| A circular walk over the High Stile range. | |||
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Date: | 10th June 2009 |
| Start Location: | Buttermere | ||
| Time Started: | 09:05 | ||
| Duration: | 5 Hours 15 Minutes | ||
| Distance: | 11.7km - 7.27 Miles | ||
| Ascent (m/ft): | 980m (3214ft) | ||
| Highest Point: | High Stile (807m/2647ft) | ||
| Parking: | National Trust Car Park | ||
| Weather: | Mostly Cloudy - Sunny towards the end | ||
| Difficulty: | Difficult | ||
| Buttermere - Burtness Woods - Bleaberry Tarn - Red Pike (54) - High Stile (55) - High Crag (56) - Scarth Gap Pass - Burtness Wood - Buttermere | |||
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| Heading down to the shores of Buttermere. | |||
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| A stunning view of Buttermere, still as glass. Its rare when its this still. | |||
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| Looking down to Crummock Water from the ascent to Bleaberry Tarn. | |||
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| Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike. | |||
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| Crummock Water and Grasmoor. | |||
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| Buttermere and Robinson. | |||
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| Grasmoor from higher up. We are only about 10 minutes from Bleaberry Tarn here. | |||
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| Last view down before the steep ascent to Red Pike. | |||
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| Bleaberry Tarn, with Chapel Crags to the left. | |||
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| Bleaberry Tarn. | |||
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| A long distance view over Crummock Water. | |||
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| The view to Mellbreak from Red Pike. | |||
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| Pillar and the Scafells. | |||
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| Rain clouds coming in! Time for the waterproof to go on. | |||
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| A much clearer view to Pillar and the Scafells. | |||
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| People ascending Red Pike. | |||
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| Wouldn't like to fall down there! | |||
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| The view from High Stile. | |||
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| Burtness Comb. | |||
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| Pillar. | |||
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| The gorgous Ennerdale Valley. | |||
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| Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks. | |||
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| Decending down to Seat. Great Gable at the head of Ennerdale. | |||
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| Haystacks. | |||
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| Fleetwith Pike. | |||
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| The sun has decided to come out as we near the end of the walk... nevermind, hopefully we will get a bit of sunny weather soon. | |||
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| Grasmoor and Buttermere in the sun. | |||
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| Near the waters edge of Buttermere. | |||
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| Looking up Comb Beck. | |||
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| And would you look at that! The lake is like glass once more! Simply stunning. | |||