Devil o' the Highlands Footrace
| Entry Fee | £100.00 |
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A 42 mile point-to-point ultramarathon along the famous and scenic West Highland Way trail through the highlands of Scotland from Tyndrum to Fort William.
This year the event is also hosting the SCOTTISH ULTRA TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS. Please see event website for more details.
EVENT INFORMATION
- Distance: 42 miles / 69 km
- Total Ascent: 6500ft / 1981 m
- Time Limit: 12 hours
- Point to point way-marked route (no navigation required)
- 95% trail / 5% road
- 4 checkpoints
- 2 checkpoint food drop bags available
- Start-to-finish baggage transport
- Pre- and post-race buses available (extra cost & spaces limited)
- Free showers at race finish
- Free post-race massage at race finish
- Free home-made soup, hot food, and hot/cold drinks at finish.
- Free high resolution official race photo downloads for all.
- Sponsor stalls at race finish
ENTRY INFORMATION
- The event accepts entries from women, men and non-binary runners
- Entry Fee: £100
- No minimum running experience is required for entry
- All runners must be at least 20 years old on race day
- No deferrals or transfers of entries are available (partial refunds are available)
Active Gender Entry System
When entries open, we will initially be allocating race places by gender. There will be 400 places for women and 400 places for men, as well as the option to enter as nonbinary. If a particular gender sells out, a waiting list will then be opened for that gender. The aim of this is to balance and equalise the final women/men gender split and also encourage nonbinary participation. Depending on entry numbers after a period of time has passed, we may open up any remaining places to all genders at a later date.
Refund Policy
A 14 day cooling off period will apply. Withdrawal in this period will result in a £5 administration fee.
After 14 days a 50% refund will be offered, up until 1st March 2027. After 1st March no refunds are available.
There is optional insurance available through XCover which will cover you for a range of issues to protect your entry fee, such as:
- Injury or illness happening to you, or a member of your immediate family.
- Adverse weather including snow, frost, fog or storm where the Police or Government have issued travel warnings.
- The mechanical breakdown, accident, fire or theft en route of a private vehicle taking you to the booked event.
Please check their terms and conditions to see exactly what is covered.
Special Entry Fees
Vet70/Vet80 runners: Please use discount code DEVIL70 (in your seventies) or DEVIL80 (in your eighties) for an extra special discount on our standard entry fee. (Please note this code is ONLY for use by entrants who will be age 70+/80+ on race day.
Runners on low income: We don't want price to be a barrier to participation. We are happy to offer payment plans and/or a discounted entry fee. Please get in touch with us to discuss. All enquiries will be treated sensitively and without judgement.
Trans and/or nonbinary runners: We have a number of fully subsidised race places available through our partnership with LEAP Sports Scotland so please contact them directly for more information, as well as an assurance that we are 100% committed to providing a genuinely competitive opportunity for trans and/or nonbinary runners, as well a safe environment for you to participate.
PARKING / RACE WEEKEND LOGISTICS
Parking in Tyndrum (race start) is the event's biggest issue. We have to keep local businesses on side so unless you have accommodation booked in Tyndrum for the Friday/Saturday nights there are very limited parking options. There is plenty of short term parking at the race start for vehicles dropping off runners but these vehicles must leave Tyndrum immediately after the race start.
A small number of long term parking places will be available to book in early 2027/when entries are full. Entrants will be informed of this by email in advance.
We strongly urge you to use public transport to travel to the event and car share where possible.
As the race is a point-to-point route we suggest one of the following plans:
STAY IN TYNDRUM BOTH FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS - Runners with booked accommodation should park at the accommodation and can book a return bus back to Tyndrum after the event on the Saturday at 6pm (extra cost). Tyndrum has a variety of accommodation available including camping, hostels, glamping pods and hotels.
STAY IN FORT WILLIAM ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS - Book the early Saturday early morning bus from Fort William to the race start in Tyndrum (extra cost). Then run back to Fort William. The early Saturday morning buses will leave from Glen Nevis Campsite and stop at Fort William Bus Station before heading to Tyndrum, and will arrive in plenty of time for registration and race start.
ARRANGE TO BE DROPPED OFF AT START AND COLLECTED AT THE FINISH - This could be family/friend/club mate/support crew who drive you to the start in Tyndrum, maybe see you at Glencoe and Kinlochleven, then collect you from the finish in Fort William. Please note they must leave Tyndrum immediately after the race start. Another option is that the person who drops you off at the start also joins the race team and helps out while you run to Fort William.
EVENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
We are trying to reduce the environmental impact of the event. There is an opt-out system for runners to choose not to receive a t-shirt.
T-SHIRT: If you choose to not receive a t-shirt then you have the option of either donating £6 to charity or receiving a £6 reduction in the entry fee.
All proceeds will be donated to small local charity Kinlochlovin' (SC046213).
IMPORTANT EVENT RULES
- All runners must carry an emergency foil blanket, a waterproof jacket with hood and taped seams, and charged/switched on mobile phone.
- Runners are allowed external support at certain locations. Spectators are welcome at specific locations (Glencoe and Kinlochleven).
- It is strictly FORBIDDEN for any participant to run in place of another runner. No one is allowed to run using another runner's race number.
- Limited earphone use allowed.
- Running poles are may be used only after Bridge of Orchy checkpoint (7 mile point).
- No dogs accompanying runners.
- If you decide to withdraw during the race, you MUST let us know about it before going home.
- The use of ibuprofen, diclofenac, or any other NSAID as a race-day painkiller is forbidden.
- Do what the marshals tell you. At all times. And especially at road crossings.
- Race numbers must be worn on your FRONT, and must be visible to marshals at all times.
- No support crew assistance or spectators anywhere before Glencoe checkpoint.
- No support runners before Kinlochleven checkpoint at 11:30am.
- Absolutely NO LITTERING- carry your rubbish with you and use the big litter bins at checkpoints.
TIME LIMITS & CUT OFFS
There are 3 cutoffs during the event.
Glencoe checkpoint (17 miles) - 4hrs 30mins race time, which is 10.30am.
Kinlochleven checkpoint (27 mils): 7hrs 30mins race time, which is 1:30pm.
Lundavra checkpoint (35 miles): 10hrs 15mins race time, which is 4.15pm.
If you make the last cut off you will be allowed to finish. There is no time limit at the finish line.
INCLUSIVITY, EQUALITY & DISCRIMINATION
We are continuing our efforts to make our events more inclusive. We want everyone to feel welcome, comfortable and safe at our events. The steps we are taking to achieve this include:
- Active gender entry
- Free woman-focused social runs
- Event team is over 60% women
- Pregnancy/adoption deferral available
- Support for breast/chest feeding runners
- Period products provided in event portaloos
- Sweeper team is over 50% women
- Medical/first aid team is around 50% women
- Anonymity available on start list/results
- women's and men's fit t-shirt options
- Disabled parking available at race finish
- Low income support available
- LGBTIQ+ inclusive
The event is LGBTIQ+ friendly. We are also QIA+ friendly. You can enter our race as a woman, man or nonbinary runner. If you are trans, you are welcome to run in the gender category with which you identify. If you would like more information on this, please email us.
We are fully committed to upholding all principles of the Scottish LGBT Sports Charter and have a zero tolerance policy to all forms of discriminatory language and behaviour. We have also signed up to the Scottish LGBTI+ Rainbow Mark.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE EVENT WEBSITE
View the Event Disclaimer / Terms and Conditions.
View the Event Cancellation / Refund Policy.
This event offers the option to purchase XCover, so that participants may be able to get a refund if they are unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances.
