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Race-day light
For a 54:45 finish (an estimate) · starting 07:00 12 Jan · dark at the start until km 4.2 · headlamp km 75–185. Dark means the sun below civil twilight.
Climbs
46 climbs · 7,873 m totalbiggest firstAid stations as published on the course file
| Aid station checkpoint | km | Mile |
|---|---|---|
| A CP1 Hebden Bridge - Birchcliffe Centre | 71.2 | 44.2 |
| A Malham Tarn (monitoring) | 134.3 | 83.5 |
| A CP2 Hawes YHA | 173.4 | 107.8 |
| A CP3 Langdon Beck YHA | 240.4 | 149.4 |
| A CP4 Alston YHA | 292.0 | 181.5 |
| A CP5 Bellingham - Brown Rigg Lodges | 353.0 | 219.3 |
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Conditions typical race-day weather for 12 Jan at the start
Typical = the median of 2016–2025 for 12 Jan ±3 days at the start line; a wet day has 1 mm of rain or more. Historical weather from Open-Meteo.
Race almanac 1 year of this race
Past editions
On race day it reached 8°C at the start, with a low of 6°.
| Year | Start °C | High point °C | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Jan 12 | 8°/6° | 3°/1° | 2.5mm | 31km/h |
race-day weather from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5) at the start line and the course high point (888 m).
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About this course
Montane Winter Spine — 2026 covers 418.6 km (260.1 mi) with 10,948 m (35,919 ft) of elevation gain. That is about 26 m per km of climbing, and 11,070 m of descent. The course tops out at 890 m and bottoms out at 99 m. There are 6 aid stations on course; the longest stretch between aid is 71.2 km. The profile has 46 sustained climbs; the biggest is the climb from km 261.3, +618 m over 7.0 km at 8.9% on average (steepest stretch 24%). Race day is 12 January 2026, starting at 07:00; the sun rises at 08:18 and sets at 16:14. Typical race-day weather at the start: a high of 5°C and a low of 2°C, with a 49% chance of a wet day. The interactive map above shows the full route with its elevation profile and aid stations, built from the course's GPS file.
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Course history
- Oct 27, 2026Added to the catalog
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