How far is the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra?

The Summits of the North York Moors Ultra is one distance: Summits of the North York Moors Ultra (193.1 km / 120.0 miles).

Is the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra course marked?

No. The Summits of the North York Moors Ultra is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

SilverBack Trails Summits of the North York Moors Ultra

Goathland Village Hall, GoathlandSat, 17 Jul 2027

A 120-mile loop of the highest hills on the Moors, from Goathland.

193.1 km

120 miles

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The course

Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.

What you’re in for

A loop of about 120 miles from Goathland Village Hall over the highest hills on the North York Moors, on parts of the Cleveland Way, Esk Valley Walk and Lyke Wake Walk, past burial mounds, boundary stones and old crosses. You enter solo or as a pair and navigate it yourself, carrying a tracker. Earlier runnings had indoor checkpoints with drop bags at about 40 and 80 miles, self-clip points between, no crews, no poles and no headphones, and a field of 70.

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Train for it: routes near the start

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

MODERATE

Hole of Horcum

11.0km · 239m climb · Loop · 8.0km away

A genuinely dramatic piece of landscape - a mile-wide natural amphitheatre - covered properly on foot rather than just glimpsed from the roadside viewpoint everyone else stops at.

MODERATE

Whitby and Sandsend Coast

16.1km · 302m climb · Loop · 11km away

You run the clifftop Cleveland Way from Whitby to Sandsend, high above the North Sea, with the ruined abbey behind you and the wide sweep of the bay ahead the whole way.

VERY HARD

Fryupdale Trail Marathon Route

48.3km · 1,015m climb · Loop · 11km away

This crosses a string of side dales that most visitors to the Moors never see, so instead of the honeypot villages you get genuinely remote heather moorland and steep-sided dales one after another.

HARD

Great Fryup Dale from Yorkshire Cycle Hub

25.4km · 660m climb · Loop · 12km away

You get both halves of the Moors in one loop: the green, sheltered dale of Great Fryup with its old farms, and the wide purple heather ridges that separate it from Little Fryup.

Checked Jul 2026

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How to enter

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Common questions

: The Summits of the North York Moors Ultra is one distance: Summits of the North York Moors Ultra (193.1 km / 120.0 miles).
: No course file for the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra yet, so there's no measured climb here. When SilverBack Trails 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 Summits of the North York Moors Ultra yet.
: No. The Summits of the North York Moors Ultra is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra. SilverBack Trails confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: We don't hold published time limits for the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra. If SilverBack Trails set cut-offs, they'll be in the race information.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the SilverBack Trails race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Summits of the North York Moors Ultra. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 17 Jul 2027. Not open yet.