Walk Route Map c228 Hay Stacks from Buttermere

Walk c228 Hay Stacks from Buttermere

Wainwright's favourite mountain

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8mls (13km)
Ascent:	2,334ft (711m)
Time:	5½hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route outline for walk c228:

Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Warnscale Bottom - Warnscale Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Black Beck - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Scarth Gap - Burtness Wood - Buttermere.

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

0
English
Mountains

1
Wainwright

0
English
Nuttalls

2
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Hay Stacks (Haystacks) at 597m (1959ft). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is classified as an Wainwright (No. 131). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is also known as an English Dewey (13th highest in England, 29th in England & Wales)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Green Crag (Buttermere) at 528m (1732ft). Green Crag (Buttermere) is also known as an English Dewey (117th highest in England, 272nd in England & Wales)

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 89 or 90
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c228 Hay Stacks from Buttermere

In no particular order . . .

Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right

Photo: David Dawber (1)

Road Sign near Buttermere Village

Photo: David Hayter (137)

Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness

Photo: Martyn Hibbert (12)

Buttermere Lakeside path

Photo: David Hayter (143)

On the shore of Innominate Tarn near Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: Jane James (1)

Buttermere with Fleetwith Pike beyond

Photo: James Brennan (8)

Fleetwith Pike refelected in Buttermere

Photo: Clare Howard (8)

Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: Darryl Larvin (2)

The Runaway Ramblers on top of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: David Morecroft (11)

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)

Photo: Peter Dryden (20)

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