Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: Grassington
- Race Date: TBC
- Finish rate: 79%
- Nearest Station: Embsay (11 km)
- Pacing Complexity: High (55/100)
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 2,572 m
- Town/Village
- Grassington
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Due North Events
- Start Town: Grassington
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: Unknown
- End Date: Unknown
- Start Time: Unknown
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Embsay
- Distance from Start Line: 11 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Toilets
- Hand Washing Beyond Sanitiser: Unknown
- Period Products Provided: Unknown
- Female Only Toilets: Unknown
Family & Spectators
- Baby Changing at Start: Unknown
- Family Friendly Spectator Areas: Unknown
- Flexible Deferral or Cancellation: Unknown
Safety
- Marshalls at Isolated Areas: Unknown
- Safeguarding and Reporting Policy: Unknown
- Can Hide Location from Public Tracking: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with grass (42%) and gravel (26%) being the most common and neither clearly dominating. The terrain is highly fragmented, switching roughly every kilometre. This demands constant mental engagement and limits the ability to build a sustained rhythm from surface consistency alone. Climbs are mostly on grass, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with grass most common.
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km has 38 km of grass, this is in the top 6% of all our races.
- Grass42% · 38 km
- Gravel / Track26% · 24.1 km
- Trail / Path20% · 18 km
- Paved Road8% · 7.5 km
- Rocky3% · 2.4 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 1.1 km
Distance
97.9 km
Ascent
2572 m
Descent
2571 m
High Point
699 m
Compared against 21 other races of a similar distance, Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km has more total elevation gain than 52% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 43% of them — roughly typical in hilliness for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
5.45%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km's, which average 5.45%?
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km's climbs average 5.45%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
5.27%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km's, which average 5.27%?
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km's descents average 5.27%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Pacing Complexity
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km scores 55/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales - 100km is among the more pacing-complex races at this distance. The challenge is not just the total distance or ascent — it is the repeated need to change effort level. A fixed pace target is unlikely to work here. The dominant source of complexity is terrain type changes, which means preparation should include training runs that deliberately mix different intensities in sequence.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
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