The Highland Ultra
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Highland Ultra
The Highland Ultra is a coastal mountain ultra on the Knoydart Peninsula in the West Highlands of Scotland. The route covers 125 km over mountain trails and bogs, organised as three stages across three days with an overall event duration of four days. The race starts and finishes at Longbeach, Inverie, with the remote village of Inverie used as a start location and arrival and departure by boat.
Runners can enter as solo competitors or in teams of 2, 3, or 4. Accommodation is in tents at base camp in Longbeach, Inverie. The event limits places to 90 competitors. Typical conditions note daytime temperatures of 5°C to 25°C, evening temperatures of 0°C to 10°C, and about 14 hours of daylight.
Safety and logistics include GPS tracking, manned checkpoints roughly every 10 km with a qualified medic and drinking water, staffed camps with medical and support personnel, hot water for meal preparation at camps, transfers to and from the race, and storage and carriage of luggage during the race. Each runner must carry mandatory kit listed in the race information pack; food and sleeping kit are carried by competitors.
The entry fee covers race T-shirt and finishers medal, digital photos taken by the event photographer, race coverage for friends and family, a celebratory meal at the finish, and a donation to a woodland project to offset flight carbon. The organiser requests that entrants have completed a marathon-length event within the 12 months prior to the race. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.