2024 Dragon’s Back Race®
Dates: 2nd to 7th September 2024
Distance: 380km (or shorter on the Hatchling!)
Price: £1,799
Entries are OPEN!
ONLY 10 PLACES LEFT!
The Hatchling
When you enter the Dragon’s Back Race® you can share your intention to complete either the Hatchling or the full race route.
Entry cap
Only 10 places remaining!
We are planning for 500 participants for the 2024 Dragon’s Back Race®.
We recommend entering as soon as possible to guarantee your spot!
Entry fee
Pay a deposit of £199 now.
This is then followed by 4 interest-free instalments of £400.
From Sunday 17th September the deposit increases to £199.
Group Bookings
Sign up as a group of 4 or more and you will each receive a £100 Scarpa discount.
Interested?
The lead group member must email us all group member names and email addresses before entering, we will then invite you to enter and send you your vouchers. Read the Terms and Conditions here.
What’s included in an entry?
Support from the office:
A well planned and professionally organised event by Ourea Events
Regular schedule of email communication and guidance articles to support you in event preparation
Excellent customer service support from our office team - they know the event well so speak to them any time via email, live chat or on the phone!
A GPX file of the route and checkpoint locations - available in advance
While in camp:
5 nights of tented accommodation (at each of the overnight camps)
A spacious participant marquee where you can relax and socialise with your fellow runners
A team of motivated, supportive and encouraging volunteers to keep you going on your journey south!
An info point team ready to help in anyway they can!
Dragon Mail™ service (allowing your friends & family to send you messages during the race via the GPS Tracking page)
Drying room marquee
Charging stations for participants to share at overnight camps
While out on the course:
A spectacular start in Conwy Castle!
A spectacular finish in Cardiff Castle!
Flexibility to choose the Hatchling course from the start or swap to it at any point during the event
GPS tracking of participants (for safety + friends and family will be able to follow you in real time!)
Digital race timing
Bespoke, accurate, waterproof, pre-marked and annotated Harvey map of the race route
Access to a digital version of the same Harvey map (smartphone app required)
Transportation of participants’ overnight dry bags to each overnight campsite
Transportation of participants’ resupply dry bags to each daily support point
Support from the fantastic event team, and access to your resupply dry bag, at the support point each day
A manned water point each day where you can refill your water bottles
Transportation:
Transport to start / from finish point for those doing the shorter Hatchling Course option
Onward transportation from the support point to the finish in case you need to retire
Return transport from Cardiff to Conwy after the finish or transport from Cardiff to Conwy before the start
Parking in Conwy for the duration of the event
Catering:
Pre-race meal on the Sunday evening before race start (just after the race briefing)
Copious quantities of breakfast, finishing snacks and dinner each day
Unlimited tea, coffee and hot and cold water for drinking
Celebratory meal on the last night of the event
Memento:
Legendary dragon (trophy) for all Dragons (full race route completers), or a memento for those completing the Hatchling
Dragon's Back Race® participant T-Shirt (presented at the event registration) and/or plant a tree c/o Trees not Tees
Safety cover:
A team of medical professionals available for support while at the overnight camp (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists)
Professional Response Team of qualified Mountain Rescue team members stationed along the course to assist in case of emergency or injury
Who are Ourea Events?
The office team has a collective experience of over 80 years in organising premium outdoor events
Ourea Events is a 1% for the planet member supporting environmental causes, and is committed to a programme of sustainability
Ourea Events is committed to a programme of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Ourea Events supports charity partners like Mountain Rescue across the UK
More details on the entry fee:
Examples of what we spend your entry fee on
What next?
Check out our First Timer’s Guide to the Dragon’s Back Race
Read our Guidance on Training
Sign up for an official Recce Event with our Event Partners RAW Adventures
Sign up for coaching with our coaching partner Missing Link Coaching
Talk to our Sports Psychology partners at Fit-Think
Watch the event videos on our YouTube Channel
Important information
Wondering about prior experience? We simply require participants to accept the participant declaration upon entry.
Limited 2024 entries opened at 10:00 BST on 16th August 2023. We expect many places to already be taken by those who registered interest for 2024.
Entries are sold on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached - there will be no waiting list.
Please read our terms and conditions and the article guidance on your options if you can no longer attend before you enter.
Group Bookings Terms and Conditions
You must send an email with the full names of your group before entering to [email protected]
Upon deposit payment from all members of the group each member will be sent a £100.00 discount code to be used on the Scarpa UK website - https://www.scarpa.co.uk
Ourea Events Ltd and Scarpa UK reserve the right to modify or cancel any discount code at any time
The discount code will be valid for 8 weeks from date of issue
Each discount code can only be used once and any remaining credit cannot be carried forward
If you return any items purchased with the discount code, the discount or value will be subtracted from the refund you receive
Discount codes have no cash redemption value and are not transferable
Discount codes cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotional discounts