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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9¾mls (15.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,157ft (962m) |
| Time: | 6½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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:
- 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 . . .
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Russ with High Snockrigg, Robinson and Buttermere in the background from above from Burtness Wood
The cairn and tangle of old fence posts that mark the summit of Little Dodd (Ennerdale)
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from nr Cinderdale Common
On the ridge between Great Borne and Starling Dodd with Great Gable and Kirk Fell in the distance
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Dodd (Buttermere) and Bleaberry Tarn in the foreground from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Wandope (left), Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts (right) from above Hause Point, Crummock Water
Red Pike (Buttermere) (left) and Dodd (Buttermere) right from Old Burtness below Bleaberry Tarn
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Early morning mist catches the low light on Crummock Water with the towering Grasmoor beyond
Buttermere (below), Whitless Pike (left) and High Snockrigg (right) from Ling Comb
Innominate Tarn on Hay stacks (frozen solid) with Great Gable rising majestically in the background
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Descending back to Ennerdale and Bowness Knott Car Park on the SW slopes of Great Borne
*Grasmoor (left of centre) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (right of centre) from Great Borne
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale
Buttermere village from Red Pike (Buttermere) with the Grasmoor massif looming large in the background
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
The shoulder of Grasmoor (left), Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts (centre) and the High Stile Ridge (High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) reflected beautifully in a very still Crummock Water taken from the north west shore below Mellbreak
Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
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)
Great End, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from near the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
Fleetwith Pike and The High Stile massif from the North shore of Crummock Water
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
*Ennerdale Water (left), Starling Dodd and Great Borne, Loweswater (right of centre), Mellbreak and Crummock Water (right) from Red Pike (Buttermere)
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Ennerdale Water from halfway up Rake Beck on the lower SW slopes of Great Borne
Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts (left) and The High Stile Ridge from Cinderdale Common
Crummock Water and Low Ling Crag - with Rannerdale Knotts (left), Fleetwith Pike (centre) and The High Stile Ridge (right)
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