The Dragon's Ascent Challenge

Adventure lovers, walkers and runners are invited to enter the UK’s newest outdoor event – a pub crawl with a difference: The Dragon’s Ascent Challenge.

The 15-mile route tackles the rugged and beautiful terrain of the Yorkshire Dales and north Pennines, linking one of the country’s oldest hostelries, the ancient Green Dragon Inn at Hardraw, with Britain’s highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn.

Both sit on the Pennine Way, offering a well-signed route from one pub to the other, and we want it to be as popular as the Yorkshire Three Peaks as a way to raise money for charity or simply enjoy a day’s walking.

An official Challenge race with proceeds to a local charity will be held twice a year – and administered by the trained team of safety and medical staff who organise the Montane Spine Expedition Races.