63km | 4400m ascent | 05 June 2027 | Lanty Slees Stickle Barn, Great Langdale | £120 / £130 / £140 | 06.00 Start | Max Allowed Time 15 hours
This is the race route to equal the best mountain ultras in the world, right in the heart of the English Lake District
The SCAFELL SKY ULTRA is what you have been waiting for Lake District Sky Trails. This mountain sky ultra will make your mind, body and soul will for it to continue and stop at the same time.
Building on the Scafell Sky Race and the Helvellyn Sky Ultra, the team at LDST have come up with a corker of a route. In usual style think; A roller coaster of a route, uber technical trails to ‘live for’, ridge-lines to blow the minds of the most excitable of skyrunners, the highest summit in England and to top it all off, a whopping 4400m route profile in just 63km.
Starting at the Lanty Slees Stickle Barn events centre, you will travel over sections of the infamous Scafell Sky Race before branching off after the 1st feed station to take a roller coaster of a route over Kirk Fell, through Wasdale, up and over Scafell Pike taking a different line into Great Langdale before rudely heading back out and over to the Coniston Fells for the awesome Prison Band between Swirl How and Wetherlam before heading back to the events centre and all the glory you deserve for completing this ‘Tour de Force’ of the Central and Southern Lakes.
The fastest runners will be expected to cross the finish line between 6 & 7 hours, but fear not, the race will be open for 15 hours, allowing time for mortal skyrunners to enjoy the route in all its glory.
THERE IS NO VETTING ON THE SCAFELL SKY ULTRA
Included in your entry fee:
- Fully marked course
- 3 fully-supplied feed station and *** manned checkpoints with REAL FOOD
- A finishers’ Medal
- Vegan salty cramp-buster soup at the finish
- Electronic timing & tracking from Open Tracking
- A professional Safety Officer and supporting safety team
- A professionally planned event delivered by an highly experienced team
- A ‘Tour de Force’ of the Central and Southern Lakeland Fells, taking in the highest mountain in England
- A World Class Sky Ultra Race
- A ranking for Skyrunning UK, as the SSU is part of the Skyrunner® National Series for the UK and Ireland
- A great day out in the mountains with hard-to-earn adrenaline and endorphins …
- Relaxed and chill vibes in the Lanty Slees Stickle Barn and grounds/surrounds
- Live Music
Optional extras are available via SI Entries:
- Scafell Sky Ultra quality cotton tee (available exclusively to race entrants, £40 each) – [design available to view online, prior to purchase]
- Branded goat-bells for your support team (£25 each) [These are real ‘alpine’ goat bells made from solid brass]
- Post-race massage (£25)
