LAKE DISTRICT TRAIL RUNNING | THE MONTANE LAKELAND 100 | ULTRA MARATHON | RACE ROUTE

PART 4. WASDALE HEAD TO BUTTERMERE.

This episode is fuelled by Podda & Wren coffee.

Local coffee roasters here in Kendal. They’ve awesome blends and a cafe in the Elephant Yard, Kendal. Definitely pay them a visit if you’re passing through.

Additionally, they’re runners too. Jonathan Wren has actually raced the Lakeland 100!

ROUTE DESCRIPTION.

The fourth leg of the Montane Lakeland 100. The UK's premier ultra marathon around the Lake District. Leaving checkpoint 3 the first challenge is getting over Black Sail Pass at 570m.

You then descend into the stunning Ennerdale valley and run past Black Sail YHA at 285m before making the second ascent of the leg up to Scarth Gap Pass at 450m.

Then it's a technical descent down a very rough rocky path into the Buttermere valley before the final push along the edge of Buttermere lake and into Buttermere village.