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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.80mls (8.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,455ft (748m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c295:
Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - 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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 2 Wainwrights |
 2 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 Fleetwith Pike at 648m (2126ft). Fleetwith Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (147th highest in England, 253rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 116).
Fleetwith Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (195th highest in England, 337th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Honister Crag (Black Star) at 634m (2080ft). Honister Crag (Black Star) is also known as an English Nuttall (210th highest in England, 361st highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of 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)
Along the way you will also bag:
- 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 c295 Hay Stacks and Fleetwith Pike from Gatesgarth, Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
High Stile (left), Buttermere, Grasmoor and Fleetwith Pike (right) from near the top of Warnscale Beck
Looking Stead (Pillar) and Pillar itself towering above the upper reaches of Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
High Stile (left) Buttermere, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, High Snockrigg and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Fleetwith Pike
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Snow on Scafell Pike and the Scafell Massif from a very frozen Innominate Tarn
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