COURSE START - 08:00 (New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale)

MID-WAY CUT OFF - TBC

MOUNTAIN CUT OFF - TBC

COURSE CLOSES – 18:00 (New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale)

SHORT ROUTE IN FORCE – TBC

If you do not reach Styhead Pass by the above cut off time above, you will be short routed back to the finish via an easier and more direct route

Provisional race route supplied for illustrative purposes only. Route amendments and updates may be made at the Race Director’s sole discretion. © Harvey Maps.

From the race start at the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, the first climb takes you on a lung bursting ascent of Harrison Stickle.

From the summit of Harrison Stickle you drop down directly to Stickle Tarn and ascend behind Pavey Ark via 'Easy Gully' to its summit and the Langdale Common.

Taking in High Raise, you follow a technical single track into the bottom of Stonethwaite before bending round into Seathwaite and the only fully supplied Food Station on the route (CP5).

From Seathwaite Farm you re-join the race route to start the ascent of the spectacular 'Sour Milk Gill' waterfalls and follow the track that winds up into the Gillercomb Valley, past Base Brown to the summit of Green Gable.

A short sharp drop brings you to Windy Gap, the col between Great and Green Gable. Here you run underneath Gable Crags and through Beck Head to circumnavigate Great Gable on a wonderfully technical boulder field trail taking you underneath Napes Needle. 

After arriving at Sty Head Pass, you’ll begin one of the most classic and technical ascents of the Scafell Massif, the race goes via the 'Corridor Route' that leads directly to the summit of Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.

From here, turn North East, making for the summit of Broad Crag and crossing the technical boulder fields on the way. Continue on to pass Esk Hause [the split for the Scafell Sky Ultra] and ascend Esk Pike and Bowfell over very rough terrain. From Bowfell you drop into Great Slab and the most awesome descent and down The Band back into Great Langdale. 

Grab a quick bite and drink at the Feed/Aid Station here before trying to keep the legs moving along the valley floor. On reaching the Old Dungeon Ghyll pub all that is left is the final technical trail before the last technical descent to the finish!

The route is fully marked and flagged, and whilst no navigational experience is required to follow the route, we highly recommend it as part of the race rules and regulations.

A safety team will be present on the hill for the full duration of the race, and there are 8 marshalled control points at high-level locations along the course.

In cases of certain extreme conditions, we may have to enforce a reduced Bad Weather Route (shown in green on the map above), designed with the safety of competitors and the race team in mind.

The Bad Weather Route is at the Race Director’s sole discretion but has been designed to retain as much of the spirit of Scafell Sky Ultra as possible.

[Please Note: A deviation of the Bad Weather Route may be used in situations of inclement weather conditions to offer the best running again at the discretion of the Race Director]