The 2026 group start will be on Saturday 9th May at 8.30a.m.
Applications for 2026 accepted on Saturday 15th November 2025.
Send an email with a brief resume of your bikepacking experience on tough, off-road, multi-day bikepacking routes and events. Please include proof of your rides (event results, Strava activities, etc...). If you have applied for previous editions do mention that. Please don't add attachments (PDF files, etc..) to your email, I won't open them. There are usually many more applications than places available. I will only reply to your email if your application is successful.
If accepted for the group start you will need to donate a minimum of ten trees in the Highland Trail grove to secure your place.
https://treesforlife.org.uk/groves/490177/
All riders must use a tracker for the ride and sign up to the Trackleaders HT550 tracking website. You will need to learn how to use it prior to the event and leave it in tracking mode when you are moving. You will need to carry a sleeping bag and tent or bivvy bag, waterproof jacket and waterproof trousers or shorts.
If you wish to be included on the finisher list you will need to provide a link to your ride on Strava or a GPX track.
Once again in 2025 the HT550 will be supported by The Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum, an independent, ethical business that has partnered with us since 2019. https://therealfoodcafe.com/pages/find-us
Applications for 2026 accepted on Saturday 15th November 2025.
Send an email with a brief resume of your bikepacking experience on tough, off-road, multi-day bikepacking routes and events. Please include proof of your rides (event results, Strava activities, etc...). If you have applied for previous editions do mention that. Please don't add attachments (PDF files, etc..) to your email, I won't open them. There are usually many more applications than places available. I will only reply to your email if your application is successful.
If accepted for the group start you will need to donate a minimum of ten trees in the Highland Trail grove to secure your place.
https://treesforlife.org.uk/groves/490177/
All riders must use a tracker for the ride and sign up to the Trackleaders HT550 tracking website. You will need to learn how to use it prior to the event and leave it in tracking mode when you are moving. You will need to carry a sleeping bag and tent or bivvy bag, waterproof jacket and waterproof trousers or shorts.
If you wish to be included on the finisher list you will need to provide a link to your ride on Strava or a GPX track.
Once again in 2025 the HT550 will be supported by The Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum, an independent, ethical business that has partnered with us since 2019. https://therealfoodcafe.com/pages/find-us
2025 startlist
rv - route veteran
🥇- previous winner
🥇- previous winner
WOMEN
1 Anne De Smet, Belgium
2 Laura Darvell
3 Emily Scott (rv)
4 Becky Beale
5 Taryn Davis, Canada
6 Annie Le (rv 🥇21)
7 Lindsay Warrack
8 Athlyn Cathcart-Keays
9 Sarah Caylor, Canada
10 Liz Carrington, USA
11 Melina Boening, Germany
12 Lucy Greenhill (rv)
13 Leila Husain, USA
14 Emma Bateup, New Zealand
15 Loo Nalton (rv)
16 Philippa Battye (rv)
17 Sharn Hooper
18 Zoë Painter, Canada (rv)
19 Ana Norrie-Toch
20 Becca Book, USA
21 Rona Myatt
22 Kerry MacPhee (rv 🥇24)
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24 Clare Walkeden (rv)
25 Hanna Bauer, Germany
MEN
1 Thomas Yaxley
2 Jakob Carlsen, Denmark
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4 Sebastian Sarx, Germany
5 Chris Simpson (rv)
6 Calum Fisher
7 Donnie Campbell
8 Nick Percival
9 Bryn Appleton
10 Rich Rothwell (rv)
11 Andy Greaves
12 Pete Aylward
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14 Graham Cottingham
15 Danny Lane
16 Jack Howker
17 Bahadır Güngör, Sweden
18 Phil Clarke (rv)
19 Tom Simpson
20 Adin Maynard, USA
21 Chris Johnstone (rv)
22 Pete Worsfold
23 Alan Goldsmith (rv)
24 Nick Cooper
25 Nico Keinath, Germany (rv)
26 Ramon Diaz Colomer, Spain (rv)
27 Daniel Jessee, USA (rv)
28 Ashley Cordingley
29 Benedikt Stratmann, Germany
30 Stefan Maertens, Belgium
31 Tom Bruce (rv)
32 Manu Cattrysse, Belgium (rv)
33 Karel Van Eeckhout, Belgium
34 Andrew Broadway
35 Niel Copeland
36 Mike DeBernardo (rv)
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38 Tomáš Novotný, Czechia
39 Tim Allan, New Zealand
40 Dicky Hibbert
The crux move on HT550!
Yann Thomas in Tyndrum. Yann was due to ride the 2021 group start but sadly passed away in March. The 2021 event was dedicated to Yann.
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The custom fat bike that Yann built to ride HT550.
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