25TH OCTOBER 2024
Come and join us on a magical starlit journey through the Yorkshire Dales National Parkwith choice of ultra marathon 30 miles, Half marathon and 10 miles routes!
Starting on the very edge of the market town of Settle, you’ll be straight onto the Dales High Way trail towards Malham. From there, you’ll pick up the Pennine Way and get to run towards and over famous Malham Cove, and on the edge of Malham Tarn, around Great Close Hill and Fountains Fell via Pennine Way. And just when you will think the hardest bit is done you have a lovely climb up to Pen-y-ghent (self clip) via Pennine Way. Once you self clip you can descent back same way and take a Pennine Journey path, followed by Ribble way to follow Dales High Way down south alongside the river before heading back to Settle with downhill sprint finish.
We know that for many of you, it’s about PB’s; for some, it’s about being among friends and for others, about challenging yourself to complete a given distance. That is why we give you a generous cut off to allow everyone to stop for a moment and appreciate stars and a dark sky. Because STARLIGHT is more than just a race, it’s a way to experience dark wilderness under the stars!
At Tough Trails, we support the International Dark-Sky Association efforts to reduce light pollution; therefore, we will donate small portion of the entry fee to that mission.
IDA is responsible for rewarding Dark-Sky status around the world and does not sponsor races.
For more information how to support them, visit: www.darksky.org
Distance: 29 miles / 14 miles / 10 miles
Elevation: 5600ft / 2500ft / 1900ft
Date: 25th October 2023
registration opens 3pm, closes 4:45pm
Start all courses: 5:00pm
Cut off: 12h / 7h / 4h
Venue: tbc
Entry fee (all including GPS tracker)
Ultra marathon : £ 45.00 / £ 47.00
Half marathon: £ 37.00 / £39.00
10 miles: £ 34.00 / 36.00
enter via sientries:
SiEntries - Starlight Yorkshire Dales
14 miles:
CP 1 - snacks, food, Mountain Fuel snacks
30 miles:
CP 1 - 6 miles in, snacks, food, Mountain Fuel, safety check before Malham Cove
CP 2 - 10 miles in, cut off: 10:30pm
drinks, snacks, food, Mountain Fuel snacks
CP 3 - 24 miles in, cut off: 3:30am, food, snacks, Mountain Fuel gels
* due to remote terrain and night time event cut offs will be enforced.
Entry fee to include:
Unforgettable night with like-minded trail obsessed people!
Fully stocked CP (including Mountain Fuel snacks)
Medal for the FINISHERS
donation to International Dark-Sky Association
trail fee to Yorkshire Dales National Park
trail fee to National Trust
trail fee to Natural England
Mandatory kit:
Waterproof Jacket (with Taped Seams and a Hood)
Waterproof trousers
Long sleeve base layer (can be worn or carried in running vest/backpack)
Buff
warm hat
Gloves
Minimum of 0.5 litre of drink
Headtorch (fully charged)
Spare headtorch or hand-held torch (fully charged)
Map (can be printed from our website) & route description
hot & cold drink cup
Whistle & compass
Survival Bivi bag (foil blanket is not sufficient!)
Emergency food supply (energy bar x 2 (400kcal at least in total)
A fully charged Mobile phone with RD numbers (to be kept on at all times - Leila 07525101390).
Failure to have all the kit will result in disqualification and not allowing individual to start!
Its a remote terrain and all above items are essential at night!
*** As the weather is unpredictable, kit will be updated prior to event if necessary ***
Failure to carry your own mandatory kit throughout the duration of the race will result in a disqualification.
Spot checks during the race and at the finish might be carried out.