Walk c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
This 9¾ mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Buttermere & will take about 6½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9¾mls (15.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,157ft (962m) |
| Time: | 6½hrs |
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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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on 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 an English Mountain (Hewitt) (67th highest in England, 116th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 62).
Red Pike (Buttermere) is also known as an 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 (198th highest in England, 346th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Starling Dodd at 633m (2077ft). Starling Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (158th highest in England, 270th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 122).
Starling Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (213th highest in England, 365th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Great Borne at 616m (2021ft). Great Borne is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (172nd highest in England, 300th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 127) and 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.
- 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..
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c324 Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
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