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Montane Winter Spine Race, live.
Follow the Montane Winter Spine Race live: 431 km of the Pennine Way in January, non-stop, with live position, checkpoint splits and arrival estimates.
Edale, Derbyshire · January 9, 2027
The length of the Pennine Way, in January
Britain’s hardest race is 431 kilometres of bog, snow and darkness, run non-stop from Derbyshire to the Scottish border.
The Spine follows the Pennine Way from Edale to Kirk Yetholm in the middle of January: 431 kilometres with a 168-hour limit, in a week that gives about seven hours of daylight and takes the rest in wind, rain, frozen peat and snow. There is no stage structure and no enforced sleep — the clock runs from the gun in Edale until the runner touches the wall of the Border Hotel. Around it run the Challenger South to Hardraw, the Challenger North from Hardraw to the finish, and the two Sprints.
The Spine is where dot-watching was invented: a race almost nobody can attend, followed obsessively by thousands of people at home. Livebib is built for exactly that. The course is drawn as a ridgeline with the runner on it, the checkpoints in order with the splits as they land, and an arrival estimate for the next one that keeps updating through the night. One link, free to watch, and nothing to install.
About Montane Winter Spine Race 2027
Montane Winter Spine Race 2027 takes place January 9 – 17, 2027 in Edale, Derbyshire.
Classes
- Montane Winter Spine Race: 431 km, on Sun, Jan 10, from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, time limit 168 h.
- Montane Winter Spine Challenger North: 258 km, on Sun, Jan 10, from Hardraw to Kirk Yetholm, time limit 108 h.
- Montane Winter Spine Challenger South: 174 km, on Sat, Jan 9, from Edale to Hardraw, time limit 60 h.
- Montane Winter Spine Sprint South: 74 km, on Sat, Jan 9, from Edale to Hebden Bridge.
- Montane Winter Spine Sprint North: 69 km, on Tue, Jan 12, finish at Kirk Yetholm.
Official website: thespinerace.com