High Stile to Fleetwith Pike
Sat 3 May 2014
Route: Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Buttermere - Comb Beck - north-east ridge - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Scarth Gap - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Dubs Quarry - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth
Distance: 7.25 miles
Ascent: 3,650ft
Time: 4 hours 55 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Overcast with high cloud, not much wind.
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High Stile from near Gatesgarth
Buttermere Bothy
Looking up Comb Beck
Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike
Looking over Buttermere to Robinson
A first view of Crummock Water as my path reaches the ridge
Crummock Water
Looking up the top section of the ridge
Red Pike, Bleaberry Tarn and Crummock Water
Looking across to High Crag
The large summit cairn on High Stile
Heading for High Crag
Looking back to High Stile and my ascent route
High Crag's summit
Looking down Gamlin End
The bottom section was pitched a number of years ago
Looking back to Gamlin End as I head for Seat
Haystacks from Seat
Seat and High Crag from Haystacks summit
Towards Innominate Tarn and Great Gable from Haystacks summit cairn
Pillar on the other side of Ennerdale
Innominate Tarn
Green Crag
Blackbeck Tarn
Looking down into the Buttermere valley
Dubs Hut, a mountain bothy, contact Honister Slate Mine to book
Fleetwith Pike's summit
A grand view
Looking down Fleetwith Edge
Buttermere from the ridge
Getting there
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