Lakes Traverse
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: Rottington
- Race Date: 3 Apr 2027
- Finish rate: 84%
- Navigation: Partial Self-Navigation
- Nearest Station: St Bees (1.4 km)
- Aid Stations: 4
- Night Running: 27.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (62/100)
Lakes Traverse
- Distance
- 100 km
- Total ascent
- 3,574 m
- Cut-off
- 29h
- Town/Village
- Rottington
- Date
- 3-4 April 2027
Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Ultra X
- Start Town: Rottington
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 3 Apr 2027
- End Date: 4 Apr 2027
- Start Time: 6:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 29h
Navigation
- Type: Partial Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: St Bees
- Distance from Start Line: 1.4 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 trail (42%) and gravel (28%) 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. The longest unbroken stretch is 6.6 km of gravel. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
Lakes Traverse has 35.6 km of trail / path, this is in the top 24% of all our races.
- Trail / Path42% · 35.6 km
- Gravel / Track28% · 23.8 km
- Paved Road12% · 10.4 km
- Grass11% · 9.4 km
- Rocky6% · 5.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 0.7 km
Distance
91.9 km
Ascent
3574 m
Descent
3329 m
High Point
790 m
Compared against 25 other races of a similar distance, Lakes Traverse has more total elevation gain than 80% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 80% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
7.56%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of moderate climbs like Lakes Traverse's, which average 7.56%?
Lakes Traverse's climbs average 7.56%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
6.21%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of moderate descents like Lakes Traverse's, which average 6.21%?
Lakes Traverse's descents average 6.21%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Pacing Complexity
Lakes Traverse scores 62/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 36/100 (5 races compared).
Lakes Traverse 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
Stations
You'll need to keep an average pace of between 1.6 km/h and 3.1 km/h between aid stations to make the cut offs.
Stations
| KM | Name | Gap from Prev | Cut-off | Water | Cold Food | Hot Food | Hot Drinks | Gels | Medic | WC | Bags | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.0 | Ennerdale | 24.0 km | 0h | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 47.0 | Rosthwaite | 23.0 km | 14h | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 69.0 | Patterdale | 22.0 km | 21h | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 77.0 | Shap | 8.0 km | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
Vegan food is available at 3 of the 4 aid stations on this course, at km 47, 69, 77.
Source: Not recorded
Night Running
Lakes Traverse starts at 06:00 local time, with sunset around 19:54. Based on the median finisher time of 18:01:34, a runner at that pace would finish around 00:01 — after dark, spending around 4h 57m (27% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 26.9 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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