Buttermere Fells
The Buttermere Fells
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Sheepbone Rake & the Buttermere Fells
A glorious day today climbing the Buttermere Fells by Sheepbone Rake, a little cloud early on soon cleared giving some glorious views throughout the day and even a good Brocken Spectre on High Stile.
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The Buttermere Fells
A great day climbing the Buttermere Fells, taking in Red Pike, High Crag and High Stile in near perfect weather with some stunning views thorughout
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The Buttermere Fells
A bit of a windswept and cloudy day over the Buttermere Fells was highlighted with some excellent views on ascent and descent
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The Buttermere Fells
A great day on the Buttermere Fells today, climbing from Buttermere by Scale Force to Red Pike and following the ridge over High Stile and High Crag before descending by Scarth Gap and back along the lakeshore path to Buttermere.
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The Buttermere Fells
A great day discovering The Buttermere Fells with a good mix of Lake District Weather. Taking in the summits of Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag.
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77 Peak Challenge Day 2
A great day above Ennerdale and Buttermere for the second day of the 77 Peak Challenge following the ridge from Great Bourne to Haystacks and a bit more.
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The Buttermere Fells
A fantastic day on The Buttermere Fells today!
From Buttermere we made our way along the lake shore. As there had been a lot of rain recently we opted to avoid the boggy ground and head up the steep path straight up the fellside to the summit of Red Pike. Along the way short showers came and went, but as we reached the summit we were in the mist. From the summit we made our way through the thick mist up to the summit of High Stile. Shortly after High Stile we reached the summit of High Crag, and fortunately we were now under the mist and enjoying good views.
We descended to Scarth Gap where we had some lunch. As we chopped the first bit off of the walk we used the time to climb to the summit of Haystacks. We descended off of Haystacks down the Warnscale path and then back to Buttermere via the lakeshore.
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Butteremere Walking Weekend
Day 1:
Today our route was to tackle half the Buttermere Fells. After meeting Rob, Karen and Caroline outside the Bridge Hotel in Buttermere we made our way down the footpath that leads to Scale Force Waterfalls. Karen, a fairly new hill walker could not believe the route we were going to do today, as well as not believing she would be able to do it however I knew she was about to be proven very wrong! We contoured around to Scale Force Waterfall, and after a few very pretty pictures we made our way up the hardest ascent of the day. It was on this section we felt a little bit of the days drizzle, but fortunately that was all it was. As we got to just over 500m we got amazing views down to Buttermere and also up to our first summit of the day, Red Pike. We pushed on and tackled the steep flank of Red Pike and were soon enough on top tucking into our sarnies! From here we had breathtaking (not even an exaggeration!) views over to Pillar, the Gables, the Scafells, the Langdales and even through into Keswick.
The next section of the route was undulating and after another short climb we were at the highest point of the day (and weekend) on top of High Stile. We soon pressed on and followed the now narrow ridge line along to High Crag, our final summit of the day. From here we descended the steep slopes and followed the path along to Scarth Gap. On this part of the walk we gained fantastic views of Sundays objective, Haystacks. At this point in time Karen didn't want to think about going up Haystacks, but I am sure after a good nights sleep she will be raring to bag it in the morning! We descended down Scarth Gap to the shores of Buttermere Lake and completed the final couple of kilometers along the lakeside.
Without hesitation we all walked straight into the Beer Garden in the Bridge, and were soon sipping cool drinks and tucking into a bag of Walkers, Crackin'!
Day 2:
This morning I was joined by Rob, Karen and Caroline from yesterdays walk, as well as Neil (Birthday Boy) Michelle, Lynda and Mark. We started from Gatesgarth Farm and the morning was looking bright......200m down the track we were all donning our waterproofs, oh well it was coming anyway! The group climbed the track up to Scarth Gap and soon enough we were facing the final scrambly ascent up to the summit of Haystacks. By now we were feeling stronger gusts of wind and the rain was hammering down. We reached the summit at 11.30 and after a few summit snaps, and a quick happy birthday sing song for Neil we made our way East. We passed Inonimate Tarn, the iconic location where A.W's ashes were scattered. The ground was undulating but we were dropping altitude, and eventually we got fantastic views underneath the cloud and down the valley into Buttermere. I led the group to Dubs Hut, on the flank of Fleetwith Pike, where we were able to eat our lunch under the shelter of a slate building. From here we descended down the path back to Gatesgarth Farm. A thoroughly enjoyable day of which everyone enjoyed!
If these sound like your kind of walks you can join us on The Buttermere Fells Walk, Haystacks or even a whole Buttermere Walking Weekend
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The Buttermere Fells
A great day today above Buttermere, we set of from the Bridge Hotel at 10am and followed the path climbing to Scale Force, most of the ground was frozen so the boggy bits were easily crossed.
From Scale Force we climbed te path by Lingcombe Edge to the summit of Red Pike, there were some great views, although it was a little hazy over the coast today.
From Red Pike we followed the ridge to the summit of High Stile, the highest point of the day before continuing along the ridge to High Crag.
We descended over Gamlin End from High Crag and down the Scarth Gap Path to the Buttermere Lakeshore and back to Buttermere.
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Red Pike
A very wild day today above Buttermere, the water from the lake was being blown high in the air as we walked past the head of the lake before following the path up to the impressive Scale Force.
We climbed up above the waterfalls and onto Lingcombe Edge where the wind was getting a little stronger, the last 100m up to the summit of Red Pike was very strong, making extremely difficult walking!
After a short stop in the summit shelter it was decided not to continue along the ridge over High Stile and High Crag instead we descended north by Bleaberry Tarn and down through the woods back to Buttermere.
An interesting and memorable day, but sorry no photo's today.
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