Walk Route Map c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere

Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere

Unsurpassed views of Buttermere and Wainwright's favourite

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11¼mls (18km)
Ascent:	4,132ft (1,259m)
Time:	8¼hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c287:

Buttermere - Scale Force - Scale Beck - Blea Crag - Lingcomb Edge - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Gamlin End - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Warnscale Beck - Warnscale Bottom - Gatesgarth - Buttermere

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

4
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

3
English
Deweys

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:

Hay Stacks (Haystacks) at 597m (1959ft). Hay Stacks (Haystacks) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 131) and an English Dewey (13th highest in England, 29th highest in England & Wales)

Seat (Buttermere) at 561m (1841ft). Seat (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (53rd highest in England, 122nd highest in England & Wales).

Green Crag (Buttermere) at 528m (1732ft). Green Crag (Buttermere) is classified as an English Dewey (117th highest in England, 274th highest in England & Wales).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere

In no particular order . . .

Innominate Tarn (Hay Stacks) with a snow-capped Pillar beyond

Photo: Andy Malcolm (33)

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

Photo: Martyn Hibbert (12)

Buttermere from High Stile

Photo: Andy Malcolm (10)

High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere) and Dodd (Buttermere) from across Buttermere

Photo: Andy Malcolm (157)

Runaway Ramblers from Bury Lancs on top of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: David Morecroft (17)

Buttermere from Hay Stacks

Photo: David Mathies (3)

Buttermere from Hay Stacks

Photo: David Hayter (24)

Great Gable and Pillar from Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks

Photo: Gerald Irwin (2)

Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere - Matt and Bex on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Gamlin End,High Crag and Crummock Water in the background

Matt and Bex on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Gamlin End,High Crag and Crummock Water in the background

Photo: David Haverty (1)

Fleetwith Pike refelected in Buttermere

Photo: Clare Howard (8)

Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere - Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: Michael Lee (4)

Fleetwith Pike from the Southern shore of Buttermere

Photo: Chris Haselden (41)

Walk c287 The High Stile Ridge and Hay Stacks from Buttermere - Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Mellbreak (left) Crummock Water, Buttermere Village, Rannerdale Knotts and the shoulder of Grasmoor (right) from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: Peter Dryden (19)

Mellbreak from Buttermere

Photo: David Hayter (144)

High Stile and Red Pike from the Gatesgarth, SE of Buttermere

Photo: David Mathies (1)

The Runaway Ramblers on top of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)

Photo: David Morecroft (11)

Summit cairn on Seat (Buttermere)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (630)

Buttermere from Warnscale Beck on the way to Hay Stacks

Photo: Gerald Irwin (1)

Green Crag (Buttermere)

Photo: Mike Walker (543)

Crummock Water and Grasmoor with Buttermere in the foreground from Hay Stacks

Photo: Tony Higgs (4)

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