Matt and Bex on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Gamlin End,High Crag and Crummock Water in the background
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Innominate Tarn with Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Kirk Fell forming the backdrop
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Grasmoor, Robinson and Fleetwith Pike and Buttermere from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
*Ennerdale Water (left), Starling Dodd and Great Borne, Loweswater (right of centre), Mellbreak and Crummock Water (right) from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Green Gable (left) Great Gable (centre left), Scafell Pike (centre distance) and Kirk Fell (centre right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Plaque at the entrance to The Buttermere Court Hotel in Buttermere - formerly known as the Fish Inn
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