280
Miles
27,887
Ft Climb
1
Loop
0
Support
- THE RIDE
A SELF-SUPPORTED ULTRA AROUND ONE OF THE MOST VARIED COUNTIES IN BRITAIN.
One loop from the Exe Estuary, over the granite spine of Dartmoor, down to the South Devon coast and back through the hidden lanes and ridgelines of East Devon.
There is no support vehicle, no feed stations, no route markers. You carry what you need, buy what you can find, and sleep where you choose. Ride it in one push or take three days over it. It’s your challenge. You decide.
It will not be easy. That is the point.
- THE LAND
TWO COASTLINES. ONE MOOR. ZERO FLAT.
Devon is the only county in England with two separate coastlines, and between them sits some of the wildest riding in the south.
The route strings together what most visitors never see: sunken lanes cut ten feet into the red earth, old military tracks across open moor, wooded river valleys, cliff-top bridleways that have carried traffic since before the Normans.
Dartmoor is the centrepiece. 368 square miles of high moorland, granite tors and fast, rough descents. You will climb into it, drop off it, and climb back on again. The gradients here do not read like much on paper. Your legs will tell you otherwise.
Nothing on this route tops 1,500 feet. Do not let that fool you. Devon does not do flat. It does relentless. 27,887 feet of climbing in 280 miles, most of it in short, brutally steep ramps. More climbing per mile than almost any ultra in the UK.
- THE FORMAT
ONE ROUTE. YOUR PACE.
Edition
First
Start/
Finish
TBC
Bike
Gravel or MTB
Categories
Solo
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When
Distance
Format
Cut-off
September 2027
450 km / 280 miles
Self-supported, GPS tracked
5pm Sunday - Room to take it steady
- THE RULES
THREE RULES MATTER MORE THAN THE REST.
Rule 1
RIDE YOUR OWN RIDE
Ride with friends, make friends along the way. But no outside assistance.
Rule 2
LEAVE NO TRACE
The route crosses a national park, two protected landscapes and a lot of working farmland. We are guests everywhere we go.
Rule 3
LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER
If a rider is in trouble, the clock stops mattering. Help first.
Self-supported means exactly that. No pre-arranged help, no support vehicles, no stashed supplies. Anything you use must be available to every rider: shops, cafes, pubs, taps, and the kindness of strangers, which Devon has in unusual quantities.
Full rules published with registration.
- WHO IT'S FOR
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE FAST. YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED.
Riders will finish in under 24 hours and riders will finish in three days, and both will have achieved the same challenge.
If you have ridden a long Audax, an overnight bikepacking trip or a hard, hilly 200km, and you are willing to train, this is within reach.
If this is your first ultra, Devon is a good place for it. You are never far from a village, a shop or a train line. The consequences of a bad day here are a long walk and a bruised ego, not a mountain rescue.