Black Beacon Ultra Bach
- Total distance: 50 km
- Location: Pontneddfechan
- Race Date: 30 Oct 2026
- Finish rate: 94%
- Nearest Station: Treherbert (10.3 km)
- Night Running: 12.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (64/100)
Black Beacon Ultra Bach Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £60
- Organiser: Run Walk Crawl
- Start Town: Pontneddfechan
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 30 Oct 2026
- End Date: 1 Nov 2026
- Start Time: 9:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 14 hours
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Treherbert
- Distance from Start Line: 10.3 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 18 years
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course is mainly trail (61%), with paved road (14%) making up most of the rest. 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 10.7 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Descents share the same trail surface, so careful footing on the uphills also carries through on the way down.
- Trail / Path61% · 27.4 km
- Paved Road14% · 6.7 km
- Gravel / Track12% · 5.2 km
- Grass11% · 4.9 km
- Off-road / Unknown2% · 0.7 km
Distance
47.4 km
Ascent
1915 m
Descent
1922 m
High Point
782 m
This race has a gentle ascent early on in the race, before a steady ascent until about 14km, before a large descent until about 37km, before a sharp descent towards the finish.
Compared against 26 other races of a similar distance, Black Beacon Ultra Bach has more total elevation gain than 88% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 88% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
No navigation/waymarking information available for this race yet.
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Black Beacon Ultra Bach starts at 09:00 local time, with sunset around 16:50. Based on the median finisher time of 8:56:24, a runner at that pace would finish around 17:56 — after dark, spending around 1h 06m (12% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 6.8 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
Shortlist this race so you can compare it against others and see which race is best for you.