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Innominate Tarn – View of Buttermere loop from Gatesgarth

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Innominate Tarn – View of Buttermere loop from Gatesgarth

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Innominate Tarn – View of Buttermere loop from Gatesgarth

03:45

8.84km

640m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.49 km

View of Buttermere and Crummock Water

Highlight • Viewpoint

Take time to admire the view down the valley over Buttermere Crummock Water and Loweswater in the distance

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1.83 km

Fleetwith Pike summit and views over Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fleetwith Pike is one of my favourite Wainwrights. My favourite way to approach the summit is from Gatesgarth farm. It's a steep direct route up the nose of the fell. The views on the descent over Buttermere, Crummock Water and Loweswater in the distance are stunning.

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2.43 km

Honister Crag (Black Star) West Top

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Honister Crag (Black Star) West Top 623.0m P8.7 Unclass [JNSA s1042]

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5.22 km

Innominate Tarn

Highlight • Lake

Innominate Tarn on Haystacks is where Alfred Wainwrights ashes were scattered. These are his own words, taken from his Western Fells guidebook - "All I ask for, at the end, is a last long resting place by the side of Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks, where the water gently laps the gravelly shore and the heather blooms and Pillar and Gable keep unfailing watch. A quiet place, a lonely place. I shall go to it, for the last time, and be carried: someone who knew me in life will take me and empty me out of a little box and leave me there alone. And if you, dear reader, should get a bit of grit in your boot as you are crossing Haystacks in the years to come, please treat it with respect. It might be me."

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6.40 km

Scarth Gap Pass

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Scarth Gap is the 1,460-foot (445 m) high mountain pass between beautiful Buttermere and tranquil Ennerdale in the Western Lake District. It makes use of the col between the towering High Crag and Haystacks, Wainwright's favourite fell and final resting place.

From the Gap, it's an entertaining clamber to Haystacks' summit or a steep, rocky pull up onto High Crag. Energetic hikers also use the pass to reach the remote and mighty Wainwright summit of Pillar from Gatesgarth, a big but rewarding undertaking.

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7.13 km

View of Buttermere from High Wax Knott

Highlight • Viewpoint

Just like every other place on the way to Hay Stacks, the view is joyous!

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7.96 km

Buttermere South Shore Path

Highlight • Lake

Alfred Wainwrights final resting place as written in his books “These are his own words, taken from his Western Fells guidebook - "All I ask for, at the end, is a last long resting place by the side of Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks, where the water gently laps the gravelly shore and the heather blooms and Pillar and Gable keep unfailing watch. A quiet place, a lonely place. I shall go to it, for the last time, and be carried: someone who knew me in life will take me and empty me out of a little box and leave me there alone. And if you, dear reader, should get a bit of grit in your boot as you are crossing Haystacks in the years to come, please treat it with respect. It might be me."

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8.15 km

View of Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stunning vantage point for photos either towards Buttermere or Fleetwith Pike.

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8.84 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.30 km

2.97 km

505 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.45 km

1.83 km

1.78 km

711 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (620 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Friday 8 May

11°C

3°C

45 %

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Innominate Tarn – View of Buttermere loop from Gatesgarth

View of Buttermere and Crummock Water

Fleetwith Pike summit and views over Buttermere

Honister Crag (Black Star) West Top

Innominate Tarn

Scarth Gap Pass

View of Buttermere from High Wax Knott

Buttermere South Shore Path

View of Buttermere

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