Date: November 2025 (TBC)

Key timings

• Mandatory registration –07:30am-08:30am

• Walk from registration to start: Allow a minimum of 10 minutes

  Mandatory pre-run briefing – 08:55am

• Race start – 9am

Location of start/finish: Near the intersection of Stricklandgate and Finkle Street, Kendal. See map.

• Run registration will take at the Abbot Hall Social Centre adjacent to the Kendal Mountain Festival Base Camp.

  Abbot Hall Social Centre, Dowker Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4DN

• You must allow a minimum of 10 minutes to walk from registration to the start.

• Every runner needs to register – you will be given your race number, safety pins and your GPS tracker.

• Registration opens at 07:30 and will close at 08.30. Please do not leave it to the last minute to register, as there is likely to be a long queue.

• Please make a note of your race number before getting to the registration desk. You will be emailed your race number beforehand.

• If you have any questions about the event, please do not ask the registration staff as they will be busy trying to register the runners. A marshal will be available at the venue who will be happy to answer your questions.

• Your run time will be recorded using the timing chip in your tracker.

• Your number must be affixed to your front horizontally.

• The race is operating a mass start.

• After the race, if you have a bag to collect, you will need your number to identify yourself.

• The ultra starts at 9am prompt from the town centre at the Birdcage found at the top of Finkle Street, junction of Highgate/Stricklandgate.

• A short briefing will take place at 08.55am on the start line – please be there.

• Various classic local running routes inspired THE NORTH FACE Kendal Skyline Ultra, which links the local summits, creating a 360-degree skyline of Kendal.

• THE NORTH FACE Kendal Skyline Ultra is a classic trail running route with short sections of tarmac/road linking brilliant multi-terrain running.

• The route is very runnable and ideal as a fast ultra or introductory ultra, depending on what your personal goals are.

• The course will be fully signed, comprehensively waymarked and marshalled.

• The entire route is mandatory.

• There are various road crossings. Please take great care at these locations, following the instructions of the marshalls and always remembering that you have no special right of way over road traffic!

• The use of a pedestrian crossing is mandatory when one exists on the route.

• Participants have no special right of way over other recreational users and are reminded to be polite and courteous at all times.

There will be two Support Points at Levens Methodist Church (~21km) and Kendal Rugby Club (~39km). Plus, an additional Water Point (~32km).

You can expect a warm welcome from our Event Team at the Support Points. A combination of our professional staff and volunteers are in attendance at this location. A medic is almost always at these locations to provide advice and emergency care. If you need to retire, the Support Point is the only place on the course where you can do this. Most importantly, you can expect water, hot drinks, and plenty of food here, including:

• A selection of hot and cold drinks, including tea, coffee, hot chocolate, coke, SIS isotonic and water, with milk alternatives available

• Sandwiches with various fillings

• Hot soup

• Savoury snacks such as potatoes and cheese.

• A selection of sweets, cakes, fruit and biscuits.

There will be gluten-free and vegan alternatives available.

MEAT & FISH FREE MENU:

Sustainable food is a fundamental component of our sustainability strategy. It affects everyone because our staff, volunteers and participants rely on the food we provide to fuel them through our events.

We have served a meat and fish free menu to participants since our first event in 2012. Over the years, we have worked hard to develop the menus we provide for our participants, to ensure the meals are nutritionally balanced for their needs.

A meat and fish free menu is the cornerstone of reducing the environmental impact of our event catering, because livestock production takes up around 80% of the world’s agricultural land and is one of the leading causes of deforestation, biodiversity loss and water pollution.

Our ‘Food Sustainability Policy’ (HERE) covers this in more detail.

Please note: supporters are NOT allowed at any Support / Water Point.

They are of course welcome to cheer you on at any point along the route but please be considerate to residents if parking up near houses.

• The trail run starts at 09:00, and the Course Closure Time is 19:00. Therefore, the course must be completed in 10 hours.

• There are cut-offs at the Aid Stations.

  • Levens Methodist Church - 13:00 - 21km from the start.

  • Kendal Rugby Club - 16:30 - 39km from the start.

• Prizes from The North Face will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd male and female runners and to the 1st male and female in each veteran age category (40, 45, 50, etc.).

• If you think you are the first finisher in one of the categories, and we have not picked this up, please come and find us with your race number and let us know.

• Prize giving will be mid-afternoon at the Kendal Mountain Festival Base Camp (depending on finisher times!).

• You can leave any kit/bags with us while you are running. Please leave these at the designated location at registration. A marshal will remain with the bags for security whilst you run. Please do not leave kit anywhere else.

• A label with your name and race number must be attached to the bag – there will be labels at bag drop if you have not been able to do this in advance.

• You must collect your bags as soon as you have finished the race. Bags will be collected from the front door of the registration venue. Bag collection closes at 19:00.

• All kit must be in a bag that can be closed, e.g. rucksack, drawstring shoe bag, zipped bag etc. Do not leave anything in loose mesh side pockets.

• You can only retrieve your bag on the production of your race number.

• Registration. There are toilets in Kendal Mountain Festival Base Camp.

• Start. The nearest public toilets are in the Westmorland Shopping Centre and downstairs in Booths supermarket.

• Aid Stations. There are toilets on the course at the two aid station locations.

• Finish. There are toilets in Kendal Mountain Festival Base Camp.

• Please note, due to landowner restrictions, no dogs are permitted on the route.

All runners must be aged 18 or over on the day of the race.

Male record: Nigel Hockin - 04:08:03 - 2024

Female record: Sophie Gibbens 0 05:57:22 - 2024

If you need to retire you can only do so from one of the Support Points, Water Point or at the Finish. This is for your safety!

You will need to hand your tracker in once you retire.

Participants must follow the >> universal event rules << applicable to all events organised by Ourea Events.

Please note: pacers or support runners are strictly not allowed.

Full Terms and Conditions are here:

2024 TERMS AND CONDITIONS