⛰️ White Stones - The Band

568 m · Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

568 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+12 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

1.3 km SWShelter Crags815 m · Southern
1.5 km SWCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
1.8 km SGreat Knott695 m · Southern
1.8 km SWCrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
1.9 km NNWBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
2.1 km NNWBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern
2.2 km ENEThorn Crag644 m · Central
2.2 km SSWStonesty Pike765 m · Southern
2.6 km WNWPike de Bield810 m · Southern
2.8 km SEWrynose Fell - Long Crag547 m · Southern
2.9 km SSWLittle Stand740 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over White Stones - The Band (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 3.0 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
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Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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