How far is the Pilgrims Trail 60?

The Pilgrims Trail 60 is one distance: 60 Mile (96.6 km).

Is the Pilgrims Trail 60 course marked?

Yes, the course is marked. Navigation skills are not required.

What are the cut-offs for the Pilgrims Trail 60?

Overall time limits — 60 Mile: 24h. 24 hours.

When is the next Pilgrims Trail 60?

Sat, 12 Jun 2027, 10:00. Entries open.

Black Sheep Events Pilgrims Trail 60

Bangor CathedralSat, 12 Jun 2027

Sixty pilgrim miles of the North Wales Pilgrims Way from Bangor Cathedral to Aberdaron inside twenty-four hours, with a tracker, seven checkpoints and the waymarkers to follow.

60 Mile

97 km

24h cut-off

14:55/km to make it

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The course

24h cut-off, which needs 14:55/km

7 checkpoints

What you’re in for

Sixty pilgrim miles of the North Wales Pilgrims Way from Bangor Cathedral to Aberdaron — 96.5km — inside twenty-four hours from a ten o'clock Saturday start in mid-June, with a GPS tracker, seven checkpoints with food, a passport to stamp along the way, and the trail's own waymarkers to follow, backed by the organiser's markers where the waymarking is thin. Two hundred and fifty places, and a coach from Aberdaron back to Bangor if you book it. A night section for most of the field, on a route that pilgrims have walked to Bardsey for a thousand years.

Terrain and trail

Lane and cycle path out of Bangor, then the Llŷn's mix: field path, green lane, village street, the coast path over the headlands and the pull over the shoulder of Yr Eifl in the middle. Mostly firm in June, with the coast path the roughest and the night lanes the easiest. Waymarked, but carry the GPX. A trail shoe, or a road shoe with tread.

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Cut-offs

24 hours.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Bangor Cathedral, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

EXPERT

Snowdon, Grib Goch, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn & Elidir Fawr from Llanberis Trail Running Route

29.1km · 2,306m climb · Loop · 12km away

Crib Goch is one of the most exposed ridges in Britain, and this route puts it in the middle of a big mountain day rather than as the whole objective, so you get the scramble and a proper crossing into the Glyderau either side of it.

Checked Jul 2026

VERY HARD

Yr Wyddfa via Llanberis Path

16.2km · 959m climb · Out & back · 12km away

It's the most runnable line to the summit of Yr Wyddfa, following the rack railway most of the way up, so you can move fast on genuinely good underfoot conditions rather than picking through rock.

EXPERT

Yr Wyddfa via Miners' Track, Pyg Track and Crib Goch

12.0km · 710m climb · Loop · 18km away

Most people treat the Miners' and Pyg Tracks as a straightforward there-and-back pairing, but this GPX shows the loop actually crossing Crib Goch, which changes the entire character of the day.

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How to enter

Sat, 12 Jun 2027 · Entries open · £109–£119

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Common questions

: The Pilgrims Trail 60 is one distance: 60 Mile (96.6 km).
: No course file for the Pilgrims Trail 60 yet, so there's no measured climb here. When Black Sheep Events publish one, this fills in.
: Not graded yet. A TRP grade is worked out from distance and climb measured off the course file, and there isn't one for the Pilgrims Trail 60 yet.
: Yes, the course is marked. Navigation skills are not required.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Pilgrims Trail 60. Black Sheep Events confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 60 Mile: 24h. 24 hours.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Pilgrims Trail 60. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Black Sheep Events race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Pilgrims Trail 60. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 12 Jun 2027, 10:00. Entries open.