How far is the Cheviot Goat?

The Cheviot Goat is one distance: 59 Mile (95.0 km).

How much climbing is in the Cheviot Goat?

The 59 Mile has 3,962 m of ascent.

Is the Cheviot Goat course marked?

No. The Cheviot Goat is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

When is the next Cheviot Goat?

Sat, 5 Dec 2026, 06:00. Entries open.

Cold Brew Events The Cheviot Goat

Ingram Village Hall, Breamish Valley, NorthumberlandSat, 5 Dec 2026

Fifty-nine miles of the Cheviots in December, unmarked, on peat and open hill.

59 Mile

95 km

3,962 m ascent

42 m per km

24h cut-off

15:10/km to make it

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The course

24h cut-off, which needs 15:10/km

What you’re in for

Fifty-nine miles of the Cheviots in December from Ingram in the Breamish valley: 95km with 3,962m of climb, 24 hours, and not waymarked. The organiser's own words are that navigational skills are required and the marshals on the hill are safety, not aid stations. One of the hardest winter ultras in England for the ground it is on.

Terrain and trail

Peat, tussock, bog and open hill for most of it, with the Cheviot's summit plateau the worst of the bog and the border ridge exposed to whatever is blowing. Snow and ice are normal. Full winter mountain kit, real navigation in the dark, and a shoe you would take onto a fell in January.

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Cut-offs

Their own words: "The route will NOT be waymarked" and "navigational skills are required". Safety marshals are posted along the course but are not aid stations. A drop bag goes to Barrowburn at the 26 mile mark. Kit is checked at registration and spot-checked on the line.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Ingram Village Hall, Breamish Valley, Northumberland, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

EXPERT

The Cheviot and the Pennine Way from Wooler

45.9km · 1,664m climb · Loop · 12km away

This links the two great paths of the north in one loop: the final stretch of the Pennine Way over the Border Ridge, and the Wooler stage of St Cuthbert's Way back through College Valley. Almost nobody runs the whole thing.

HARD

Broadstruther and Gains Law from Wooler

20.3km · 585m climb · Loop · 12km away

It gets you deep into the quiet northern Cheviots without a single big climb, and the last 6km on St Cuthbert's Way over Gains Law is genuinely fast running with the whole Milfield plain in front of you.

HARD

Simonside and Dove Crag from Rothbury

14.7km · 392m climb · Loop · 15km away

Sandstone crags with a proper sense of drama, Iron Age rock art on the approach, and views stretching from the Cheviots to the Northumberland coast for under 400m of climbing.

MODERATE

Simonside and Dove Crag Circular

8.4km · 274m climb · Loop · 18km away

You get proper crag-top views over the Cheviots and the coast for a genuinely modest amount of climbing, which makes this one of the best value short routes in the county.

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How to enter

Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · Entries open

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Common questions

: The Cheviot Goat is one distance: 59 Mile (95.0 km).
: The 59 Mile has 3,962 m of ascent.
: 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 Cheviot Goat yet.
: No. The Cheviot Goat is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Cheviot Goat. Cold Brew Events confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 59 Mile: 24h. Their own words: "The route will NOT be waymarked" and "navigational skills are required". Safety marshals are posted along the course but are not aid stations. A drop bag goes to Barrowburn at the 26 mile mark. Kit is checked at registration and spot-checked on the line.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Cheviot Goat. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Cold Brew Events race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Cheviot Goat. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 5 Dec 2026, 06:00. Entries open.