Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks
Sun 2 Jun 2002
Route: Gatesgarth - Fleetwith Edge - Fleetwith Pike - Honister Crag (Black Star) - Drum House - Dubs Quarry - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Haystacks - Scarth Gap - Peggy's Bridge - Gatesgarth
Distance: 5.50 miles
Ascent: 2,300ft
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne and Roger & Ann Hiley
Notes:
Rain showers, windy on the tops
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Wainwright memorial, St James Church, Buttermere
The memorial and Haystacks through the window
Buttermere and Gatesgarth Farm from near the bottom of the ridge
South to northwest panorama from the climb up Fleetwith Pike's NW ridge
Looking down on Buttermere from high up on Fleetwith Edge
Ascending the top part of Fleetwith Edge
Fleetwith Pike summit and the High Stile ridge
Looking down one of the gullies to Gatesgarthdale Beck and the Honister Pass road
Heading to Honister Crag from Fleetwith Pike
Old mine workings, Honister Crag
The Drum House and Grey Knotts from Honister Crag
Heading towards Dubs Quarry from the Drum House with Haystacks ahead
Haystacks with Pillar behind from Dubs Hut (Bothy)
The route ahead to Haystacks
Green Gable, Great Gable and Innominate Tarn
Ennerdale and High Crag from the south end of Haystack's summit ridge
Pillar from Haystacks summit cairn
The path from Scarth Gap back down to Buttermere
Looking across the bluebells to Haystacks
Fleetwith Pike's northwest ridge
A panorama of the round: Fleetwith Pike, Green Crag, Haystacks
Previous Walk: Blencathra (Sat 1 Jun 2002)
Next Walk: Humphrey Head (Tue 4 Jun 2002)