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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25mls (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,611ft (1,405m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route outline for walk c160:
- Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Scarth Gap Pass - Scarth Gap - Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel) - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar). High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - High Beck - Ennerdale - Scarth Gap Pass - Peggy's Bridge - Gatescarth - Buttermere.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 2 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 2 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
The highest point of this walk is Pillar at 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).
Completing this walk also take you to the top 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).
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 c160 Pillar from Gatesgarth, Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
A Brocken Spectre (almost) with Red Screes beyond from the lower slopes of Yoke
Haystacks from Looking Stead (Pillar) with a Herdwick Sheep for company
High Stile (left), Buttermere, Grasmoor and Fleetwith Pike (right) from near the top of Warnscale Beck
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Buttermere Lake with High Snockrigg beyond from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
Wasdale Head (left), Burnmoor Tarn, Yewbarrow (front centre), Illgill Head (back) and Wast Water from Pillar
High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Looking Stead (Pillar)
Ennerdale Water from near Bleach Green Cottages at the Western end of the lake
The Dunnerdale Horseshoe - featuring Stickle Pike (Dunnerdale Fells), Great Stickle, The Knott (Dunnerdale Fells) and Raven's Crag
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
The view north from Looking Stead (Pillar) featuring Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and Brandreth (far right)
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Great Gable (centre) and Kirk Fell (right) from below Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel) Ennerdale
Steeple and Long Crag with Crag Fell (sunlit in the distance), Ennerdale Water and Great Borne from Pillar
Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and the shoulder of Lingmell End (Mardale Ill Bell) above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)
Hay Stacks (Haystacks) above Ennerdale (featuring Black Sail Hut Youth Hostel) from Black Sail Pass
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
Yewbarrow (left), the shoulder of Kirk Fell, Great Gable (centre) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from Wast Water
Robinson's Cairn with Pillar Rock beyond (left of the cairn and to right of the 'notch')
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Grasmoor (back), Whiteless Pike, Wandope and Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Sail (mid distance) and Knott Rigg (foreground right) from Robinson
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011
The summit shelter, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, Buttermere, Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike, Wandope, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Sail and Knott Rigg from the summit of Robinson
The South East shore of Buttermere Lake from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
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