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High Stile Summit – Haystacks Summit loop from Honister Pass

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High Stile Summit – Haystacks Summit loop from Honister Pass

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High Stile Summit – Haystacks Summit loop from Honister Pass

04:17

21.8km

1,560m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.89 km

Dale Head Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Dale Head occupies a grand position, its lofty perch overlooking Buttermere, Newlands and Borrowdale. It makes for a quick, if strenuous, Wainwright bag from the Honister Pass, or it can be linked with the likes of Hindscarth and Robinson to the west and High Spy, Maiden Moor and Catbells to the north. However you choose to tackle it, it will richly reward your efforts.

Tip by

5.58 km

Robinson

Peak

9.31 km

Syke Farm Tearoom

Highlight • Cafe

Such a great cafe. Amazing pies in winter and ice cream in summer. Highly recommend.

Tip by

9.32 km

Syke Farm Tea Room & Ice Cream

Highlight • Cafe

Skye Farm Tea Room is a popular place in a great location. They serve a nice selection of home cooked food as well as drinks, cake and snacks. Do try the homemade ice cream that's made with the prize-winning milk of their own Ayrshire cows.
Skye farm also run the wonderful, basic campsite in Buttermere if you want to base yourself here and explore the wealth of running available.

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10.1 km

View of Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the edge of Buttermere looking over to Fleetwith, Black Star, and Honister Quarry. Nice place to take a rest after coming down the stone steps from the Fells, be warned the bridge over the Gill is out of action (17.6 19) there is a half km diversion.

Tip by

11.9 km

Bleaberry Tarn

Lake

12.8 km

Red Pike (Buttermere)

Highlight • Climb

So called due to the red coloured soil and stone, do be careful going down Red Pike as the paths have all but eroded and its mainly loose stones. If you park at Buttermere village and make Red Pike your first climb, then you can more or less keep going all day. High Stile, High Crag, Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike, Honister, and Dale Head are all on a circular route if you have the energy and time.

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13.9 km

High Stile Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Shapely and noble, High Stile is the highest point of the eye-catching ridge soaring proudly above Buttermere. Traversing this ridge – the Buttermere Edge – should not be rushed. It’s a place to linger: find a rocky outcrop and savour the panoramas over the exquisite Buttermere Valley and its wild neighbour Ennerdale.

Tip by

15.2 km

View of Buttermere from High Crag

Highlight • Summit

Very windy day on my last visit here, do be mindful of that as you cross the tops. Great views down to Buttermere.

Tip by

15.8 km

High Crag

Peak

17.0 km

Scarth Gap

Mountain Pass

17.6 km

Haystacks Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Alfred Wainwright’s favourite fell and final resting place, Haystacks is achingly pretty: a place where rocky, craggy coarseness meets the quaint charm of tarns and streams in perfect harmony. Alf described the peak as a ‘wonderful cure’ to the everyday worries of life. If you’re feeling stressed, go climb Haystacks.

Tip by

18.2 km

Innominate Tarn

Lake

21.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.1 km

2.75 km

2.68 km

828 m

376 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.95 km

5.65 km

5.30 km

926 m

498 m

454 m

Elevation

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Highest point (790 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Monday 24 August

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High Stile Summit – Haystacks Summit loop from Honister Pass

Dale Head Summit

Syke Farm Tearoom

Syke Farm Tea Room & Ice Cream

View of Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Red Pike (Buttermere)

High Stile Summit

View of Buttermere from High Crag

Haystacks Summit

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