Fleetwith Pike
648m (2126ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.80ml (8.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,455ft (748m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Buttermere - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Warnscale Beck - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25mls (10km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,756ft (840m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Honister Pass - Honister Hause - Bell Crags - Hopper Quarry - Honister Quarries - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Burnt Scarth - Fleetwith Pike - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Warnscale Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Loft Beck - Coast to Coast Walk - Brandreth - Grey Knotts - Honister Hause.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 16ml (25.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 6,285ft (1,915m) |
| Time: | 12.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) - Ling Comb - Lingcomb Edge - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Dodd (Buttermere) - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Warnscale Beck - Dubs Hut - Dubs Quarry - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fleetwith Pike
Paul Roddam walked up on July 19th, 2025 [with] Barb, Bri [weather] Muggy
Geoff Hand climbed it on April 9th, 2025 [from/via/route] Went up from Honister Slate mine to pick up Grey Knotts & Brandreth as I missed them it last year when doing Gt Gable & Kirk Fell. So I decided to go over to Fleetwith Pike to catch a glimpse of the beautiful lake Buttermere & Crummock Water on a Stunning Spring day. It didn't disapoint. [with] Solo [weather] Lovely Sunny day - Saw the RAF whizz down Honister pass Awesome!
Ian Ashton bagged it on March 1st, 2025 [with] Ella jack and chelle
Claire Kirk hiked it on May 18th, 2024 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth Car Park [with] Alone [weather] Warm, sunny & clear - Wild camp on the summit
Angeline Grieveson summited on June 25th, 2023 [with] Rick & Dotty
Christina Lander conquered it on July 29th, 2016 [from/via/route] Gatesgarth - Fleetwith Edge - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Hause - Dale Head - Hindscarth - Robinson - High Snockrigg - Buttermere [with] Dick, Kath & Mick [weather] Beautiful sunny day
Neil Heywood scaled on August 6th, 2023 [from/via/route] Honnister visitor centre [with] Logan Heywood [weather] Mixed
Christine Shepherd walked up on June 18th, 2010 [from/via/route] Climbed this as an extra after doing Great Gable Climbed this again 18.12.2021, to complete my second round of the Wainwright's. I used Fleetwith Edge straight up & down; superb! Finally visited the Warnscale Bothy when I climbed this with Louise on 10.6.22. [with] Jenny [weather] Glorious sunshine - Had got very close to the summit the year before when I did the Via Ferrata at Honister but they wouldn't let us visit the actual summit.
Paul Macey climbed it on June 6th, 2022 [from/via/route] C295 [with] Luke [weather] High Level cloud
Andrew Cotter bagged it on February 1st, 2019 [from/via/route] Car park [weather] Snow & wind
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Fleetwith Pike
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks at the end of Buttermere, with the Buttermere Fells - High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) - from Rannerdale Knotts
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
High Snockrigg and Robinson, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike from the summit of Hen Comb
Scarth Gap (left), Seat (Buttermere), High Crag (Buttermere) and High Stile from Fleetwith Pike
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Buttermere, Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks and the High Stile Ridge from the lower slopes of Rannerdale Knotts
Looking down Fleetwith Edge to a cloud inversion in the Buttermere valley from Fleetwith Pike
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