Mark and I stayed at the YHA in Buttermere while Peter, Richard and Rob were at the Bridge Inn in the village. We got off to a good start climbing Red Pike from the diagonal approach close to Sour Milk Gill. After a steep, tricky ascent on scree we found ourselves at the top of Red Pike!
Above: Tony, Mark, Rob, Peter Richard on top of Red Pike
The route was pretty straight-forward from here, a mostly grassy wide ridge route to High Stile (2648ft/807m), the highest point in the walking today. It was also an ideal stop for lunch with lots of rocks at the top and good weather on the day. We continued along to our third top of the day at High Crag before descending to Seat and descending scramble into Scarth Gap. Mark's injury forced him lake bound at this stage but the rest of us climbed the rocky Haystacks and Innominate Tarn, Wainwright's resting place. Peter, Rob and Rich descended on the path along the western side of Fleetwith Pike while I split off to top the peak and descended to Gatesgarth. Food was top notch in the Bridge Inn a good weekend all round!
Above: Rob and Peter on the Red Pike ascent, near the top of the first tree line.
