SilverBack Trails
Glaisdale, North Yorkshire
SilverBack Trails is Adrian Martin's small events outfit from Glaisdale, and everything it puts on is on the North York Moors. The Revenge series are short, steep races of 10 to 13 miles, each with a local legend and a sting near the finish; the longer events start from Goathland Village Hall and run from a night race between sunset and sunrise up to a 120-mile loop of the highest hills on the Moors. Fields are small, often 50 to 70. Courses are partly flagged at most, so you are expected to navigate with a map and compass, and the kit lists are enforced. Dogs on a lead are welcome at most of the shorter races and start at the back.
Their races
Pins sit on the start. Open one to see the course.
17
May
2027
provisional
Oswiu's Revenge
Square Corner, Osmotherley · SilverBack Trails
A Revenge-series half round Black Hambleton and Silton Woods.
Not open yet
19
Jun
2027
Lamplighter 20
Goathland Village Hall, Goathland · SilverBack Trails
Twenty miles over the Moors by headtorch, from dusk to dawn.
Not open yet
19
Jun
2027
Lamplighter 40
Goathland Village Hall, Goathland · SilverBack Trails
Forty miles of the North York Moors between sunset and sunrise.
Not open yet
17
Jul
2027
Summits of the North York Moors Ultra
Goathland Village Hall, Goathland · SilverBack Trails
A 120-mile loop of the highest hills on the Moors, from Goathland.
Not open yet
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Goathland v Trigs Ultra Challenge
Goathland Village Hall, Goathland · SilverBack Trails
Thirty-seven miles, five trig pillars, choose your own route.
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Lilla's Revenge
A171 lay-by above Jugger Howe, near Ravenscar · SilverBack Trails
Ten miles on the Lyke Wake Walk to the oldest cross on the Moors.
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Othnesbery's Revenge
Roseberry Topping car park, Newton under Roseberry · SilverBack Trails
A half marathon that goes up Roseberry Topping three times.