Skirrid Xmas Hill Race
AS 5.7km/450m (3.6 miles/1476ft)
PM/LK/NS
Saturday 21st December 2024
2:00pm. Reg from 12:30pm
£10. Online entry at Fabian4
No entries on the day.
Kit dump and spot prizes.
Event HQ: Skirrid Inn ! Llanvihangel Crucorny (signed off the A465 Abergavenny to Hereford Road), NP78DH
Parking on the roadside in the village.
Start / finish GR SO 328201 approx. 500m from registration. Kit dump at the start.
Over 16. The weather might not be warm and sunny in December. Waterproofs may be required at the discretion of the organisers.
Records (new route):
Wyndham Turner 26:35 (2022)
Katrina Entwistle 29:29 (2022)
Results will appear here: Remember to refresh your browser each time you look:
2023 Results
2023 Category Results
2023 Team Results
2022 Results
2022 Category Results
2022 Team Results
2022 AG% Results
2022 Results (with summit splits)
2021 Results
2021 Category Results
2021 Team Results
2021 AG% Results
2020 Results Combined
Photos (selection)
Photos (Bryan Stadden)
2019 Results (.pdf)
2019 Prize Winners
2019 Team Results
2019 Photos (Gill Stott)
Results ordered by ascent time
Results ordered by descent time
2018 Results .xls
2018 Results .pdf
2018 Photos (Tosh)
2017 Results
2017 Photos Up (Gerry Ashton)
2017 Photos (Gerry Ashton)
Video up. Video Down
Video - on the run
2015 Results
Photos (Nick Dallimore)
Race Route - changed in 2022
The start is a bit of a walk from the Skirrid Inn. Take care crossing the main road!
The start is in the western field with a large barn and significant solitary oak tree in it. A loop around the field and runners are off straight towards the Skirrid, across the fields, via several (open) galvanised “ramblers” gates. The Skirrid cone looms above. A 1.5K continual climb through fields, painfully runnable for many, brings competitors to the start of the open fellside, via a road crossing, and some relief as the route now flattens off. Shortly, a path off right goes diagonally up the mountain’s flank to end abruptly on the ridge. The course then heads right up to the summit. From the summit it descends straight down the north west ridge. A mad dash through the fields and the finish awaits.
Please note that the route marked between A and A is on private land and should be respected for those recce-ing the course.
RA-Matrix-Skirrid.docx
