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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18.75mls (30km) | |
| Ascent: | 7,309ft (2,408m) | |
| Time: | 14.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route outline for walk c120:
- 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.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 10 English Mountains |
 9 Wainwrights |
 11 English Nuttalls |
 3 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 4 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
The highest point of this walk is Great Gable at 899m (2951ft). Great Gable is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (9th highest in England, 25th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 7). Great Gable is also known as an English Nuttall (11th in England, 28th in England & Wales). Great Gable is classified as a Marilyn (4th highest in England, 236th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk also take you to the top of Pillar, 892m (2928ft). Pillar is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (11th highest in England, 29th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 8). Pillar is also known as an English Nuttall (13th in England, 33rd in England & Wales). Pillar is classified as a Marilyn (6th highest in England, 248th highest in the UK).
You will also reach the summit of Black Crag (Pillar), 828m (2717ft). Black Crag (Pillar) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (31st highest in England, 60th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. ). Black Crag (Pillar) is also known as an English Nuttall (38th in England, 70th in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag High Stile, 807m (2649ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (36th Eng, 69th in Eng & Wal), a Wainwright (No. 29), an English Nuttall (44th Eng, 84th in England & Wales); Kirk Fell 802m (2632ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (38th Eng, 72nd in Eng & Wal), a Wainwright (No. 33), an English Nuttall (46th Eng, 88th in England & Wales); Green Gable 801m (2629ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (41st Eng, 76th in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 34) and an English Nuttall (49th Eng, 92nd Eng & Wal); Kirk Fell (East Top) 787m (2583ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (50th Eng, 90th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (59th Eng, 108th Eng & Wal); Red Pike (Buttermere) 755m (2478ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (67th Eng, 117th in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 62) and an English Nuttall (83rd Eng, 142nd Eng & Wal); High Crag (Buttermere) 744m (2442ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (73rd Eng, 128th in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 65) and an English Nuttall (89th Eng, 154th Eng & Wal); Brandreth 715m (2347ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (90th Eng, 154th in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 81) and an English Nuttall (114th Eng, 193rd Eng & Wal); Looking Stead (Pillar) 627m (2058ft) - an English Nuttall (221st Eng, 384th Eng & Wal); Hay Stacks (Haystacks) 597m (1959ft) - a Wainwright (No. 131), and an English Dewey (13th in Eng, 29th Eng & Wal); Seat (Buttermere) 561m (1841ft) - an English Dewey (52nd in Eng, 120th Eng & Wal) and Green Crag (Buttermere) 528m (1732ft) - an English Dewey (117th in Eng, 272nd Eng & Wal).
For more details about what constitutes a Mountain and Mountain & Hill Classifications see: Peaks & Mountains.
For more details about peak bagging and how to record your achievements see: Peak Bagging.
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL4 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 89 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
In no particular order . . .
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Looking Stead (Pillar)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
. . . load all 194 walk photos from Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
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