Terrain Overview
Walk Overview
The forecasted poor weather was thankfully wrong for the Bank Holiday weekend
so we seized the day to visit Buttermere and climb up to Wandope via
Whiteless Pike and Whiteless Breast. Great views to be had on top of the Scafell range
The walk starts from the NT car park about a quarter of a mile from the back of the
Bridge Inn pub. At the time of writing it was £6.50 for a full day. It`s VERY popular
From the entrance of the car park turn right then just slightly further down the road
on the left a stony path leads past a row of cottages heading out to the valley
of Sail Beck
Not long past the cottages, a wooden gate gives access to the open tracks
of the lower Fell side
Shortly after passing through the gate, the path forks. We took the left fork initially
heading towards High House Crag
Looking back towards Buttermere and the High Stile range. Slightly left of centre
is Haystacks dwarfed by its surrounding neighbours
The route swings left towards the base of Whiteless Breast and joins a zig-zag
path that helps with the steep climb
Looking North East towards Crummock Water and a distant Loweswater
Continuing along the path to Whiteless Breast. It`s very steep in parts but head
towards a series of rock bands after which the walking is less steep
Looking North West down the Sail Beck valley towards a distant Causey Pike
Approaching the series of rock bands that require a bit of mild scrambling. The path,
now at its steepest, is stone pitched to assist with the climb
Looking back from the climb up the path towards the Southern end of Buttermere
High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike with Pillar peeping over the top
We make it to the summit of Whiteless Pike. Click here for a 360 degree view
Sue and Rob on the summit of Whiteless Pike
What a view !! - So many prominent Fells to take in.
Green Gable, Great Gable, Scafell Pike, Pillar, Haystacks. Just stunning
Looking North towards Crummock Water and Loweswater
The ridge walk to Wandope via Thirdgill Head Man
It was at this point whilst taking a lengthy pause on the summit we had the pleasure
of meeting up with Judy and Ian Gordon from Yarm, Stockton on Tees. They were up
for the week and on this walk they would complete the whole of Book 6 by going on
to Sail and Grasmoor (some considerable yomping there). We spent a while on the
summit talking, comparing notes and just taking in the marvellous views.
A close up view of Scafell Pike on the left. You can just about make out the
summit cairn. Scafell on the right
The four of us set out to cross the dramatic edge leading up to Wandope.
Here, we are looking back down the ridgeline
Looking East towards Helvellyn and Catstye Cam
Looking across Newlands Hause towards Robinson
Looking out across the Irish Sea to a shadowy Isle of Man
After another stop and chat on the summit of Wandope with Ian and Judy, they
headed off North to visit the summit of Sail and pictured here Grasmoor.
Thank you both for your company
We stayed on the summit of Wandope for some considerable time and
didn`t really want to come down
Looking over Crummock Water to Mellbreak
Journeying back down and passing by many of the precipitous drops along
the connecting ridge. After several previous walks in the wind and rain, it was such
a pleasure to be out in Lakeland on a day like today
