Fleetwith Pike rises in one steep edge from the lakeshore at Gatesgarth, and its summit overlooks the Buttermere valley with Crummock Water and Loweswater beyond. Its northern face, Honister Crag, has been quarried for green slate since the 1750s, with a break between 1986 and 1997. On the way up Fleetwith Edge you pass a small white cross put up by friends of Fanny Mercer, who was killed in an accident in 1887.
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Crags on almost every side, grass and heather on top, and slate quarried from Honister Crag.
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Also on this route: High Stile, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Crag, Starling Dodd, Great Borne, Haystacks
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
