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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3¼mls (6km) |
| Ascent: | 1,920ft (585m) |
| Time: | 3½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c406:
Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Buttermere - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Scarth Gap - Peggy's Bridge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 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)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c406 Hay Stacks from Gatesgarth, Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
On Hay Stacks with High Crag (left), Crumock Water and Grasmoor (right) in the distance
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
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)
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Snow on Scafell Pike and the Scafell Massif from a very frozen Innominate Tarn
Matt and Bex on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Gamlin End,High Crag and Crummock Water in the background
Green Gable (left) Great Gable (centre left), Scafell Pike (centre distance) and Kirk Fell (centre right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (Buttermere) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Plaque at the entrance to The Buttermere Court Hotel in Buttermere - formerly known as the Fish Inn
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
High Crag (left), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag and Crummock Water from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Looking Stead (Pillar) and Pillar itself towering above the upper reaches of Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Buttermere Lake with High Snockrigg beyond from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
Grasmoor, Robinson and Fleetwith Pike and Buttermere from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
High Crag (left), Crummock Water (left distance) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
The South East shore of Buttermere Lake from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
Green Gable (left) and Great Gable (centre left) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell from Loft Beck
Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks with Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike in the distance
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Innominate Tarn with Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Kirk Fell forming the backdrop
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
Our new addition Neela ( 1st time in the Lakes) on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Green Gable (left), Windy Gap, Great Gable and Kirk Fell (right) very clear in the background
Seat (Buttermere) & High Crag (Buttermere) (left) and Grasmoor (right) from the small pool on Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
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