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Name: | Haystacks (Buttermere) |
Hill number: | 2457 |
Height: | 597m / 1959ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2367 Great Gable |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries, Calder & Ehen |
Watershed: | St Bees Head to Ravenscar |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Trail 100 (Tu,5,Dew,W,B,Sy,Fel,T100) |
Grid ref: | NY 19335 13151 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 78m |
Col: | 519m NY204124 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | this is the S cairn and is about 2m higher than N cairn 50m N at NY 19336 13204 |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Dewey summit. Wainwright/Birkett is cairn 50m north. |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1752 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
TC, EC. From top of Honister Pass | TopCat1959 | 26/02/2024 |
Lovely day with snow on the high tops | ejjohnstone | 06/12/2023 |
12.1 miles 3757ft walk,start at Honister Pass NT carpark to Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts. | stephenbuda | 15/10/2023 |
161 | windybilly | 12/10/2023 |
Revisit. On route between Green Crag and Dodd (Buttermere). Visited both cairns. | PGCE | 03/09/2023 |
walked with Dave & Anne, Marc & Hannah (plus Jess). Hannah scattered Barry's ashes overlooking Buttermere. | jonsutterby71 | 02/09/2023 |
Bob & Duke Wednesday 30th/8/2023 Z 1432 hrs. | DukeNukem | 30/08/2023 |
The High Stile Ridge, east to west from Buttermere. Visited Haystacks, Seat, High Crag, High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere), Little Dodd, Starling Dodd, Great Borne, and back by Scale Force. A windy day on the tops, but after initial rain, it brightened up to sunny intervals. The Buttermere valley looked wonderful in the afternoon sun. 25km with1700m ascent taking 9 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 20/08/2023 |
From Gatescarth Farm. 
8.5 km, 760 m asc. 
SE up Fleetwith Edge to Fleetwith Pike and Honister Crag (Black Star). 
S and W to Dubs Hut, across Warnscale Beck and Black Beck and up to Haystacks. 
Down by Scarth Gap and Peggy's Bridge. 
Showers. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309574269 | SalmonJoe | 05/07/2023 |
R K | Richard Tait | 24/06/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/h5Q1Y10KLzb | livvips | 12/05/2023 |
From Honister slate mine with Rach and Rachel. Rachel's first Waiwright. Rachel proved to herself she could do it. | janey.m | 29/04/2023 |
From Fleetwith Pike via Green Crag; on to Black Sail Hut | jeffpl | 24/04/2023 |
Company: SC. | iandesbottes | 09/04/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 57: Spider (High Stile, Red Pike, High Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Starling Dodd, Great Borne & Hay Stacks) | DavidHiner | 03/04/2023 |
From Honister Crag; my inept routefinding in the clag meant I took in the quarry and a rather wet fording experience before I made it to the top. Innominate tarn was beautiful though. | Richard | 23/03/2023 |
From Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere. 
8 km, 730 m asc. 
Up Fleetwith Edge to Fleetwith Pike summit. 
SE to Dubs Quarry and SW over Warnscale Beck and by Blackbeck Tarn and Innominate Tarn to Haystacks summit. 
Down W to Scarth Gap and N back to Gatescarth. 
Clear, dry, sunny. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304119875 | SalmonJoe | 29/11/2022 |
With VAR | VIPete28 | 18/10/2022 |
With: hb; From Gatesgarth farm up Fleetwith Edge to summit. Down to Dubs Hut to look around then Warnscale Head for same. Had lunch there. Then over Haystacks to Scarth Gap and return to car. | Ian Baines | 21/09/2022 |
Climbed from Buttermere parking | Deego | 19/09/2022 |
18k from Gatesgarth, grey crag, high stile, high crag, seat, haystacks, green crag, warnscale bothy, dubs hut, honister crag, fleetwith pike. | AvidSockWearer | 11/09/2022 |
DWC | MandyBaldam | 03/09/2022 |
Second day of walking/camping. Big day, warm and Windy. Started from Buttermere campsite - pack heavy! Red Pike (Buttermere) High Stile, High Crag (Buttermere) Haystacks, Pillar, Scoat Fell, Steeple, Red Pike (wasdale) Yewbarrow. 15.6 miles & 6752 ft elevation. | nell1583 | 12/07/2022 |
3rd time. | russell61 | 19/06/2022 |
Red Pike to Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere. Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Haystacks - Fleetwith Pike. | sms.37 | 02/06/2022 |
Completed as part of route from Keswick to buttermere on the great Lakeland 3 dayer | emily | 30/04/2022 |
With Andy on the way Buttermere Edge. | munkyennui | 16/04/2022 |
Good hike with Hannah, Jess, and Wandrille. | WillToppo | 14/04/2022 |
6/7 (Repeat to Haystacks) Little Round How, Great Round How, Seavy Knott, Haystacks South East Top, Innominate Peak, Haystacks (repeat) and finally Green Crag. All from free parking half way up to Honister from Seatoller. Easy enough walk. Lost our camera on the way round but some nice soul found it and handed it in at Honister Mines (thank you very much whoever you are). | nickywood1 | 20/03/2022 |
Wet/windy/no visibility. | Amanda&JamesExplore | 03/01/2022 |
Chuffing cold. Met Richard Hammond. 
Descended to Black Sail and camped. Windy cold night. | Cora Thorny | 21/11/2021 |
RRDPTH | Richard Tait | 30/10/2021 |
Tony and John W. Wainwright 212 | LANGDALE | 29/09/2021 |
R K also Emily from US on C2C | Richard Tait | 23/09/2021 |
did this with the mother after a attempt a couple of weeks back the weather back then was so wet the river was unpassable. so we went back and it was glorious dry and clear, love this mountain its so diverse . me flo and mum | Lauralj84 | 28/08/2021 |
went up the classic route with Katherine for her birthday. | andrewcoles | 14/08/2021 |
Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Seavy Knott, Haystacks SE Top, Innominate Peak, Haystacks - wild camp at Blackbeck Tarn - Green Crag, Great Round How, Little Round How. | lindslow | 07/08/2021 |
Walked this with my son for his 30th birthday. Wasn't sure i would be up to it but managed well even with 2 dogs aged 11 and 12. 
We started at Garesearch. | Kat | 13/07/2021 |
Ennerdale wild camp day 1 | MrChris1980 | 12/07/2021 |
With Keith | christine99 | 08/07/2021 |
Great day out. Did the Ennerdale round, anticlockwise. | siholden | 02/07/2021 |
From Buttermere up Fleetwith Pike, along the top to Great Borne and back. Cracking day out! | atreides7887 | 26/06/2021 |
Started in beautiful clear sunshine fornthe weather to turn making visability poor, what we did see however was fantastic, love this mountain its like a adventure playground, so diverse not just a peak.... Will be back soon 
Laura kay flo | Lauralj84 | 24/06/2021 |
THE LAST ONE – Getting up at 4am we headed off for a life changing day. We blasted our original iPhone paylist all the way to Gatesgarth Car park. At the car park we struggled to get £4 together but coppered up and parked in the perfect place. After setting off and a pied wagtail mugged me off it was heads down and up we went. After a quick water stop half way up using the filter I put the ring in my pocket. We carried on on the fun scrambles up to the summit. We first headed to the highest point before making our way to the Wainwright summit. We touched the top together to complete this adventure. On the top I mentioned starting a longer adventure and ask Bec to marry me. We made our way down the side of Fleetwith Pike for a week of celebrating across the lakes and in York for the weekend.WE DID IT!!!!! | Scotty 2 Hotty | 21/06/2021 |
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: 
https://www.komoot.com/tour/393375702 | outlawcatcher | 15/06/2021 |
11.1 mile walk from Honister Pass. Followed good path towards Green Gable with a brief diversion onto Brandreth's Summit then followed path onto Green Gable, then followed horrible scree-covered path down to Windy Gap col. From here ascending Great Gable over rocks and boulders to summit. Had the top to ourselves, it was only about 9.30am though. From Great Gable we descended path back to Windy Gap and followed Moses's Trod towards Haystacks following trail near Seavey Knott to summit. From summit we followed main path by Little Round How and then followed hard-to-find trail onto Fleetwith Pike, descending back to Honister and car. 1186m ascent. Clear with high cloud cover, amazing views. Saw quite a lot of people on Haystacks, not many others elsewhere! | DanTrig | 15/06/2021 |
Parked the night on Wed 19th in Honister slate mines car park. As grim rainy forecast blowing in from noon-ish, hyper early start at 5.30. Even at my slow pace reckoned is get round a triangle of Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks 'n Brandreth in about 6 hours. rains arrived early about 10.30. Got well soaked in the last hour. | vegibagger | 20/05/2021 |
Up from Honister Hause via Fleetwith Pike. | Andrew Pearson | 19/05/2021 |
with Elizabeth. | Cumbrianexile | 19/05/2021 |
With Sarah Evans, sunny day turning cloudy as day progressed, snow on high peaks including a dusting on Haystacks. Parked at Gatesgarth Farm, ascended via Scarth Gap Pass, onto summit, via tarns, along to just below Dubs Quarry, to descend alongside Warnscale Beck/ waterfall and into Warnscale Bottom using old mine path. Very cold and windy on the top, with definite wind chill factor, however stunning views. Haystacks is essentially a big chunk of rock with no defined summit, due to its rocky, craggy nature. I'm not sure I understand its appeal and I wont be rushing to do it again. However maybe a second explore on a warmer day may change my mind. | Ruth Mackay | 27/03/2021 |