From 2026, the Dragon’s Back Race® will follow a single mandatory route. This brings clearer stewardship, supports access discussions with landowners and authorities, protects sensitive terrain, and dispels the myth that shortcuts meaningfully affect outcomes, while keeping the race every bit as serious, beautiful, and navigationally demanding as ever. 

In an extraordinary display of endurance, determination and mountain craft, Trish Patterson has completed the first-ever winter Fastest Known Time (FKT) of the Dragon’s Back route.

Bridget Glaister becomes the first person to complete a solo (supported) continuous running of the Dragon's Back Race® route in Wales.