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UK Big 3 Rounds
Ultras by Region
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Route Index
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Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500βs
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000βs
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragonβs Tongue
Durham Hewitts
Freeman Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500βs
Leventonβs Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Ring of Fire - Galloway
Scottish 4000βs
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranterβs Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000βs
Sub-Ultras
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COMPLETIONS
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Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
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The Bala Challenge North Wales
The object of this round, also known as the Wild Wales Two Thousands, was to ascend 32 of the two thousand foot summits which lie within the Arenig, Aran and Berwyn hills of southern Snowdonia and form the watershed around Lake Bala. It involved some 80 miles with 18,000 feet of ascent in a traverse of some of the most arduous terrain south of the Scottish border. The route was devised by Colin Brooke and Kevan Guest using George Bridge's tables of two thousand foot summits published in 1973. It was completed by Colin Brooke and Tony Wimbush in 1988 in 23 hours 38 minutes and launched as a formal 24-hour challenge on similar lines to the Bob Graham. There was the option of adding another 15 tops to create an ultimate round of all 47 two thousand footers in the Arenig, Arans and Berwyn groups.
The route is included here primarily for historical interest as Bridge's summit tables are now out of print and The Mountains of England and Wales by John and Ann Nuttall has since become the standard reference for the two thousand summits. It did, however, inspire The Dragon's Tongue, a more moderate and informal challenge that traverses the five Welsh Corbetts in the area.
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Schedule
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Click the icon to view or print a schedule of summits and actual times.
Use in conjuntion with OS Maps 255 Llangollen & Berwyn and OL23 Cadair Idris & Llyn Tegid
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Finishers
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This is an informal challenge without rules, time limits or registration. Why not share your experience on facebook to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
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Links and Further Information
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The Mountains of England and Wales, George Bridge (West Col Productions,1973). - Tables of the mountains of two thousand feet or more in altitude. The Bala Challenge summits are listed under The Arenigs, The Berwyns and The Arans section of North Wales. Out-of-print but maybe available through second-hand bookshops.

SAFETY WARNING
All the routes on this site require proven mountain running experience. You undertake them entirely at your own risk. Please take full mountain safety precautions at all times. Always ensure you carry sufficient clothing, food and equipment to cope with dramatic changes in the weather conditions! Appropriate insurance cover is recommended.
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HAVE A GO!
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The object of this website is to provide a single, ready source of information on the ultra-distance mountain challenges which have been developed over the past three or more decades. It now offers a diverse range of long and "short", old and recent, formal and informal routes from around the UK to encourage runners of all ages and abilities to have a go, subject to proven mountain experience in all conditions.
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FRA LONG DISTANCE
RECORDS and NEWS
Please send details of any record-breaking runs and the like to Martin Stone who maintains records on behalf of the Fell Runners Association. Email: martin.stone@sportident.co.uk
Please also refer to the guidelines and definitions in the FRA Handbook.
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GOFAR UPDATES
Updates are generally made each winter and announced on gofar facebook. If you are not on facebook, to subscribe to future updates email Tony Wimbush: gofar99@gmail.com . Put "subscribe" in the subject line, or "delete" if you wish to unsubscribe.
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HELP WANTED
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If you can improve on the accuracy of this resource, offer details of other routes (old and new), spot any errors in grid references, names, heights, spelling or punctuation, or find a link which does not work please email Tony Wimbush: gofar99@gmail.com
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