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| Gatesgarth car park at the start of the walk |
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| Gatesgarth Farm - the handgate on the right is the start of the path to Haystacks via Scarth Gap |
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| The route via Warnscale starts a short distance from Gatesgarth Farm along the road towards Honister Pass where a rough track leads off towards Warnscale Bottom. This is the start of the old road to Dubs Quarry |
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| Haystacks from the Dubs Quarry road |
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| Warnscale Bottom looking towards Green Crag. The Dubs Quarry road can be seen rising to the left (north) of Warnscale Beck. The path to Haystacks crosses the beck and climbs below Green Crag. It was created to serve a small quarry on the south side of Warnscale Beck |
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| The footbridge over Warnscale Beck |
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| Looking back over Warnscale Bottom from the beginning of the climb |
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| The path gains height by a series of wide zig zags |
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| Buttermere and Crummock Water |
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| Higher up, the path traverses the scree slope below Green Cag with dramatic views into a deep ravine |
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| Looking across the ravine to the Dubs Quarry road on the opposite side |
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| Looking back along the scree section of the path to High Crag |
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| The Buttermere Valley from near the top of the path |
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| Haystacks from near the top of the path |
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| Another path coming up from Dubs Quarry joins this one |
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| A last look back to the Buttermere valley before the path turns to the west as it passes behind Green Crag |
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| Great Round How |
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| Fleetwith Pike from above Green Crag gully |
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| The path wends its way over a rugged area of heather studded with rocky tors and tarns towards the summit of Haystacks |
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| This is a fascinating place to explore when the mist is down |
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| Blackbeck Tarn, the largest of the tarns on Haystacks |
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| Beyond Blackbeck Tarn the path makes a steep rising traverse on a shelf above Black Beck |
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| Buttermere and Crummock Water from Black Beck |
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| Looking back to Green Crag on the climb from Black Beck |
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| From the same point looking towards Fleetwith Pike |
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| Innominate Tarn |
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| The path leading towards the summit from Innominate Tarn |
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| Approaching the summit |
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| The summit of Haystacks |
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| Hindscarth and the ridge leading to Dale Head |
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| The Helvellyn range over Fleetwith col |
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| Looking back to Innominate Tarn |
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| Kirk Fell across Ennerdale |
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| The crags and coves of Pillar |
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| Ennerdale |
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| High Crag |
