Ultra Tour of the Quarries
- Total distance: 81.09 km
- Location: Llandygai
- Race Date: 14 Nov 2026
- Finish rate: 90%
- Navigation: Partial Self-Navigation
- Nearest Station: Bangor (1.9 km)
- Night Running: 35.8% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: High (51/100)
Ultra Tour of the Quarries Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: £129
- Organiser: Apex Running
- Start Town: Llandygai
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 14 Nov 2026
- End Date: 14 Nov 2026
- Start Time: 8:00 AM
- Final Cut-off: 24 hours
Navigation
- Type: Partial Self-Navigation
- Closest Train Station: Bangor
- Distance from Start Line: 1.9 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: 18 years
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course covers a genuine mix of surfaces, with trail (32%) 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. Climbs are mostly on trail, though the surface varies across the ascents. Descents cover a variety of surfaces with no single terrain type dominating.
- Trail / Path32% · 23.5 km
- Gravel / Track28% · 20.4 km
- Paved Road22% · 16.3 km
- Grass15% · 10.9 km
- Rocky3% · 2.1 km
Distance
81.1 km
Ascent
2810 m
Descent
2810 m
High Point
762 m
This race has a short, steady climb from around km 11, before a steady ascent until about 26km, before a flat section until about 50km, before a large ascent for the final 32km.
Compared against 26 other races of a similar distance, Ultra Tour of the Quarries has more total elevation gain than 77% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 69% of them — hillier than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Navigation
Ultra Tour of the Quarries 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
No aid station data available for this race yet.
Night Running
Ultra Tour of the Quarries starts at 08:00 local time, with sunset around 16:22. Based on the median finisher time of 12:58:44, a runner at that pace would finish around 20:58 — after dark, spending around 4h 39m (36% of their race) running in darkness and covering roughly 28.6 km of the course after sunset.
Shaded stretches are expected to be run in the dark
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