Lakes Traverse
- Total distance: 100 km
- Location: Rottington
- Race Date: 3 Apr 2027
- Finish rate: 84%
- Navigation: Partial Self-Navigation
- Nearest Station: St Bees (1.4 km)
- Aid Stations: 4
- Night Running: 27.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (62/100)
Lakes Traverse Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Ultra X
- Start Town: Rottington
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 3 Apr 2027
- End Date: 4 Apr 2027
- Start Time: 6:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 29 hours
Navigation
- Type: Partial Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: St Bees
- Distance from Start Line: 1.4 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 (42%) and gravel (28%) 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 6.6 km of gravel. 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 / Path42% · 35.6 km
- Gravel / Track28% · 23.8 km
- Paved Road12% · 10.4 km
- Grass11% · 9.4 km
- Rocky6% · 5.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown1% · 0.7 km
Distance
91.9 km
Ascent
3574 m
Descent
3329 m
High Point
790 m
This race has a flat section from around km 20, before a large ascent until about 38km, before a large ascent until about 74km, before a flat section towards the finish.
Compared against 25 other races of a similar distance, Lakes Traverse has more total elevation gain than 80% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 80% of them — significantly hillier than typical for its distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
Lakes Traverse is partial self-navigation: some sections are marked, but runners are expected to navigate independently — with a map, compass, or GPX file — for the rest of the course.
Source: Not recorded
Aid Stations
Stations
You'll need to keep an average pace of between 1.6 km/h and 3.1 km/h between aid stations to make the cut offs.
Stations
| KM | Name | Gap from Prev | Cut-off | Water | Cold Food | Hot Food | Hot Drinks | Gels | Medic | WC | Bags | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.0 | Ennerdale | 24.0 km | 0h | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 47.0 | Rosthwaite | 23.0 km | 14h | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 69.0 | Patterdale | 22.0 km | 21h | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| 77.0 | Shap | 8.0 km | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
Vegan food is available at 3 of the 4 aid stations on this course, at km 47, 69, 77.
Source: Not recorded
Night Running
Lakes Traverse starts at 06:00 local time, with sunset around 19:54. Based on the median finisher time of 18:01:34, a runner at that pace would finish around 00:01 — after dark, spending around 4h 57m (27% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 26.9 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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