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Haystacks |
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Overview |
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| Height: |
1,958 Feet 597 Metres |
| Grid Ref: |
NY 193 131 |
| Area: |
Western |
| Group: |
W/GRG |
| Ordnance Survey: |
OL4 |
| Wainwright Guidebook: |
Seven |
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This is in fact the best fell-top of all - a place of great charm and fairyland attractiveness. Seen from a distance, these qualities are not suspected : indeed on the contrary, the appearance of Haystacks is almost repellent when viewed from the higher surrounding peaks: black are its bones and black is its flesh. With its thick covering of heather it is dark and sombre even when the sun sparkles the waters of its many tarns, gloomy and mysterious even under a blue sky: There are fierce crags and rough screes and outcrops that will be grittier still when the authors ashes are scattered here.
"One can forget even a raging toothache on Haystacks"
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Map and Photo Gallery |
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| The Buttermere Pines with Haystacks. |
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| Pillar from Innominate Tarn. |
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| The Gables and Kirk Fell seen from Innominate Tarn, Haystacks. |
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| Haystacks seen over Seat. |
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| Haystacks seen over the top of Scarth Gap. |
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| The un-named Tarn close to Haystacks summit. |
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| Looking Stead and Pillar from Innominate Tarn. |
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| The Haystacks Memoria Plaque, Buttermere Church. |
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There are 13 walks to choose from including Haystacks |
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The Buttermere Horseshoe |
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5th May 2021 |
| ASCENT: |
6,047 Feet - 1,844 Metres |
| MILES: |
14 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
8, Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Hay Stacks - Fleetwith Pike - Dale Head - Hindscarth - Robinson |
| ROUTE: |
Newlands Pass - Buttermere - Old Burtness - Bleaberry Tarn - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) Top of Chapel Crags - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Hay Stacks - Innominate Tarn - Black Beck Tarn - Dubs Hut - Fleetwith Pike - Black Star - Honister Mine - Yewcrag Quarries - Dale Head - Hindscarth Edge - Hindscarth - Littledale Edge - Robinson - Buttermere Moss on High Snockrigg - Newlands Pass |
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Walking the Birketts, Buttermere Horseshoe |
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7th September 2019 |
| ASCENT: |
2,790 Feet - 850 Metres |
| MILES: |
6.5 |
| BIRKETTS: |
5, Fleetwith Pike - Black Star (Honister Crag) - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - Haystacks |
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Gatescarth - Fleetwith Edge - Fleetwith Pike - Black Star (Honister Crag) - Drum House - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - Great Round How - Black Beck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Haystacks - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Peggys Bridge - Gatescarth |
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The Ennerdale Horseshoe |
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3rd June 2019 |
| ASCENT: |
7,700 Feet - 2,348 Metres |
| MILES: |
24 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
14, Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Haystacks - Brandreth - Green Gable - Kirk Fell - Pillar - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Caw Fell - Crag Fell |
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Bleach Green - Ennerdale Water - Bowness - Herdus - Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Top of Scarth Gap - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Moses trod - Brandreth - Gillercomb Head - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Beck Head - Kirk Fell North Top - Kirk Fell - Baysour Slack - Top of Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Ben Gill - Crag Fell Farm - Bleach Green |
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Red Pike to Haystacks from Buttermere |
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23rd February 2018 |
| ASCENT: |
3,847 Feet - 1,173 Metres |
| MILES: |
9.7 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
4, Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Haystacks |
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Buttermere – Old Burtness – Bleaberry Tarn – Red Pike (Buttermere) – High Stile – High Crag – Gamlin End – Seat – Top of Scarth Gap – Haystacks – Blackbeck Tarn – Warnscale Beck – Warnscale Bothy - Warnscale Bottom – Gatesgarth – Buttermere |
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Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 15 Fleetwith Pike to Great Borne |
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28th May 2016 |
| ASCENT: |
4,500 Feet - 1,373 Meters |
| MILES: |
13.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
7, Fleetwith Pike - Hay Stacks - High Crag - High Stile - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Starling Dodd - Great Borne
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Top of Honister Pass - Honister Mines - Fleetwith Pike - Dubs Bottom - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Seat - Gamlin End - High Crag - High Stile - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Little Dodd - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Top of Red Gill - Whiteoak Moss - Scales Force - Buttermere Dubbs - The Fish Inn, Buttermere
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Red Pike to Fleethwith Pike from Buttermere |
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17th October 2015 |
| ASCENT: |
4'600 Feet - 1,403 Meters |
| MILES: |
10.4 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
5, Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Haystacks - Fleetwith Pike |
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Buttermere - Buttermere Dubs - Old Burtness - Bleaberry Tarn - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Hay Stacks - Innominate Tarn - Black Beck Tarn - Warnscale Beck - Dubs Hut - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth Farm - Road back to Buttermere |
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The Harry Griffin 2,000 footers Walk 7 -The Buttermere Skyline |
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18th April 2015 |
| ASCENT: |
4,000 Feet - 1,219 Metres |
| MILES: |
14.5 |
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Honister Crag - Fleetwith Pike South West Top - Fleetwith Pike - High Crag - High Stile - Chapel Crags - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Dodd - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Great Borne North Top |
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Top of Honister Pass - Bell Crags - Honister Crag - Fleetwith Pike South West Top - Fleetwuth Pike - Dubs Bottom - Blackbeck Tarn - Innominate Tarn - Hay Stacks - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Seat - Gamlin End - High Crag - High Stile - Chapel Crags - Red Pike (Buttermere) - Dodd - Little Dodd - Starling Dodd - Great Borne - Great Borne North Top - Floutern Tarn - Whiteoak Moss - Scales Force - Buttermere Dubbs - The Fish Hotel, Buttermere |
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Four Passes from Seatoller |
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16th June 2013 |
| ASCENT: |
3,625 Feet 1,105 Metres |
| MILES: |
13.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
1, Haystacks |
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Seatoller – Seathwaite Bridge – Seathwaite Farm – Stockley Bridge – Styhead Gill – Styhead Tarn – Styhead Pass – Moses Trod – Wasdale Head – Black Sail Pass – Black Sail Hut – Scarth Gap Pass – Hay Stacks – Innominate Tarn – Blackbeck Tarn – Little Round How – Old Tramway Path – Honistor Hause – Honistor Pass – Seatoller |
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Red Pike to Fleetwith Pike |
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17th February 2013 |
| ASCENT: |
4,750 Feet, 1,448 Metres |
| MILES: |
9.2 |
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5, Red Pike (Buttermere) – High Stile – High Crag – Haystacks – Fleetwith Pike |
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Buttermere – Old Burtness – Bleaberry Tarn – Red Pike – High Stile – High Crag – Gamlin End – Seat – Scarth Gap – Haystacks – Blackbeck Tarn – Warnscale Beck – Dubs Hut – Dubs Bottom – Fleetwith Pike – Fleetwith Edge – Buttermere Lake Path – Buttermere |
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Great Gable Remembrance Day Service |
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11th November 2012 |
| ASCENT: |
2,400 Ft, 716 Meters |
| MILES: |
8.1 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
3, Green Gable – Great Gable – Haystacks |
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Honister Slate Mine – Gillercomb Head – Green Gable – Windy Gap – Great Gable – Windy Gap – Moses Trod – Haystacks – Innominate Tarn – Blackbeck Tarn – Dubs Bottom – Dubs Hut – Honister Slate Mine |
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Red Pike to Haystacks |
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19th February 2012 |
| ASCENT: |
4,000 Feet, 1,220 Metres |
| MILES: |
10.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
4, Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag & Haystacks |
| ROUTE: |
Buttermere – Old Burtness – Bleaberry Tarn – Red Pike – High Stile – High Crag – Gamlin End – Seat – Scarth Gap – Haystacks – Blackbeck Tarn – Warnscale Beck – Warnscale bottom – Gatesgarth – Buttermere |
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Haystacks With Owen |
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6th June 2009 |
| ASCENT: |
597 Mtrs 1958Ft |
| MILES: |
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| WAINWRIGHTS: |
1, Haystacks |
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Haystacks |
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14th December 2008 |
| ASCENT: |
597 Mtrs 1958 Ft |
| MILES: |
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| WAINWRIGHTS: |
1, Haystacks |
| ROUTE: |
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