High Stile
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 807 m (2,648 ft) |
| Prominence | 362 m (1,188 ft) |
| Parent peak | Great Gable |
| Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, Wainwright, Nuttall |
| Coordinates | 54°31′18″N 3°17′02″W / 54.52167°N 3.28381°WCoordinates: 54°31′18″N 3°17′02″W / 54.52167°N 3.28381°W |
| Geography | |
 High Stile
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| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Western Fells |
| OS grid | NY170148 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 89, Explorer OL4 |
High Stile is a mountain in the western part of the Lake District in northwest England. It is the eleventh-highest English Marilyn, standing 807 metres (2,648 ft) high, and has a relative height of 362 metres (1,187 ft).
It is the highest in the range of fells extending north-west from Great Gable towards Loweswater, and together with its satellites, Red Pike and High Crag, forms a trio of fells overlooking the lake and village of Buttermere. On this side are high crags, wild combes and a small tarn, Bleaberry Tarn. High Stile is most easily ascended as part of a traverse of the three fells.
The Western Fells occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and Wasdale to the south east. Westwards the hills diminish toward the coastal plain of Cumberland. At the central hub of the high country are Great Gable and its satellites, while two principal ridges fan out on either flank of Ennerdale, the western fells in effect being a great horseshoe around this long wild valley. The highest section of the northern branch is formed by the trio of Buttermere fells, High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike.
The Buttermere Fells, also known as Buttermere Edge, form the watershed between Buttermere and Upper Ennerdale. The Ennerdale flanks are steep and rough with areas of crag, the lower slopes being planted with a ribbon of conifers. Across the narrow ridge-top to the north are deep corries and dark walls of crag, glowering down over the lake. The ridge continues south east to Haystacks and the Great Gable group. Beyond Red Pike to the west are Starling Dodd, Great Borne and the Loweswater Fells.
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