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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9¾mls (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,157ft (962m) | |
| Time: | 6½hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route outline for walk c324:
Buttermere - Sourmilk Gill - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd (Buttermere) - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Ling Comb - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Floutern Tarn - Black Beck (Mosedale) - Blea Crag - Scale Force - Scale Beck (Crummock Water) - Crummock Water - Buttermere Dubs - Buttermere.
Little Dodd (Ennerdale) means
The summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale) is marked by marked by a cairn and a tangle of old fence posts.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Red Pike (Buttermere) at 755m (2478ft). Red Pike (Buttermere) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (67th highest in England, 116th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 62). Red Pike (Buttermere) is also known as a English Nuttall (83rd highest in England, 142nd highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Dodd (Buttermere) at 641m (2104ft). Dodd (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (199th highest in England, 346th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Starling Dodd at 633m (2078ft). Starling Dodd is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (157th highest in England, 269th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 122). Starling Dodd is also known as a English Nuttall (212th highest in England, 364th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Great Borne at 616m (2021ft). Great Borne is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (171st highest in England, 299th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 127) and a English Nuttall (241st highest in England, 418th highest in England & Wales); Little Dodd (Ennerdale) at 590m (1936ft). Little Dodd (Ennerdale) is known as a Bridget.
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 c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
On the way up Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) on the PYG track with Cribau and Y Lliwedd prominent in the background
On the lower slopes of Ben Nevis with Meall an t-Suidhe and Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe in the background
Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Mam Tor
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
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
*Derwent Water with Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell and High Seat beyond from Cat Bells (Catbells)
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Russ with High Snockrigg, Robinson and Buttermere in the background from above from Burtness Wood
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Looking down Glen Sligachan from the start of the pinnacle ridge at Sgurr nan Gilliean
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) with Mam Tor and Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) beyond during a winter temperature inversion
Me jumping for joy at the great view from at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Castle in the background
Callow (left), Nills, Church Stretton, The Lawley, Caer Caradoc Hill and Ragleth Hill (right) from near Minton
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Me dismounting The Cioch (or Cioch Buttress) on the South West ridge of Sgurr Sgumain (Sgurr Alasdair) in The Cuillin Hills, Isle fo Skye
Fleetwith Pike and The High Stile massif from the North shore of Crummock Water
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Winhill Pike (Win Hill), Ladybower Reservoir and Crook Hill from Dovestones Tor, Derwent Edge
*Ennerdale Water (left), Starling Dodd and Great Borne, Loweswater (right of centre), Mellbreak and Crummock Water (right) from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Barley, Ing Ends and Ogden Reservoirs from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
The Packhorse Bridge over The River Derwent at the northern end of Howden Reservoir
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Derwent Water with Maiden Moor, Cat Bells (Catbells) and Causey Pike (right) beyond from Friar's Crag
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Hallin Fell from a viewpoint on the descent from High Dodd (Sleet Fell)
Bamford Edge, Bamford Moor with Stanage Edge (Stanage Edge) in the distance
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)
The East face path up of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) wih Pendle House below
Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag
Stream above Dyserth Waterfall (Rhaeadr Dyserth)
from the North Wales Path, Dyserth
Kinder Reservoir and Mermaid's Pool from near the Kinder Downfall, Kinder Scout
Cwm Idwal featuring Glyder Fawr (left), Twll Du or The Devil's Kitchen (centre) and Y Garn (right)
Scar Crags with Sail (Derwent Fells) and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) beyond from Causey Pike
Heading up to North Goatfell and Goatfell from The Saddle, Cir Mhor at the head of Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran
Wild Camping at Loch Lundie between Invergarry and Fort Augustus in the Great Glen
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from nr Cinderdale Common
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom
Early morning mist catches the low light on Crummock Water with the towering Grasmoor beyond
Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)
Wandope (left), Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts (right) from above Hause Point, Crummock Water
The Plaque beneath the Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore
Arnside Knott, Humphrey Head, Dixon Heights (Newton Fell) and Saskills (Newton Fell) from the Whitbarrow Scar ridge
The cairn and tangle of old fence posts that mark the summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale)
Looking across Great Langdale to Side Pike and Lingmoor Fell from Stickle Ghyll, The Langdale Pikes
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Malvern (Worcestershire Beacon) and Sugarloaf Hill (Malverns) from North Hill (Malverns)
Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Public Footpath number 3, which runs from Fen Road to Walcott Road, Billinghay
*Grasmoor (left of centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (right of centre) from Great Borne
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from Cinderdale Common
Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill) (left) and Moel y Golfa (centre) and from the A458 road near the railway bridge at Cefn
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Mellbreak taken in the evening sunlight from the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater Village
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Red Pike (Buttermere) (left) and Dodd (Buttermere) right from Old Burtness below Bleaberry Tarn
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
*Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
. . . see just 10 walk photos from Walk c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
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