How far is the Winter Wipeout?

The Winter Wipeout is one distance: 17km (10.6 miles).

Cold Brew Events Winter Wipeout

Ingram Cafe, Ingram, NorthumberlandSat, 9 Jan 2027

Up Hedgehope and back in deep winter, whatever the weather.

17km

11 miles

685 m ascent

40 m per km

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No reviews of the Winter Wipeout, and nothing on what people wore. Both are things no organiser publishes and every runner wants before they enter — how it actually went, and what was on your feet.

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The course

Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.

What you’re in for

Up Hedgehope and back from Ingram in deep winter, whatever the weather. The organiser calls it a half marathon (ish); the 2026 running measured 17km with 685m of climb. January in the Cheviots, so the point is the conditions.

Terrain and trail

Valley track up the Breamish, then open hill: grass, heather and peat to Hedgehope's summit, exposed all the way, and back the same kind of ground. Snow is likely, ice possible. Winter kit and a fell shoe.

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Cut-offs

Their own description is "a deep winter half marathon (ish)" — the 2026 running measured 17 km with 685 m of climb, which is the figure used here. Up through Cunyan Crags and Dunmoor to Hedgehope and back. You must be self-sufficient for food and water throughout.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Ingram Cafe, Ingram, 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, 9 Jan 2027 · Entries open

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Common questions

: The Winter Wipeout is one distance: 17km (10.6 miles).
: The 17km has 685 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 Winter Wipeout yet.
: We haven't confirmed the marking on the Winter Wipeout with Cold Brew Events. Check their race information before you enter rather than assuming it either way.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Winter Wipeout. Cold Brew Events confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Their own description is "a deep winter half marathon (ish)" — the 2026 running measured 17 km with 685 m of climb, which is the figure used here. Up through Cunyan Crags and Dunmoor to Hedgehope and back. You must be self-sufficient for food and water throughout.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Winter Wipeout. 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 Winter Wipeout. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 9 Jan 2027. Entries open.