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APEX Everest
Next edition: Thursday, 10 September 2026 – Sunday, 13 September 2026Stybeck Farm, Thirlmere and Helvellyn, England
A non-standard vertical endurance challenge based at Thirlmere, repeatedly ascending and descending Helvellyn to accumulate the 8,848m height of Everest.
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DistanceVariable / not applicable
Vertical objective8,848m cumulative ascent
Event window48h
EntryFrom £397
Formatvertical challenge · looped
Navigationpartially marked
StartStybeck Farm, Thirlmere
FinishStybeck Farm, Thirlmere
Base campSupported
Next edition
10 September 2026 – 13 September 2026
This is the most relevant confirmed edition currently held for the permanent race family. Edition-specific facts should still be checked against the final organiser instructions.
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Past editions
2025 to Completed
These facts belong to the 2025 edition only. Missing values have not been copied from another year.
- Distance
- Variable / result-dependent
- Vertical objective
- 8,848m cumulative ascent
- Event window
- Not published
- Entry
- Not verified
- Format
- vertical challenge · looped
- Stage layout
- Not applicable
Successful source check: 2 Sept 2026Source confidence: mediumOfficial timing records begin on 12 September and extend through the 48-hour challenge window into 14 September; broader 11–15 September administrative material appears to include setup/departure and is not stored as the competitive window. The event lineage and official timing evidence support a completed APEX Everest vertical-challenge record, but an edition-specific duration, route count and completion rule were not recovered. Those facts remain unknown rather than inheriting the current rules; predictor use is blocked.
Check APEX Everest 2025 source (opens in a new tab)2024 to Completed
These facts belong to the 2024 edition only. Missing values have not been copied from another year.
- Distance
- Variable / result-dependent
- Vertical objective
- 8,848m cumulative ascent
- Event window
- Not published
- Entry
- Not verified
- Format
- vertical challenge · looped
- Stage layout
- Not applicable
Successful source check: 2 Sept 2026Source confidence: mediumA partner-published 13–15 September event window is retained as the edition date; organiser social/gallery material also references activity on 12 September and labels 13–14 September, so setup, challenge and gallery boundaries are not treated as interchangeable. The event lineage and official timing evidence support a completed APEX Everest vertical-challenge record, but an edition-specific duration, route count and completion rule were not recovered. Those facts remain unknown rather than inheriting the current rules; predictor use is blocked.
Check APEX Everest 2024 source (opens in a new tab)
Non-standard vertical endurance challenge
Conventional metrics are not applicable.
The selected 2026 edition is a vertical challenge format with no truthful fixed headline distance. Race For You records the verified objective, loop and event-window facts separately. Conventional Difficulty V2, Cutoff Pressure V2, cutoff pace and personal-finish calculations are unavailable because they would require fake inputs.
This format is intentionally not converted into a normal 50K, 100K or 100-mile comparison. Its event window is not relabelled as a conventional cutoff. Check the organiser before entering, travelling or using these details for training decisions. An older edition may appear in the archive, but its course facts are not silently carried into this one.
Verification
What we know today.
- Successful source check
- 4 Sept 2026
- Catalogue record updated
- 4 Sept 2026
- Source confidence
- medium
- Official source
- Available
How the format works
A real objective, not a fake distance.
Repeatedly ascend and descend Helvellyn from the supported base-camp route until the 8,848m Everest-equivalent vertical objective is accumulated; category and team rules vary.
Source transparency
Verify the final event detail.
Current organiser pages confirm 10–13 September and 8,848m over nine Helvellyn ascents; a charity-partner page retains a conflicting 9.2-summit statement. APEX is explicitly a non-standard vertical endurance challenge. The 8,848m cumulative objective, 48-hour standard event window and supported base camp are stored separately from not-applicable fixed distance, individual route ascent and conventional cutoff; predictor use is blocked. Current organiser pricing is Team from £397 per person and Individual or Pro from £447 per person; the Pro category has a separate 36-hour rule, so £397 is stored only as the generic from-price.
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