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Buttermere
INDY    Oct 27, 2024 Buttermere, Bleaberry Tarn, Red Pike (B], High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap    Lake: Buttermere    
Start Point, Map
Distance 12.62 km, Time 5.05 h, Total Ascent 963 m     Imperial | Metric
Paw INDY SAYS: Made it this time! Rocky up to Red Pike, but OK after that walking on a long ridge
Scarth Gap is easy for me, and then I had a good long swim in Buttermere.
  Clouds with clear spells, strong winds on tops  

After failing to reach Red Pike earlier in the year due to poor weather, we are determined this time, even though is it the end of October.
We drive over Newlands Hause to Buttermere.

High Stile Ridge - Image 2, Oct 27, 2024

Wild grouse abound just outside Braithwaite


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It is Sunday morning, 7.30am, and the parking space is already full


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One of the best viewpoints for Sourmilk Gill is here, from a distance



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Buttermere early in the morning, one of my favourite spots



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As we start to climb, the sun pops out on the far side of Buttermere


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Looking the other way, Crummock Water



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Come on! Indy waiting for me to catch up when I've been taking some pics


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Bleaberry Tarn, considerably more calm than the last time we visited



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Now you know why it's called Red Pike


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Strong winds again! Shelter in the sheepfold at Red Pike summit



Indy is sitting at the rocky summit of High Stile. We can see Loweswater in the distance, Oct 27, 2024

A good ridge walk from Red Pike to the summit of High Stile. Loweswater back left



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This is the continuation of the ridge to High Crag and Seat


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Summit of High Crag, the sun is out now and the wind has dropped


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After Seat, we arrive at Scarth Gap - sharp left to descend to Buttermere.
Gatesgarth middle right



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Further down Scarth Gap, the fells are still quite deserted. Just before noon...


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Buttermere again. Indy, like most Labradors, can never resist water. Never


Five hours of fell walking - who's tired? Not me! Come on!



Start: Buttermere

1) "Honister rambler" bus from Keswick to Buttermere
2) Car parks in Buttermere. Parking area at the bottom of Newlands Hause [Grid Ref: NY 17645 17050] [GPS 54.541986, -3.274480] View on map

Route

Buttermere, Bleaberry Tarn, Red Pike (B], High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap
Distance 12.62 km, Time 5.05 h, Total Ascent 963 m
Wainwright Pictorial Guide: The Western Fells

Fells

Red Pike (Buttermere) 755 m
High Stile 806 m
High Crag 744 m
-Seat 561 m-
Fells that are not 'Wainwrights' are depicted like this: -Seat-

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Route maps from Ordnance Survey are scaled 1:25000 unless otherwise indicated.
Distance, Hike Time and Total Ascent as supplied by OS. Image shows planned route.
Distance 12.62 km, Time 5.05 h, Total Ascent 963 m
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