W3 · Western
Buttermere Fells - High Crag to Great Borne
21.7 km · 1228 m · OS time 07:52 h · with dogs 9-10 h · Very hard Amber
This trip: 0/5 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Buttermere NT car park (north entrance to village)
CA13 9UZ · NY172172 · 54.54372, -3.281
NT tariff, members free. Village pay car park by the Fish Hotel (CA13 9XA) as backup.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Buttermere along the lake shore to the head of the lake, up Scarth Gap and the steep Gamlin End to High Crag, along to High Stile and Red Pike. West over the long grassy ridge to Starling Dodd and Great Borne, then back east along the valley path past Scale Force to Buttermere.
Dog hazards
Gamlin End is very steep but now a pitched path. Red Pike's summit is loose and steep, and there are crag edges above Burtness Comb and Chapel Crags - leads on near the edges. Floutern area is a notorious bog.
Scrambles
None.
Water
Bleaberry Tarn, Floutern Tarn, Scale Beck.
Livestock
Sheep; cattle by Buttermere village.
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