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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5mls (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,157ft (962m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route outline for walk c324:
- Buttermere - Sourmilk Gill - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd (Buttermere) - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Ling Comb - Little Dodd - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Floutern Tarn - Black Beck (Mosedale) - Blea Crag - Scale Force - Scale Beck (Crummock Water) - Crummock Water - Buttermere Dubs - Buttermere.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
The highest point of this walk is Red Pike (Buttermere) at 755m (2478ft). Red Pike (Buttermere) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (67th highest in England, 117th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 62). Red Pike (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (83rd in England, 142nd in England & Wales).
Completing this walk also take you to the top of Dodd (Buttermere), 641m (2104ft). Dodd (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (201st in England, 349th in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Starling Dodd, 633m (2078ft). Starling Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (157th highest in England, 270th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 122). Starling Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (214th in England, 368th in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Great Borne, 616m (2021ft) - an English Mountain (Hewitt) (171st Eng, 299th in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 127) and an English Nuttall (243rd Eng, 421st 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 Map:
| 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 c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Wandope (left), Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts (right) from above Hause Point, Crummock Water
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
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)
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Glaslyn (bottom), Llyn Llydaw and Y Lliwedd (right) from the top of The PYG/Miners' Track, Snowdon
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Heading up to North Goatfell and Goatfell from The Saddle, Cir Mhor at the head of Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran
Russ with High Snockrigg, Robinson and Buttermere in the background from above from Burtness Wood
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
Ennerdale Water from near Bleach Green Cottages at the Western end of the lake
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Na Gruagaichean, Na Gruagaichean (North West Top), The Ring of Steall, Stob Coire a' Chairn, Sgurr a' Mhaim, An Garbhanach (An Gearanach), Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dear from Binnein Mor in the Eastern Mamores
Red Pike (Buttermere) (left) and Dodd (Buttermere) right from Old Burtness below Bleaberry Tarn
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from Cinderdale Common
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
The Dunnerdale Horseshoe - featuring Stickle Pike (Dunnerdale Fells), Great Stickle, The Knott (Dunnerdale Fells) and Raven's Crag
Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor (far left), Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (far right) from Mellbreak
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Early morning mist catches the low light on Crummock Water with the towering Grasmoor beyond
*Ennerdale Water (left), Starling Dodd and Great Borne, Loweswater (right of centre), Mellbreak and Crummock Water (right) from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Yewbarrow (left), the shoulder of Kirk Fell, Great Gable (centre) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from Wast Water
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Scar Crags (left), Sail and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) from the summit cairn on Outerside
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from nr Cinderdale Common
Fleetwith Pike and The High Stile massif from the North shore of Crummock Water
*Grasmoor (left of centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (right of centre) from Great Borne
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
The shoulder of Grasmoor (left), Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts (centre) and the High Stile Ridge (High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) reflected beautifully in a very still Crummock Water taken from the north west shore below Mellbreak
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
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