Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition
- Total distance: 174.32 km
- Location: High Peak
- Race Date: 12 Jun 2027
- Finish rate: 54%
- Nearest Station: Edale (0.3 km)
- Night Running: 30.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (56/100)
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £535
- Organiser: Spine Race
- Start Town: High Peak
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 12 Jun 2027
- End Date: 14 Jun 2027
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Edale
- Distance from Start Line: 0.3 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (41%) and gravel (19%) 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 6.7 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
- Trail / Path41% · 63.9 km
- Gravel / Track19% · 29.5 km
- Paved Road16% · 25.8 km
- Grass13% · 20.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown6% · 9 km
- Rocky5% · 8.6 km
Distance
174.3 km
Ascent
5019 m
Descent
5017 m
High Point
693 m
This course rolls continuously from start to finish, without any single climb or descent dominating the profile — expect a steady rhythm of shorter ups and downs throughout.
Compared against 13 other races of a similar distance, Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition has more total elevation gain than 69% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 69% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
No navigation/waymarking information available for this race yet.
Aid Stations
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Night Running
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 21:35. Based on the median finisher time of 46:54:36, a runner at that pace would finish around 06:54 — after dark, spending around 14h 15m (30% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 53.5 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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