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Haystacks

Walked on 12/07/2011

Start point: Gatesgarth (NY 195 150)

Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere – Fleetwith Pike – Haystacks – Scarth Gap – Scarth Gap Pass – Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere

Distance: 4.6 miles     Total Ascent: 717 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours 35 minutes     Start Time: 07:25

Weather: Warm and still but generally overcast. 15ºC

It was amazingly still in Buttermere this morning with hardly a ripple on the lake. This made the climb of Fleetwith Edge a warm one with no cooling breeze at all. It was nice to get up this way again after a seemingly long absence and rather oddly I never saw a soul during the whole walk.

Haystacks

Haystacks route map.

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Haystacks across Buttermere.

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The High Stile range.

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The Buttermere Pines reflected.

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Perfect reflections today.

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The white cross on the climb to Fleetwith Pike.

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The road to Honister Pass.

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Looking back over early Buttermere to Mellbreak.

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The High Stile ridge - High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike.

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The first glimpse of Great Gable and Kirk Fell over Warnscale.

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Ling in bloom.

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A 180 degree view from Fleetwith Pike.

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Looking down Fleetwith Edge.

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Casper and Dougal on Fleetwith Pike summit...it reminded me of this photo which we have on our wall at home, Angus and Casper up here in 2006...

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Nice new cairn on Fleetwith Pike, overlooking Buttermere and Crummock Water.

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A great view over to Green Gable and Great Gable, Scafell through the gap of Beck Head and Kirk Fell.

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A south and west panoramic view.

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Pillar and Haystacks from Dubs Quarry.

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High Crag from Warnscale Beck.

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Buttermere from Green Crag.

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The Gables across Blackbeck Tarn.

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The crossing of Black Beck.

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Pillar reflected on Innominate Tarn.

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Innominate Tarn.

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Kirk Fell from the pool higher up.

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Kirk Fell from the pool higher up.

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The cairn on the eastern side of Haystacks.

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Two valleys - Ennerdale and Buttermere - from the summit of Haystacks.

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Haystacks summit tarn.

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The view from the south cairn, the main cairn up to the right in this photo.

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Dougal and Casper on Haystacks.

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Seat and High Crag at the top of the descent.

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High Crag from Scarth Gap Pass.

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Looking across to Fleetwith Pike.

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The descent into Buttermere.

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Light and shade across Gatesgarth.

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Haystacks from Peggy's Bridge.

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The route just walked.

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High Stile looming large. Remember the purple house at Rigg Beck? The replacement...

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...looks fantastic, much better than the old wooden thing that was there previously and what a view to have from the other side.

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