Walk c411 Starling Dodd via Scale Beck from Buttermere

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9¾mls (15.5km)
Ascent:	2,734ft (833m)
Time:	6¼hrs
Grade:

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

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on 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 (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).

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) (172nd highest in England, 300th 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..

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c411 Starling Dodd via Scale Beck from Buttermere

In no particular order . . .

Fleetwith Pike and Buttermere Lake from Buttermere

Photo: Richard Duff (4)

Me and Russ at the top of Scale Force

Photo: Clare Howard (14)

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

Photo: Andy Malcolm (113)

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

Photo: Martyn Hibbert (11)

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

Photo: Andy Malcolm (70)

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

Photo: Dave Phillips (8)

Fleetwith Pike reflected in Buttermere

Photo: Paul Johnson (21)

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

Photo: Martyn Hibbert (12)

Misty conditions in Ennerdale

Photo: Christine Shepherd (35)

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

Photo: Alex Malcolm (23)

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