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| Name: | White Stones - The Band |
| Hill number: | 3740 |
| Height: | 568m / 1864ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2359 Scafell Pike |
| RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
| Grid ref: | NY 26049 06046 |
| Summit feature: | rock |
| Drop: | 16m |
| Col: | 552m NY 2594 0605  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Observations: | rock 50m SE at NY 26070 06023 is c 50cm lower |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 359 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at NT ODG. Nuttal walk 5.3. Circuit around Pike o'Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Cold Pike W Top, Cold Pike Far W Top, Little Stand, Crinkle Crags S Top, Crinkle Crags Long Top, Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags N Top and White Stones just off the Band. Repeat visit for some of these from student days Breezy and in/out of cloud all day but enjoyable return visit to Langdale after many years. Solo | richard69 | 25/09/2023 |
| From Old Dungeon Ghyll. 15.5 km, 1050 m asc. Up by Mickleden and Stake Gill to Black Crags, Buck Pike and Rossett Pike. W to Angle Tarn and S to Ore Gap. Up to Esk Pike and S to Pike de Bield. Back to Ore Gap and up to Bowfell summit. Down by Three Tarns and White Stones (The Band). Dry, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309083949 | SalmonJoe | 05/06/2023 |
| Great Lakeland 3 Dayer | emily | 29/04/2023 |
| From Great Langdale. White stones, Bowfell, Bowfell North Top, Esk Pike, Tongue Head, Rossett Pike, Buck Pike and Black Crags. GLorious weather!! | alunrees40 | 20/04/2023 |
| Loop from ODGH. Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike X3. Little Stand, Crinkle Crags, Shelter Crags, White Stones. | Longwojo | 05/02/2023 |
| With Jus, Cat & Jim. Loop from Langdale, up the band, across Crinkle Crags, down to Cold Pike and back down via Red Tarn and Oxendale. Tough going given that we were all either injured, ill or exhausted! However, a glorious day enjoyed by all, with amazing weather for October. Loved bagging a hill every few hundred feet on the crinkles! | wheresthepath | 02/10/2022 |
| W/MP. Crinkle Crags from Old Dungeon Ghyll. | Sedge | 23/05/2022 |
| The Band to Pike O'Bliscoe via Crinkle Crags | trimarc2 | 20/04/2022 |
| Last hill of the day before a pint in the ODG. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/03/2022 |
| Second attempt to do a round of 20 hills in 2 days saw us a little further around & getting to the top of White Stones. However, we gave up here... No views, 20ft visibility, wet & 'orrible! | DanMaisieBex | 30/12/2021 |
| Possibly done before | Alan Moore | 09/12/2020 |
| Crinkle Crags Round from Sticklebarn CP | screeleep | 10/10/2020 |
| With: hb sb tp mt; From ODG CP, up The Band then Climber's Traverse and Great Slab up to Bow Fell. Past N Top onto Esk Pike, Esk Hause then Angle Tarn and Rossett Pike descending via Stake Pass. | Ian Baines | 20/09/2020 |
| With: ib sb tp mt; From ODG CP, up The Band then Climber's Traverse and Great Slab up to Bow Fell. Past N Top onto Esk Pike, Esk Hause then Angle Tarn and Rossett Pike descending via Stake Pass. | Helen Baines | 20/09/2020 |
| On the way down to The NDG after a walk on The Crinkles with Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 19/01/2020 |
| On way up Bowfell after missing it many previous times. | PeterD | 26/12/2019 |
| Bagged while passing on the way down The Band from Bow Fell with Lindsey and Tony. Took in the other little knolls around White Stones. A dull descent in rain. | Skip | 03/11/2019 |
| Visited on a circuit with my wife when we started and finished from the ODG. | morgs4mountains | 23/09/2019 |
| From Langdale campsite up to High Rise then around to Bow Fell. Nice big day out. | LaurieIson21 | 08/08/2019 |
| DAY 2 OF BIRKETT BAGGING BONANZA. FROM LANGDALE CAMPSITE UP TO RED TARN AND OUT TO STONESTY PIKE BEFORE ADDING THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH CRINKLES TO THE LIST. REPEATED FIRST AND SECOND CRINKLES AND SHELTER CRAGS FOR GOOD MEASURE AND DID WHITE STONES ON WAY DOWN THE BAND. A FINE, CLEAR DAY. | BURGESS | 08/07/2019 |
| Circuit from Langdale to pick off hills previously missed: White Stones -> Shelter Crags N Top -> Crinkle Crag 4 & 3 -> Stonesty Pike -> Great Knott -> Brown Howe. Started raining as we left the car park, didn't stop until returning to the car park - a dreich day. With nephy Andrew P. | jonglew | 26/04/2019 |
| White Stones, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End | keithouk | 03/12/2017 |
| KeithByTheC | 25/11/2017 | |
| NT car park at the ODG - Good path up The Band & then 200yd or so over tussocky grass to summit rock. (PM) | gerrybowes | 25/10/2017 |
| From Old Dungeon Ghyll. On the excellent path up The Band. I must have missed this one on previous visits. With GB. | bolton | 25/10/2017 |
| cj bw | chrisj1965 | 15/10/2017 |
| From ODG and Stool End, many times | bardolph | 02/09/2017 |
| From Yeastyrigg Crags. Must've been over this before but thought I'd make sure. On to Shelter Crags North Top. | Wycombe Wanderer | 17/07/2017 |
| Started from Stickle Ghyll CP along the Cumbria Way to Rossett Pike, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Bow Fell and back down The Band to the CP. | Delta68 | 17/06/2017 |
| Langdale-The Band-White Stones-Three Tarns-Bowfell-Bowfell North Top-Three Tarns-The Band- langdale. With Stu K. | MorecambeMonkey | 05/04/2017 |
| From public car park at Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, en route to Scafell Pike. Short detour from main route, good views in most directions when the hill fog lifted. | muzza2 | 05/03/2017 |
| With Jill and Gary. Old Dungeon Gill Inn, Brown Howell, Greater Knottingley, Stonesby Pike, Crinkle Crags, Shelter Crags, White Stones. | ijpowell | 18/08/2016 |
| Last of the Wainwrights with Simocity. I went the extra mile for this one.... | Flipperfeet | 06/08/2016 |
| Done on the way down The Band. I have passed it enough times so today i decided to clear it off the jobs outstanding as I descended by that route. | Aimless Rambler | 27/06/2016 |
| From Stickle Barn (NY 29403 06339) - Stake Pass - Martcrag Moor - Black Crags - Buck Pike - Rossett Pike - Tongue Head - Ore Gap - Bowfell North Top - Bowfell - White Stones The Band. | david230201 | 29/05/2016 |
| From ODG, climbed from The Band on way to Bow Fell, BF North Top, Esk Pike and Rossett Pike, before descending via Rossett Gill back to ODG - with Dave, Jago, Adrian, Tim, Steve G, Paul, Johnson & Shaun. | stevem76 | 23/04/2016 |
| CBH & Sabs | Littledave | 12/02/2016 |
| With: hb sb ab; Parked at ODG NT. Walked up Oxendale to Red Tarn. Snow down to 250m with hard frost. Then over Crinkles. Axes & crampons needed on icy ridge. Stunning views. Descent over Shelter Crags to Three Tns then up deep snow to Bowfell. Dn by Band. | Ian Baines | 10/02/2016 |
| With: ib sb ab; | Helen Baines | 10/02/2016 |
| With G. Old Hotel > The Band > Bowfell tops > Esk Pike > Esk Hause > The Tongue > Rossett Pike > Buck Pike > Black Crags > Hotel via Cumbria Way. | RT1970 | 02/11/2015 |
| Bagged | Tobo1969 | 04/10/2015 |
| With Clare, Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 31/07/2015 |
| on way down the band from bowfell back to car at NDG car park | colinfielding | 09/05/2015 |
| Border End, Hard Knott South Top, Hard Knott, Yew Bank, The Band | keithouk | 15/03/2015 |
| (Walkers with) Torun Mcmoran (Parking/start point) ODG Hotel - Stool End Farm - The Band - White Stones - Bowfell - Three Tarns - Hell Gill - Whorneyside Force - Stool End Farm - ODG Hotel. | redbob | 27/02/2015 |
| White Stones, Bowfell, Bowfell North top, Esk Pike, Tongue Head, Rosett Pike, Buck Pike, Black Crags. From Great Langdale | AlunRees31 | 22/01/2015 |
| White Stones, Bowfell, Bowfell North top, Esk Pike, Tongue Head, Rosett Pike, Buck Pike, Black Crags. From Great Langdale | Alunrees33 | 22/01/2015 |
| from stickle barn lovely weather | iannotts | 06/09/2014 |
| De-tour off the main path while coming down the band | robert | 22/07/2014 |
| Seathwaite to Langdale with wild camp on Great Knott. Via Crinkle Crags and Shelter Crags | fellowsa | 11/07/2014 |