7 races
Event overview
The basecamp hub in idyllic Bakewell will welcome over 3,000 adventurers who will test themselves in the fabulous Peak District National Park.
There’s a full range of camping options, car parking, and extensive hospitality and welfare services across the weekend – with a full 100km Challenge which takes a tough and varied figure-of-eight route through Derbyshire’s finest scenery.
You’ll get full support all the way, and with three-quarter, half, quarter and 10-mile distance options, which pass Chatsworth House. There’s a Peak District Ultra Challenge for everyone!
The Ultra Challenge Experience
This endurance event is for a wide range of fitness and ages. Choose your distance and do it at your pace. The support enables you to go further, whilst enjoying the great outdoors and camaraderie.
There are marquee rest stops, plenty of food and drink, medical and massage teams, and a fully signed route with GPS tracking to guide you. A big finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement, and once the aches subside, you’ll feel energised and up for more of life’s challenges!
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- Average fitness
- Beginner-friendly
- Event village
- Families
Your challenge, your way
Whether you’re a walker and new to challenge events, an experienced trekker, a marathon enthusiast upping the distance, or a seasoned ultra runner after ITRA points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! Walk, Jog, or Run – as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you.
On the Full and 1st Half challenges – there’s a new Ultra Trailblazerz® option for ‘rapid runners’, and an Ultra March® option for ‘hasty hikers’, plus a friendly ‘Solo Challenger’ start time to join up with others.
The Peak District Ultra Challenge® is fun, safe, and rewarding, with full support all the way, a fantastic figure of 8 route with weekend camping options at the Bakewell basecamp, enabling you to push yourself further in some wonderful, rugged countryside.
Best support & hospitality
This Ultra Challenge® famously lays on the best support and hospitality available on any UK endurance-style event. This enables you to step up and confidently tackle an 'Ultra' distance, with the best chance of success - and to enjoy your challenge!
- Accommodation
- Bag transfer
- Bar
- BBQ
- Cafe
- Camping
- Changing facilities
- Entertainment
- Free parking
- Music
- Rural
- Secure bag storage
- Showers
- Toilets
Do it for charity
Looking to do this event for charity? Click below to see the full list of charities to secure a place or join a charity team with your own place.
Get charity placeRaces at event
- Sat 4 Jul
- #1 of 7
06:45
Age 16 & over
£139
- 52 km trail running + 1250 m ascent
- Sat 4 - Sun 5 Jul
- #2 of 7
11:00
Age 16 & over
£139
- 48 km trail running + 900 m ascent
- Sat 4 - Sun 5 Jul
- #3 of 7
06:45
Age 18 & over
£199
- 100 km trail running + 2150 m ascent
- Sat 4 - Sun 5 Jul
- #4 of 7
07:00
Age 18 & over
£199
- 100 km trail running + 2150 m ascent
- Sat 4 Jul
- #5 of 7
09:30
Age 14 & over
£89
- 25 km trail running + 600 m ascent
- Sat 4 - Sun 5 Jul
- #6 of 7
09:30
Age 18 & over
£169
- 73 km trail running + 1500 m ascent
- Sat 4 Jul
- #7 of 7
10:30
Age 8 & over
£49
- 10 miles trail running + 405 m ascent