How to Stay on Course When the Path Disappears

Topics Covered:

🏔️ Understanding the Route: terrain, line choice, and what makes Cape Wrath unique (Studying the 2025 map can come in very handy)

🏔️ Preparation & Route Knowledge: what to study and how to build confidence

🏔️ Self-Reliance Expectations: the level of navigation competence that participants must bring

🏔️ Navigation in a Supported Environment: how safety and autonomy coexist

🏔️ Technology vs Traditional Skills: GPS, maps, compasses, and striking the right balance

🏔️ How the Event Empowers Runners: building skills while maintaining a safety net

🏔️ What Ourea Events Provides: oversight, safety infrastructure, and expert route design

Guidance
Prepare for the Cape Wrath Ultra® with Trail Running Scotland
Prepare for the Cape Wrath Ultra® with Trail Running Scotland

We are delighted to be working with Ian Stewart from Trail Running Scotland. He will be looking after all the official recce and preparation events for the 2022 and 2023 editions for the Cape Wrath Ultra®.

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Guidance on training
Guidance on training

The challenge of the Cape Wrath Ultra isn’t just the distance but also the terrain. It doesn’t go over high summits like the Dragon’s Back Race but in places it is very rough, wet, boggy and pathless which makes running very difficult. So how do you prepare for such an event?

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