Challenge

The Challenge is a simple one:

To walk up 24 peaks, each one over 2,400 feet, in 24 hours total walking time.

Some of the route follows well-defined ridges, but the height climbed and descended throughout the challenge is significant. The route includes many of the more famous peaks such as Red Pike, Scafell Pike, Helvellyn and Great Gable.

The challenge will be undertaken over a single weekend, with accommodation in Ambleside, at Smallwood House, being arranged for a good night’s sleep during Saturday night.

The team will start very early on Day One, from Buttermere, negotiating 10 of the peaks, before they finally descend in the evening, down into Langdale. Mileage covered in Day One is around 17.5.

Day Two involves another long day of mountain ridges, with the mileage covered around 14 miles. Starting from the Kirkstone Pass and finishing near Ullswater.

The total height climbed is over 13,000 feet.

No problem…..