HARTSOP HOP FELL RACE
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The second edition of THE Hartsop Hop : a deceptively tough AM, which might become an AL if your lines are suboptimal
Starting from the sheep pens above Hartsop (as for Leg 2 of the HBMR), there is an immediate route choice to be made – Rest Dodd is the first checkpoint, how you get there is up to you!
North-east of Rampsgill Head, on the col beneath High Raise, CP2 is the cut-off and must be reached within 70 minutes. If you are directed by the marshals to retire, please return to the start via the path which passes to the north of The Knott and down by Hayeswater.
A fast descent to Kidsty Howes follows - a poor line through the outcrops here might cost you a position or three - with a steep drop to Haweswater and a short climb to The Rigg, CP3. A short stretch on the stony path above Haweswater gives a chance to recover before the mostly runnable climb up Nan Bield Pass.
Lingmell End, CP4, is where you don’t want to end up on the Kentmere Horseshoe and the way back is all against you, but you’ll forget about that soon enough approaching the final checkpoint (CP5) on Gray Crag.
The last descent will test tired legs - the direct line is very steep and requires care, some will prefer to follow the path which skirts around to the north of the outcrops at 500m. A final flourish on the track brings you back to the sheep pens and the finish.
Results
2025 photos: © Steve Taylor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/148140721@N02/albums/72177720328593771
22 August 2026
Enter via SiEntries
https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=16570
Pre-entry: £13.00
EOD £15.00 if limit of 130 not reached
Please bring £2.00 for parking
full kit (Hat or buff as long as it covers your head)
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