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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3¼mls (6km) |
| Ascent: | 1,920ft (585m) |
| Time: | 3½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c406:
Buttermere - Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Buttermere - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Scarth Gap - Peggy's Bridge - Gatesgarth - Buttermere
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Hay Stacks (Haystacks) at 597m (1959ft). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is classified as an Wainwright (No. 131).
Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is also known as an English Dewey (13th highest in England, 29th in England & Wales)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c406 Hay Stacks from Gatesgarth, Buttermere
In no particular order . . .
Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Matt and Bex on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Gamlin End,High Crag and Crummock Water in the background
High Crag (left), Crummock Water (left distance) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Fleetwith Pike (left), Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the shoulder of High Crag (Buttermere) (right) across Buttermere
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (Buttermere) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Green Gable (left) and Great Gable (centre left) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell from Loft Beck
Looking across Buttermere Lake to a Cottage below Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Hassness
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Fleetwith Pike and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from the campsite near Buttermere village
Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Fleetwith Pike (left) and Hay Stacks (right) across Buttermere Lake from Hassness
Buttermere Lake with High Snockrigg beyond from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks with Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Scafell Pike in the distance
Autumn sunshine on Dale Head (left) and Fleetwith Pike (right) from Burtness Wood
Buttermere from the North West shore featuring Fleetwith Pike (just right of centre)
Seat (Buttermere) & High Crag (Buttermere) (left) and Grasmoor (right) from the small pool on Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Looking Stead (Pillar) and Pillar itself towering above the upper reaches of Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Crummock Water and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
High Crag (left), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
The South East shore of Buttermere Lake from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
Honister Pass (left), Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and High Crag (Buttermere) across Buttermere
Snow on Scafell Pike and the Scafell Massif from a very frozen Innominate Tarn
On Hay Stacks with High Crag (left), Crumock Water and Grasmoor (right) in the distance
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
Innominate Tarn with Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Kirk Fell forming the backdrop
Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike straight ahead and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) to the right
Buttermere Lake - with the lower slopes of High Stile (left), Hen Comb (centre) and Mellbreak (right)
Crummock Water (far left) and Buttermere with Grasmoor beyond from Hay Stacks
High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
Our new addition Neela ( 1st time in the Lakes) on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Green Gable (left), Windy Gap, Great Gable and Kirk Fell (right) very clear in the background
Grasmoor, Robinson and Fleetwith Pike and Buttermere from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Green Gable (left) Great Gable (centre left), Scafell Pike (centre distance) and Kirk Fell (centre right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End, High Crag (Buttermere), Mellbreak, Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag and Crummock Water from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)
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