The Course

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 ascend the monolith of Kirk Fell. Attaining the summit, you now drop sharply down over blocky technical ground to arrive at Black Sail Pass and your descent into Mosedale then Wasdale Head to be greeted by a LDST Feed/Aid Station. Next tackle the long ascent to Sty Head Pass.

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. On reaching the summit, you’ll set out towards the Great Langdale Valley via Esk Hause and passing Angle Tarn on your descent back into Great Langdale.

A cruel twist of fate allows you to be within 3km of the start, but now you travel into Oxendale crossing the beck and heading up a steep trail to pass Red Tarn on your right and the Pike O'Blisco on your left. Technical trails deliver you into Little Langdale and an undulating route circumnavigating the Pike O'Blisco and Lingmoor Fell, taking the same trails back into Great Langdale as the GL21 takes.

On reaching the Old Dungeon Ghyll pub all that is left is the mean final technical trail before the last technical descent to the finish!