⛰️ Whiteless Pike

660 m · Wainwright — North Western Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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660 mWainwright — North Western Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+6 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Whiteless Pike at 660m (2,165ft) is the southern sentinel of the Grasmoor ridge above Buttermere, a sharp, pointed summit giving excellent views of the Buttermere valley and Crummock Water. Wainwright noted the dramatic view looking down to both lakes from the summit ridge. The ascent from Buttermere village via Whiteless Breast is direct and rewarding. Most naturally combined with Wandope and Grasmoor for the full western circuit above Buttermere and Crummock Water. The lake views are excellent throughout.

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.

0.7 km NNEThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western
0.9 km WNWLad Hows426 m · North Western
2.0 km EIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
2.0 km NNEEel Crag (Birkett)807 m · North Western
2.2 km SSEHigh Snockrigg526 m · North Western
3.0 km NNESand Hill756 m · North Western

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Whiteless Pike (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 2.1 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
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Lanthwaite Green (NT) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)
At the foot of Grasmoor and Whiteside, Crummock Water.
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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 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

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

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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