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Ultras · United Kingdom · Scotland

Highland Fling

18th Highland Fling Race
Ran · this year's race is done.
2027 date not announced on the race site as of 2026-10-26. Filled against the latest edition (2026).
Race dateAugust 29, 2026
Duration1 day
Start6:00am
When58 days ago
First held2006

Who's going to Highland Fling?

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Free. You can start with nothing.

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Distance The race
53 miles
Climb The race
7,500 ft
Descent The race
6,900 ft
High point
not checked yet
Time limit
not checked yet
Aid stations
10
Started
not checked yet
Finished
not checked yet
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course

Where it goes point to point · 10 aid stations

Milngavie station car park to Tyndrum, along the first 53 miles of the West Highland Way. Over Conic Hill to Balmaha, up the east side of Loch Lomond past Rowardennan, then the rollercoaster above Crianlarich.

Trail ranges from smooth hard-packed paths to technical rock and tree root sections. Poles are allowed only from CP1 Beechtree (7.5 miles). Conic Hill is a protected site: leaving the stone path means disqualification and no spectators are allowed.

The race

What this one is

A 53 mile (85 km) point-to-point trail race along the southern West Highland Way, from Milngavie station car park to Tyndrum. Waymarked route, no navigation needed, chip timing, an optional 5am early start for slower runners and a two-person relay on the same route.

Started almost by accident in 2006 as a low-key training run for a West Highland Way Race runner, with fewer than 20 runners. Now 800 to 1000 entrants is the norm. The race moved from April to the end of summer in 2025 because of landowner restrictions during lambing season.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery
not checked yet
Lottery opens
not checked yet
Lottery draw
not checked yet
Field cap
1000 highlandflingrace.org
Registration
Other highlandflingrace.org
Qualifying
not checked yet
Minimum age
20 highlandflingrace.org
Transfers
No highlandflingrace.org
Deferrals
No highlandflingrace.org
Crew access, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed
No highlandflingrace.org
Vehicles per runner
not checked yet
Pacers
No highlandflingrace.org
Muling
not checked yet
Drop bags
Yes highlandflingrace.org
Cupless
Yes highlandflingrace.org
Course marking
Fully Marked highlandflingrace.org
Night running
Yes highlandflingrace.org
Dogs
Not allowed highlandflingrace.org
Headphones
Allowed highlandflingrace.org
Crew rules
No support crews and no external support of any kind. Spectators are welcome at set places, with no spectator parking at Rowardennan, Beinglas, the A82 crossing or anywhere on the A82 south of Crianlarich, and no spectators on Conic Hill. highlandflingrace.org
Pacer rules
Support runners and pacers are strictly forbidden. highlandflingrace.org
Drop bag rules
Three food drop bags at Balmaha, Inversnaid and Beinglas, none at Rowardennan. Small, about shoebox size, no spare shoes or full changes of clothing. Unused items are left out for other runners. highlandflingrace.org
Cutoff philosophy
The event has a nominal 9pm finish time as a rough guide, not a strict time limit. Four mid-race cutoffs are enforced, set by time of day and the same for 5:00am and 6:00am starters, so the 5:00am start gives an extra hour. highlandflingrace.org
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   ○ no   ? nobody has checked   – does not apply to this race

Mile Station Cutoff Crew access Bag Pacer Med To next
0.00 Start: Milngavie station car park
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 7.50
7.50 Beechtree
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 5.10
12.60 Drymen
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 7.20
19.80 Balmaha
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 7.40
27.20 Rowardennan
NoneSignal wrong?
 12:45pm ? ○ ? ? 7.30
34.50 Inversnaid
NoneSignal wrong?
 2:45pm ? ● ? ? 6.40
40.90 Beinglas
NoneSignal wrong?
 5:15pm ? ● ? ? 6.60
47.50 Bogle Glen
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 2.50
50.00 A82 road crossing
NoneSignal wrong?
 8:15pm ? ? ? ? 3.00
53.00 Finish: ByTheWay Hostel and Campsite, Tyndrum
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
What it looks like out there

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

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  • Start: Milngavie station car park mile 0.0
  • Beechtree mile 7.5
  • Drymen mile 12.6
  • Balmaha mile 19.8
  • Rowardennan mile 27.2
  • Inversnaid mile 34.5
  • Beinglas mile 40.9
  • Bogle Glen mile 47.5
  • A82 road crossing mile 50.0
  • Finish: ByTheWay Hostel and Campsite, Tyndrum mile 53.0
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Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 110 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
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What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.