Date
Sat, 20 Feb 2027
Venue
South Dartmoor
Sparkwell, Devon
Countdown
February
A 50 km walk or run straight across Dartmoor in winter, south to north, over mostly unmarked open moor. It's a proper navigation day with support around you.
Key facts
01Open to runners and walkers
02Advised prep: a marathon or a 20 mile trail run or walk
03Mountain-leader support, with a generous final checkpoint cut-off
Create a free training plan for the Dartmoor Winter Traverse 50 km
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The course
The route
South Dartmoor
Distance50km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate47.0 km
Weather
Mid-February, South Dartmoor
9°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
-2°CColdest in 20 years
55%Days with rain
Highs around 9°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -2°C. Rain on 55% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeGap
01Jo Arscott00:00:00
02Sophie Hughes00:00:00
03Laura Millward00:00:00
22
Women finishers
8:29:14
Median time
5.9 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Dartmoor Winter Traverse 50 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Dartmoor Winter Traverse 50 km plan targets
Typical sessions
50 km
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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