Both the Cape Wrath Ultra® and the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race® will take place annually from 2021. Until now both events occurred biennially in May, with the Cape Wrath Ultra® in 2016 and 2018 (and 2020), and the Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race® in 2017 and 2019.

THE SHORTLIST FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL OUTDOOR EVENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2019 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE BERGHAUS DRAGON’S BACK RACE® FROM OUREA EVENTS, HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE SPORTING EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.

The John Muir Trust, Fix the Fells and Woodland Trust have all received donations from Ourea Events as part of their 2018 annual 1% For The Planet contribution.

At the last 10Peaks™ event organised by Ourea Events in the Brecon Beacons, a series of events led to untreated water being supplied to some of the participants at one of the aid stations. As the Race Director, this has caused me to do some serious reflecting on our standard operating procedures, and in the interests of transparency and with a strong desire to share some learning points, I am now writing this article.

We are delighted to confirm that Kong Adventure will be taking over the organisation of 10Peaks™ The Lakes and 10Peaks™ Brecon Beacons with immediate effect.

The John Muir Trust, Fix the Fells and The National Trust for Scotland have all received donations from Ourea Events as part of their 2016 annual 1% For The Planet contribution.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OUR EVENTS IS ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF £900,000 IN 2016. HERE WE EXPLAIN WHERE THAT FIGURE HAS COME FROM AND WHY WE ARE PUBLISHING IT. 

The popular ultra-running 10Peaks events, that take place in the Lake District and Brecon Beacons each year, have a new organiser after a transfer of ownership by co-owners Mark Bottomley and Paul Smith to Ourea Events with immediate effect. 

The National Trust for Scotland will receive Ourea Events 1% For The Planet 2015 donation in recognition of the superb support provided by the organisation for the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™ in 2015.

A tremendous effort from Rich Heap at Slackjaw and his team has resulted in a handful of top class video features making the cut during 2015.

Each year Ourea Events™ donates 1% of its total sales to grassroots environmental organisations at the forefront of the protection of the mountain environment. Ourea Events’ managing director, Shane Ohly, explains his reasons for the company's association with 1% For The Planet.

Ourea Events™ is very pleased to be supporting Guiderunning.uk. Guiderunning.uk is a new network to connect visually impaired (VI) runners of all abilities with sighted runners who are prepared to guide them.

Each year Ourea Events™ donates 1% of its total sales to grassroots environmental organisations at the forefront of the protection of the mountain environment.

The rapid growth of Ourea Events™ continues as they announce the launch of their eighth off-road running race - Sheffield Trail-Rush™. It is the first race in a new Urban Trail Running Series that the innovative events company plans to roll out nationwide in 2014/15.

From the team that revived the inspirational Dragon’s Back Race™, an extraordinary new adventure has just been announced for June 2016 - the Cape Wrath Ultra™.