Route outline for walk c263:
Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Lingcomb Edge - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Burtness Wood - Sourmilk Gill - Buttermere
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 3 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is High Stile at 807m (2646ft). High Stile is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (38th highest in England, 71st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 29).
High Stile is also known as an English Nuttall (45th highest in England, 86th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (13th highest in England, 378th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of 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).
You will also reach the summit of High Crag (Buttermere) at 744m (2442ft). High Crag (Buttermere) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (72nd highest in England, 126th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 65).
High Crag (Buttermere) is also known as an English Nuttall (89th highest in England, 154th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Seat (Buttermere) at 561m (1841ft). Seat (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (53rd highest in England, 122nd highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c263 The High Stile Ridge from Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Green Gable left), Great Gable (centre) and Kirk Fell (right) with the Scafell Massif beyond (centre) from High Crag (Buttermere)
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Great view of Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable (the rounded dome), Kirk Fell, Pillar (the highest point), Black Crag and Steeple from Lingcomb Edge just below the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
*Ennerdale Water (left), Starling Dodd and Great Borne, Loweswater (right of centre), Mellbreak and Crummock Water (right) from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Gatesgarth and Fleetwith Pike (with Robinson and Dale Head (Newlands) beyond) from High Stile
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
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