- Date and time: Wednesday 8th July 2026, 6:45pm
- Event type: DPFR race
- Start point: Low bench on the Green
- Grid ref: SK173893
- What3Words: ///momentous.incorrect.wriggle
- Distance: 12 kilometres
- Climb: 300 metres
- League: Dark Peak 50th Anniversary League
Change of date to later in the year, due to A57 closures
New RO Jaz Brown.
Controls are:
Start / finish – green bench under the dam wall, SK 172896
CP1 – SK1816916 – Grouse Butt No 2
CP2 – SK 198901 Cakes of Bread (you have to go run round the cakes of bread / through the gap. If you fail to do this, a significant time penalty will be added to your finishing time
CP3 – SK 188904 – Northerly corner of John Howden field
CP4 – SK180898 – Pike Low summit
Dovestone clough is out of bounds, and the wall to the west of Pike low is uncrossable – access only via the arrows shown on the race map.
A suggested route is available here.
Full FRA kit may be required, see https://dpfr.org.uk/wp_dpfr/club-runs-and-races/club-races for more details on club races.
Generally not recommended as a first outing with Dark Peak – we would recommend a regular club run instead.