How far is the Peak District Challenge?

The Peak District Challenge offers 5 distances: 100 Mile (160.9 km), 100K (62.1 miles), 75K (46.6 miles), 50K (31.1 miles), 25K (15.5 miles).

How much climbing is in the Peak District Challenge?

The 100K has 3,200 m of ascent. The 75K has 2,000 m of ascent. The 50K has 1,200 m of ascent. No figure yet for the 100 Mile or 25K.

Is the Peak District Challenge course marked?

No. The Peak District Challenge is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

What are the cut-offs for the Peak District Challenge?

Overall time limits — 100 Mile: 24h, 100K: 24h, 75K: 24h, 50K: 12h, 25K: 9h. 24 hours for the 75km, 100km and 100 miles; 12 hours for the 50km; 9 hours for the 25km.

Wilderness Development Peak District Challenge

Hathersage Memorial Hall, DerbyshireNo date announced yet

Five distances from Hathersage memorial hall, 25km to a hundred miles in twenty-four hours, self-navigated between compulsory checkpoints with routes sent out a week before. Ladybower to Baslow, Peak Dale to Surprise View.

Distance	Ascent	Per km
100 Mile	—	—
100K	3,200 m	32 m
75K	2,000 m	27 m
50K	1,200 m	24 m
25K	—	—

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24h cut-off, which needs 8:57/km

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Cut-offs

24 hours for the 75km, 100km and 100 miles; 12 hours for the 50km; 9 hours for the 25km.

Train for it: routes near the start

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

HARD

Burbage, Stanage Edge and Higger Tor from Grindleford

24.0km · 711m climb · Loop · 3.2km away

You can get here by train and step off the platform onto the route. Four of the best gritstone edges in the country in one loop, with Higger Tor and Carl Wark saved for 19km in when your legs are already talking.

MODERATE

Win Hill and Ladybower Loop

13.1km · 282m climb · Loop · 5.3km away

Win Hill's summit is a bare gritstone knuckle with one of the widest views in the Dark Peak - Kinder, the Derwent moors and the whole Hope Valley at once - for a climb you can fit into a morning.

VERY HARD

The Grand Edale Circular

28.7km · 1,344m climb · Loop · 6.6km away

The full Peak District experience — deep peat bog, gritstone edges, and those big Kinder views. Earn the ridge on the way back in.

HARD

Stanage Edge and Robin Hood's Cave from Ecclesall Woods

24.6km · 568m climb · Loop · 9.2km away

A genuine city-to-gritstone-and-back run. You leave a suburban car park, touch the Stanage trig and Stanedge Pole, and come home through the Porter Valley without ever getting in a car.

VERY HARD

Edale, Mam Tor, Win Hill and Derwent Dam from Ladybower

29.9km · 1,207m climb · Loop · 10km away

The Dark Peak's greatest hits in one loop - the Great Ridge, Edale, Win Hill's summit view down the Hope Valley - linked up so you never have to double back on yourself.

HARD

Derwent Dam and Ladybower Dam Circuit

24.3km · 165m climb · Loop · 10km away

Nearly 25km of genuinely runnable, mostly traffic-free trail with almost no climbing - this is where to go in the Peak District when you want distance in your legs, not vertical.

All routes near Edale →All Peak District routes →

How to enter

No date announced for the next running yet. Wilderness Development’s site ↗ is where it will show up first.

Common questions

: The Peak District Challenge offers 5 distances: 100 Mile (160.9 km), 100K (62.1 miles), 75K (46.6 miles), 50K (31.1 miles), 25K (15.5 miles).
: The 100K has 3,200 m of ascent. The 75K has 2,000 m of ascent. The 50K has 1,200 m of ascent. No figure yet for the 100 Mile or 25K.
: 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 Peak District Challenge yet.
: No. The Peak District Challenge is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Peak District Challenge. Wilderness Development confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 100 Mile: 24h, 100K: 24h, 75K: 24h, 50K: 12h, 25K: 9h. 24 hours for the 75km, 100km and 100 miles; 12 hours for the 50km; 9 hours for the 25km.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Peak District Challenge. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the Wilderness Development race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Peak District Challenge. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: No date announced. When Wilderness Development confirm the next Peak District Challenge, it appears here and on the race calendar.

Past runnings

2026Fri, 18 Sept 2026