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View of Buttermere – Innominate Tarn loop from Honister Pass

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United Kingdom
England
North West England
Cumbria
Allerdale
Borrowdale

View of Buttermere – Innominate Tarn loop from Honister Pass

Moderate

4.9

(50)

420

hikers

View of Buttermere – Innominate Tarn loop from Honister Pass

04:47

11.5km

820m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

175 m

Honister Slate Sculptures and Café

Highlight • Monument

The buildings at Honister are decorated with iconic slate sculptures. The buildings house a café (I recommend the mars bar tray bake), a shop, toilets and you can book mine tours, via ferrata and more from here.

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2

2.26 km

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

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3

2.84 km

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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4

3.18 km

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

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5

5.18 km

View of Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

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

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6

6.19 km

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

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6.92 km

Scarth Gap

Mountain Pass

8

8.03 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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9

9.53 km

Dubs Quarry Tramway

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Very well preserved in places, an interesting piece of industrial heritage that leads directly to Dubs Quarry bothy

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B

11.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.09 km

3.01 km

1.09 km

319 m

Surfaces

6.95 km

1.73 km

1.72 km

746 m

319 m

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Highest point (620 m)

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Tuesday 30 June

17°C

11°C

61 %

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