Walk c387 Pillar from Black Sail Hut

This 5¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel) & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:5¼mls (8.5km)
Ascent:2,301ft (701m)
Time:4½hrs
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Route outline for walk c387:

Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel)  -  Ennerdale  -  Black Sail Beck  -  Black Sail Pass  -  Looking Stead (Pillar)  -  Pillar  -  Black Sail Pass  -  Black Sail Beck  -  Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel)  -  Ennerdale.


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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1
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Wainwright
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2
English
Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Marilyn
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Pillar at 892m (2928ft). Pillar is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (11th highest in England, 29th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 8).

Pillar is also known as an English Nuttall (13th highest in England, 33rd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (6th highest in England, 249th highest in the UK).

The summit of Pillar is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Looking Stead (Pillar) at 627m (2058ft). Looking Stead (Pillar) is also known as an English Nuttall (220th highest in England, 383rd highest in England & Wales).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c387 Pillar from Black Sail Hut

In no particular order . . .

Mosedale (Wasdale) with Yewbarrow beyond from Black Sail Pass

Mosedale (Wasdale) with Yewbarrow beyond from Black Sail Pass

Photo: David Connolly (20)

Great Gable (left) and Kirk Fell (centre right) from Black Sail Pass

Great Gable (left) and Kirk Fell (centre right) from Black Sail Pass

Photo: David Swales (11)

Great Gable from Ennerdale

Great Gable from Ennerdale

Photo: Kevin Finn (31)

The view north from Looking Stead (Pillar) featuring Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and Brandreth (far right)

Photo: David Connolly (16)

Pillar summit trig point

Pillar summit trig point

Photo: David Connolly (29)

Kirk Fell from Black Sail Pass

Kirk Fell from Black Sail Pass

Photo: David Connolly (17)

Yewbarrow beyond from Looking Stead (Pillar) summit cairn

Yewbarrow beyond from Looking Stead (Pillar) summit cairn

Photo: David Connolly (21)

Hay Stacks (Haystacks) above Ennerdale (featuring Black Sail Hut Youth Hostel) from Black Sail Pass

Hay Stacks (Haystacks) above Ennerdale (featuring Black Sail Hut Youth Hostel) from Black Sail Pass

Photo: Tony Higgs (24)

Me by the Trig Point on the summit of Pillar

Me by the Trig Point on the summit of Pillar

Photo: Christine Shepherd (522)

Wasdale Head (left), Burnmoor Tarn, Yewbarrow (front centre), Illgill Head (back) and Wast Water from Pillar

Wasdale Head (left), Burnmoor Tarn, Yewbarrow (front centre), Illgill Head (back) and Wast Water from Pillar

Photo: Paul Johnson (10)


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