How far is the Tour de Helvellyn?

The Tour de Helvellyn is one distance: 38 Mile (61.2 km).

How much climbing is in the Tour de Helvellyn?

The 38 Mile has 2,129 m of ascent.

How hard is the Tour de Helvellyn?

38 Mile: Expert. TRP grades come from distance and climb measured off the course file, not from the organiser.

Is the Tour de Helvellyn course marked?

No. The Tour de Helvellyn is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

Can I download the Tour de Helvellyn route?

Yes. The GPX for each distance is free to download here, with no sign-up, the same as every route on Trail Running Planet.

NAV4 Adventure Tour de Helvellyn

Askham Community Centre, Askham, CumbriaSat, 19 Dec 2026

A winter circuit of Helvellyn from Askham, unmarked, on the shortest Saturday of the year.

38 Mile

61 km

2,129 m ascent

35 m per km

fellmountainNavigation required

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No reviews of the Tour de Helvellyn, 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

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EXPERT

TRP grade · E5·T3

Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.

Download GPXFree, no sign-up.

NAV4 Adventure does not publish a route for this one — there is no set course, and route choice is part of the event. This file is our own recording of running it, so treat it as one way round rather than the way round, and take the checkpoints and your own navigation as the authority. We keep it as a route too: Tour de Helvellyn.

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Cut-offs

An unmarked route: no route description is issued, only grid references. Start when you like between 07:00 and 09:30, but Side Farm control does not open before 09:30 and closes at 11:45, and CP7 at Side Farm closes at 16:30. Kit is checked before you leave the Community Centre. Capped at around 200 starters.

Train for it: routes near the start

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

EXPERT

Tour de Helvellyn

58.6km · 2,129m climb · Loop · 0.1km away

A genuine ultra-distance day that shows you the Helvellyn range from every angle without ever queuing for Striding Edge - based on the established Tour de Helvellyn race route.

Checked Jul 2026

VERY HARD

Helvellyn Range and St Sunday Crag from Glenridding

20.6km · 1,300m climb · Loop · 14km away

Seven summits of the Eastern Fells in one continuous high-level horseshoe, finishing over St Sunday Crag with Ullswater filling the view ahead.

Checked Jul 2026

VERY HARD

Helvellyn via Striding Edge and Swirral Edge from Patterdale

12.7km · 824m climb · Loop · 14km away

This is the postcard round of Helvellyn: up the knife-edge of Striding Edge, across the 950m summit, and down Swirral with Red Tarn below the whole way.

Checked Jul 2026

EXPERT

Bob Graham Round Leg 2: Threlkeld to Dunmail Raise

22.3km · 1,690m climb · Point to point · 19km away

It is the great runnable middle of the Bob Graham: a near-continuous high ridge where you can hold a rhythm over twelve tops without ever dropping to the valley.

Checked Jul 2026

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How to enter

Sat, 19 Dec 2026 · Entries open

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Common questions

: The Tour de Helvellyn is one distance: 38 Mile (61.2 km).
: The 38 Mile has 2,129 m of ascent.
: 38 Mile: Expert. TRP grades come from distance and climb measured off the course file, not from the organiser.
: No. The Tour de Helvellyn is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Tour de Helvellyn. NAV4 Adventure confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: An unmarked route: no route description is issued, only grid references. Start when you like between 07:00 and 09:30, but Side Farm control does not open before 09:30 and closes at 11:45, and CP7 at Side Farm closes at 16:30. Kit is checked before you leave the Community Centre. Capped at around 200 starters.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Tour de Helvellyn. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the NAV4 Adventure race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Yes. The GPX for each distance is free to download here, with no sign-up, the same as every route on Trail Running Planet.
: Sat, 19 Dec 2026. Entries open.