The Sting in Stirling
The Course – The Details
19.08.2012
The course for this race is a complex one to follow, with various short course options and sections where all of the checkpoints are optional, so teams can choose how many they do. Here is summary of the sections with details of the distance and ascent for the full long course and shortest possible course. (You can see the details section by section with a route fly over on the live race website.)
Stage Discipline Full Course Short Course
1. Stirling Castle Trail Run 8km/180m 8km/180m
2. Trossachs Mountain Biking
2a. Lake of Monteith 28km/340m 28km/340m
2b. Monteith to Killin 50km/1970m 48.4/1300m
3. Loch Tay Canoeing 5.4km 5.4km
4. Ben Lawers Trekking 30km/1800m Nil
5. Loch Tay Canoeing
5a. To Kenmore 20km 20km
5b. To Glentully 9km 19km
6. Cairngorm Park Mountain Biking
6a. To Falls of Bruar (Canyon) 32km/1320m 32km/1320m
6b. To Mar Lodge 87km/2040m 43km/930m
6c. At Mar Lodge (Orienteering) 10km/250m nil
6d. To Transition 70km/1760m 43km/1000m
7. Lochnagar Trekking
7a. To Glen Muick (Long only) 26km.1150m
7b. To A93 (Scramble) 33km/2200m 25km/1800m
7c. To Creag Loisk 50km/3435m 19km/888m
8. Clunie Forest Mountain Biking 38km/800m 28km/628m
9. River Tay Canoeing
9a. To Dunkeld (Orienteering) 20km 20km
9b. To Perth 38km 38km
10. Ochil Hills Mountain Biking 55km/880m 55km/880m
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