Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike
Sat 26 Feb 2005
Route: Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Scarth Gap - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Dubs Quarry - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth
Distance: 5.25 miles
Ascent: 2,300ft
Time: 5 hours 50 minutes
With: Members of the Wainwright Society and the Online Fellwalking Club (OFC)
Notes:
Overcast with the sun breaking through at times
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number AL100038401
Heading to Peggy's Bridge from Gatesgarth Farm
Fleetwith Edge, our descent route back to Gatesgarth, from just above Peggy's Bridge
Looking back down on Buttermere
Haystacks from the Scarth Gap path
Ascending some steep snow covered rocks on our route up Haystacks from Scarth Gap
Haystacks' summit tarn
High Crag and Ennerdale Water in the distance from Haystacks' summit
Innominate Tarn
Blackbeck Tarn
Buttemere and Crummock Water from the outflow of Blackbeck Tarn
Green Gable on the left and a cloud covered Great Gable
The Buttermere Valley and a snow topped Grasmoor from near Green Crag
High Crag, the Buttermere Valley and Grasmoor
Honistor Crag (Black Star) summit
Fleetwith Pike, Buttermere and Crummock Water
Looking down on Gatesgarthdale Beck and the Honister Pass road
Snow on Robinson and Hindscarth with a dark Causey Pike in the distance
Yewbarrow seen above Black Sail Pass
Looking back towards Honister Crag from Fleetwith Pike
Descending Fleetwith Edge
Buttermere and Crummock Water from low down on Fleetwith Edge
Previous Walk: Binsey (Sun 20 Feb 2005)
Next Walk: Four Stones Hill and Haweswater (Sat 12 Mar 2005)