How far is the Ullswater Way & Challenge?

The Ullswater Way & Challenge offers 2 distances: 20 Mile (32.2 km), 24 Mile (38.6 km).

Is the Ullswater Way & Challenge course marked?

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

NAV4 Adventure Ullswater Way & Challenge

Parkin Memorial Hall, Pooley Bridge, CumbriaSat, 31 Oct 2026

The waymarked Ullswater Way, or four extra miles over the high path above Glencoyne.

Distance	Ascent	Per km
24 Mile	—	—
20 Mile	—	—

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Cut-offs

Waymarked as per the National Park and Ullswater Way signs, with extra event signage at key points. Start when you like between 08:00 and 10:00 — they ask slower walkers to go early and faster runners later. The Challenge route adds the high fell path around the head of Glencoyne and wants basic fell skills.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Parkin Memorial Hall, Pooley Bridge, 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 · 4.2km 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 · 11km 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 · 11km 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 · 15km 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

VERY HARD

Helvellyn via Swirral Edge and Striding Edge from Thirlmere

11.3km · 998m climb · Loop · 17km away

You get the two most famous ridges on the fell, Swirral and Striding Edge, on a route that still starts and finishes on the quiet Thirlmere side.

Checked Jul 2026

VERY HARD

Helvellyn from Thirlmere

10.7km · 812m climb · Loop · 17km away

You gain the summit of a 950m Wainwright in well under an hour of climbing, then drop back to the car on grass you can really open up on.

Checked Jul 2026

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How to enter

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · Entries open

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Common questions

: The Ullswater Way & Challenge offers 2 distances: 20 Mile (32.2 km), 24 Mile (38.6 km).
: No course file for the Ullswater Way & Challenge yet, so there's no measured climb here. When NAV4 Adventure 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 Ullswater Way & Challenge yet.
: Yes, the course is marked. Navigation skills are not required.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Ullswater Way & Challenge. NAV4 Adventure confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Waymarked as per the National Park and Ullswater Way signs, with extra event signage at key points. Start when you like between 08:00 and 10:00 — they ask slower walkers to go early and faster runners later. The Challenge route adds the high fell path around the head of Glencoyne and wants basic fell skills.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Ullswater Way & Challenge. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the NAV4 Adventure race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Ullswater Way & Challenge. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 31 Oct 2026. Entries open.