Walk Route Map c412 Wansfell Pike and Baystones (Wansfell) from Ambleside

Walk c412 Wansfell Pike and Baystones (Wansfell) from Ambleside

The easiest way up Ambleside's local Wainwright

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5mls (8km)
Ascent:	1,769ft (539m)
Time:	3.75hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c412 Wansfell Pike and Baystones (Wansfell) from Ambleside pdf

Route outline for walk c412:

- Ambleside - Stockghyll Force - Wansfell Pike - Baystones (Wansfell) - Wansfell Pike - Stockghyll Force - Ambleside.

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

0
English
Mountains

1
Wainwright

0
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

1
Bridget

The highest point of this walk is Baystones (Wansfell) at 488m (1602ft). Baystones (Wansfell) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 177).

Completing this walk also take you to the top of Wansfell Pike, 482m (1582ft). and a Bridget

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 OL7
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 90
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c412 Wansfell Pike and Baystones (Wansfell) from Ambleside

In no particular order . . .

Windermere from Baystones (Wansfell)

Photo: Wayne Hill (84)

Looking north to Baystones with Thornthwaite Crag (left) and Ill Bell (centre) beyond from Wansfell Pike as the sun catches a passing shower

Photo: Andy Malcolm (74)

*Baystones (Wansfell) in the foreground with Red Screes (left), Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Thornthwaite Crag and the Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke ridge silhouetted on the skyline from Wansfell Pike

Photo: Andy Malcolm (72)

Stickle Tarn and Harrison Stickle from Easy Gully in the Langdale Pikes

Photo: Paul Johnson (5)

Looking up to the summit of Wansfell Pike

Photo: Peter Hall (5)

*Ambleside from the lower slopes of Baystones (Wansfell)

Photo: Wayne Hill (87)

Stockghyll Force on the way up to Wansfell Pike from Ambleside

Photo: Peter Hall (3)

Hallsfell Top, Blencathra

Photo: David Hayter (298)

Skiddaw and Keswick from Skelgill Bank on the way to Cat Bells (Catbells)

Photo: Wayne Hill (89)

Fairfield and Red Screes from Wansfell Pike

Photo: Paul Johnson (4)

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