Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition
- Total distance: 174.32 km
- Location: High Peak
- Race Date: 12 Jun 2027
- Finish rate: 54%
- Entry Cost: £535
- Nearest Station: Edale (0.3 km)
- Night Running: 30.4% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (56/100)
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition
- Distance
- 174.32 km
- Total ascent
- 5,019 m
- Town/Village
- High Peak
- Date
- 12-14 June 2027
- Entry cost
- £535
Overview
No overview text has been written for this race yet.
Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £535
- Organiser: Spine Race
- Start Town: High Peak
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 12 Jun 2027
- End Date: 14 Jun 2027
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: Unknown
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Edale
- Distance from Start Line: 0.3 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Toilets
- Hand Washing Beyond Sanitiser: Unknown
- Period Products Provided: Unknown
- Female Only Toilets: Unknown
Family & Spectators
- Baby Changing at Start: Unknown
- Family Friendly Spectator Areas: Unknown
- Flexible Deferral or Cancellation: Unknown
Safety
- Marshalls at Isolated Areas: Unknown
- Safeguarding and Reporting Policy: Unknown
- Can Hide Location from Public Tracking: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (41%) and gravel (19%) 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 6.7 km of trail. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Downhills are spread across a mix of surfaces, with trail most common.
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition has 63.9 km of trail / path, this is in the top 6% of all our races.
- Trail / Path41% · 63.9 km
- Gravel / Track19% · 29.5 km
- Paved Road16% · 25.8 km
- Grass13% · 20.1 km
- Off-road / Unknown6% · 9 km
- Rocky5% · 8.6 km
Distance
174.3 km
Ascent
5019 m
Descent
5017 m
High Point
693 m
Compared against 12 other races of a similar distance, Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition has more total elevation gain than 75% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 75% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
5.56%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition's, which average 5.56%?
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition's climbs average 5.56%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
4.64%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition's, which average 4.64%?
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition's descents average 4.64%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Pacing Complexity
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition scores 56/100 for pacing complexity, rated high.
Similar-distance races score a median of 46/100 (5 races compared).
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition is among the more pacing-complex races at this distance. The challenge is not just the total distance or ascent — it is the repeated need to change effort level. A fixed pace target is unlikely to work here. The dominant source of complexity is terrain type changes, which means preparation should include training runs that deliberately mix different intensities in sequence.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Montane Spine Challenger South - Summer Edition starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 21:35. Based on the median finisher time of 46:54:36, a runner at that pace would finish around 06:54 — after dark, spending around 14h 15m (30% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 53.5 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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