Buttermere Trio
Sat 15 May 2004
Route: Buttermere Village - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd - The Saddle - Red Pike - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Scarth Gap - Buttermere - Burtness Wood - Buttermere Village
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,800ft
Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Broken cloud and sunshine
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Buttermere village below the Grasmoor Fells from above Burtness Wood
Fleetwith Pike
Mellbreak, Crummock Water, Rannerdale Knotts and Grasmoor from Dodd's summit
Panorama from Dodd's summit
Looking across The Saddle to Red Pike from Dodd's summit
Ascending the red screes of Red Pike
The view north to Blencathra from Red Pike's summit
Red Pike's summit
Ennerdale from Red Pike's summit
Grasmoor, Wandope, Eel Crag, Sail, Scar Crags and Skiddaw
Westerly panorama from High Stile
Red Pike, Dodd and Bleaberry Tarn
High Crag from High Stile
Looking down on Gatesgarth Farm. The far skyline is the Helvellyn ridge
Pillar
The Grasmoor fells
Looking back to High Stile from High Crag
Looking down Gamlin End to Seat
Upper Ennerdale with the top of Great Gable lost in cloud but Kirk Fell clear
Looking back up the scree slope from our descent of Gamlin End
The bottom section of Gamlin End is now pitched, but still steep!
Haystacks and Seat
Looking back at Gamlin End from Seat
The Grasmoor Fells and Buttermere from above Scarth Gap
Looking across the bluebells to Haystacks from the Scarth Gap path
Fleetwith Pike
Buttermere
Looking up Buttermere to Fleetwith Pike
Previous Walk: Rannerdale Bluebells (Fri 14 May 2004)
Next Walk: Bowscale Fell (Sun 16 May 2004)