Route outline for walk c411:
Buttermere - Buttermere Dubbs - Scale Bridge - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Lingcomb Edge - Ling Comb - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Floutern Tarn - Black Beck (Mosedale) - Scale Force - Scale Beck (Crummock Water) - Crummock Water - Buttermere
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 2 English Mountains |
![]() 2 Wainwrights |
![]() 2 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 Starling Dodd at 633m (2078ft). Starling Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (157th highest in England, 269th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 122). Starling Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (212th highest in England, 364th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Great Borne at 616m (2021ft). Great Borne is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (171st highest in England, 299th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 127). Great Borne is also known as an English Nuttall (241st highest in England, 417th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Great Borne is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You will also reach the summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale) at 590m (1936ft). Little Dodd (Ennerdale) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale) is marked by a cairn and a tangle of old fence posts..
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) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c411 Starling Dodd via Scale Beck from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .

Descending back to Ennerdale and Bowness Knott Car Park on the SW slopes of Great Borne

Early morning mist catches the low light on Crummock Water with the towering Grasmoor beyond

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

Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)

Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)

Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)

Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)

Wandope (left), Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts (right) from above Hause Point, Crummock Water

Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood

Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village

Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere

Ennerdale Water from halfway up Rake Beck on the lower SW slopes of Great Borne

Fleetwith Pike and The High Stile massif from the North shore of Crummock Water

The cairn and tangle of old fence posts that mark the summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale)

Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)

Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness

Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from Cinderdale Common

Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood

*Grasmoor (left of centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (right of centre) from Great Borne

On the ridge between Great Borne and Starling Dodd with Great Gable and Kirk Fell in the distance

Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere

High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere

Buttermere (below), Whitless Pike (left) and High Snockrigg (right) from Ling Comb

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

Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from nr Cinderdale Common

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
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