How far is the MTC Gelert?

The MTC Gelert is one distance: 47 Mile (75.6 km).

Is the MTC Gelert course marked?

No. The MTC Gelert is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

What are the cut-offs for the MTC Gelert?

Overall time limits — 47 Mile: 9h 10m.

Can I download the MTC Gelert 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.

Ultra Running Ltd MTC Gelert

Sandbanks Hotel, Marine Parade, Barmouth, LL42 1NE Thu, 6 Jul 2028

Barmouth to Llanidloes, 47.0 miles.

47 Mile

76 km

9h 10m cut-off

7:16/km to make it

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The course

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9h 10m cut-off, which needs 7:16/km

8 checkpoints

Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.

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This file is from a previous running and the course may have changed since. If you are navigating with it, get the current version from Ultra Running Ltd first.

What you’re in for

The big day of the Wales end to end: 47 miles from Barmouth up the Mawddach estuary and over the Cambrian mountains to Llanidloes, on National Cycle Route 8 the whole way bar the last mile into town. Barmouth to Llanidloes: 75.8km, with eight checkpoints on the way. It is day 3 of the Wales end to end, and you can run it on its own or as part of the whole. The Mawddach Trail is the flat, beautiful start; after Dolgellau the route climbs into the hills of mid-Wales and stays high for most of the afternoon. Mount to Coast rules apply on the single day as on the series: preset cut-offs based on a minimum 4 mph average, a warning the first time you fall below it, and no one on the course after ten at night. Checkpoints roughly every eight miles, a tracker with an SOS button, and maps and GPX for entrants only — bring a map case.

Terrain and trail

National Cycle Route 8 — Lôn Las Cymru — the whole way, which means traffic-free cycle path, old railway and quiet lane, hard-surfaced almost throughout. Road shoes, as the organiser supplies. The difficulty is the distance and the hills of mid-Wales, not the ground.

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Routes starting within 20 km of Sandbanks Hotel, Marine Parade, Barmouth, LL42 1NE , nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

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How to enter

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Common questions

: The MTC Gelert is one distance: 47 Mile (75.6 km).
: No course file for the MTC Gelert yet, so there's no measured climb here. When Ultra Running Ltd 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 MTC Gelert yet.
: No. The MTC Gelert is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the MTC Gelert. Ultra Running Ltd confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 47 Mile: 9h 10m.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the MTC Gelert. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Ultra Running Ltd 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.
: Thu, 6 Jul 2028. Not open yet.