Highland Cross
2025
Bulletin 13 – 15th July
Applying for 2026 Highland Cross
As many of you will by now have
forgotten the pain involved in completing the 2025 Highland Cross, your minds
may be turning to the 2026 event which is proposed for 20th June next year.
In the past,
we have sent out a short newsletter and tear-off
postcard for applying for a place in the ballot for the following year.
As
we find that most teams want to re-apply for the same team place for the
following year, the TEAM ENTRY OWNER for each team in 2025 will be automatically
added to the list to get an application link to apply for a team (these will be
sent out on 7th January 2026) to be included IN THE BALLOT for 2026.
This is not a guarantee of a 2026 team place - the only applications guaranteed
a place are the top fund-raising teams of 2025.
If
any of the 2025 team wishes to change their TEAM ENTRY OWNER for 2026, we must
receive notification of this from the existing 2025 TEAM ENTRY OWNER by 31st
August, to include a name and email address.
Anyone wishing to apply for a new team (including splitting an existing team),
must do so by email to
info@highlandcross.co.uk
on 1st September 2025 when the 2026 list is opened up to all
other interested parties. In recent years, this list has had to be closed by
lunchtime that day due to being well oversubscribed.
Well done again to all of you for supporting Highland Cross, and for all your
fundraising to date.
Your comments help us – we do consider all points of view and suggestions.
Change is a constant feature of Highland Cross, and we need constructive
feedback on all aspects of the event to ensure that it is always an enjoyable
and rewarding occasion for all concerned. So, if you have any feedback or
observations that you would like to share, please email us on info@highlandcross.co.uk
or write to us at Highland Cross Organisers, Redwood, 19 Culduthel Road,
Inverness, IV2 4AA.
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Bulletin 12 – 13th July
Your team’s sponsor money
Please bank by 31 July 2025.
CHECK that your other team members
have banked their money on time – see below for bank details. If you, or your
sponsors, have given by way of Gift Aid, please ensure that you also send on to
us your sponsor forms.
If paying in by online banking direct
to the Highland Cross bank account, the details are:
Sort code: 80-91-26
Account no: 00439605
Account name: Highland Cross
Please quote your competitor number
and surname as the reference e.g. SMITH 123
If paying by cheque (payable to
Highland Cross with competitor number on reverse) please post to:
Highland Cross Organisers
Redwood
19 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV2 4AA
If you have used Justgiving to collect
sponsorship, you need do nothing further – we obtain all this information direct
from them.
A positive check
We will write to the Team Contact in
September, advising of the total sum banked by your team, before we prepare to
donate the monies to the nominated charities who deserve your support. They
provided teams of helpers on the day and also assisted with some of the staging
costs of the event.
Thank you for your support.
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Bulletin 11 - 25th June
Our
congratulations go to all the amazing participants who completed their personal
challenge on the 41st Highland Cross!
751 competitors started the
event, with 736 completing the course and 15 retirements.
Our
massive thanks go out to all the volunteers who made the day happen safely and
so full of joy!
With
Highland Cross rapidly becoming a good memory, we are continuing our work to
bring benefit to our four great nominated charities.
Fundraising
Please
maximise your fundraising in every way possible and ensure that the funds that
your efforts have generated are paid in as soon as possible, and no later than
31st July 2025. Justgiving -
if you have not already set up a
fundraising page to collect donations, it is not too late to do so - click here
If you have
been using an online platform to gather your sponsorship, the funds should have
come through automatically.
However, if
you are using traditional means please follow these steps:
Bank by 31st
July 2025 using the bank details as follows:
Account
name: Highland Cross
Sort code:
80-91-26
Account
number: 00439605
Please use
your surname and participant number i.e. SMITH 123 as the bank reference when
paying in as this will identify your payment on our bank statement so that we
can allocate your funds to your team total in due course.
Alternatively, you can send a cheque, made payable to Highland Cross, to the
Organisers along with your sponsor sheet (if applicable). As well as ensuring
that your participant number is written on the sponsor sheet. Please also mark
on the reverse of the cheque your participant number to help with allocating the
sponsorship to the correct team.
Photographs of the day
“Official
images”
Our official
photographers were Alligin UK based in Skye - to access their galley
Click here and all images for personal use are free of charge as another
momento of your participation in the 41st Highland Cross.
The bulk of
the Highland Cross 2025 images are now online and available via this link. The
primary gallery is 2025 Highland Cross - All Images and there is around 2500
images in chronological order. There are also 4 other galleries which are split
as follows:
Morvich - Start
Walkers - On course at high point
Runners - On course at high point
Beauly - Finish
Sample Items:
2025
Highland Cross - All Images
2025 - HC -
Images on Course - Walkers
2025 - HC -
Images on Course - Runners
2025 - HC -
Images at Morvich Start
You may be
prompted to log in to identify yourself. (If you don't already have a login, you
can quickly create one as needed).
Lost property - we have
collected quite a few items - see
www.highlandcross.co.uk front page for the list.
Sign Centre, Inverness -
you can still order t-shirts and hoodies - click
here for details. They are offering merchandise in black also.
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Bulletin 10 - 19th June
A Medical Update from our
Medical Marshal, Dr Kyle Murray.
Please read and follow his
advice
"Medical
update:
Advice
for competitors in this year's Highland Cross:
Hello to
everyone walking or running the Highland Cross this year. The weather looks
lovely for a fishing trip but for our purposes it can pose a few risks. I wanted
to give a brief update about the weather expected and what we can all do about
it this year. Temperatures on the running route could be between 20 to 23 C with
the probability of moderate cloud cover and medium humidity. This still means it
will feel quite warm. It will climb as you head east and may be up to 26C in
Beauly. There is therefore the risk of some heat illness, more so if certain
precautions are not observed.
Please
take time to prepare:
- wear
a hat (radiation heating of your head from direct sunlight has a significant
impact on body temperature).
- wear
sunscreen - (sunburnt skin struggles to thermoregulate for a week after injury).
- bring
your cup and avail yourselves of the frequent water stops available roughly each
5 miles of the run.
- drink
plenty, ideally isotonic fluids. It is possible to overdrink, but this is
unlikely if you drink to thirst. Salty snacks can help in this regard and there
will be both isotonic and water available on the course.
- If
you have recently had diarrhoea or vomiting or are particularly prone to heat
illness I would recommend not running this year.
On the
course:
- Take
time to cool down at hydration stops in the shade provided if you feel at all
hot.
- Use
the many sources of running water to soak your hat and cool down.
- drink
at each stop
- talk
to one of the many people volunteering at the event for your safety if you feel
unwell.
Apologies for the lecture, have fun!
Dr Kyle
D. Murray
Highland
Cross Medical Marshal”
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Bulletin 9 - 19 June
Parking in Beauly
It is vital that no participant or supporter parks a
vehicle on the approaches to Beauly Square or in Beauly Square on Friday night
or Saturday morning!
There is a Participants’ Car Park in Braeview Park as
shown on page 14 of the booklet, please use it!
Beauly - Road Layout into the Finish
Please review the plan of final approach to the Finish area
on page 17 of the brochure. Participants must stay in the coned off areas – do
not come out of the coned lane into the face of oncoming traffic!
The Police crewing the cross over point will direct you to
cross into the chicane when it is safe for you to do so and down into the
Finish. The chicane will use parking bays and a pavement section in front of
the shops and down a ramp into the Finish. Please ride with great care!
DIGITAL SAFETY AND TIMING SYSTEM
The digital safety and timing system will work in parallel
with our proven manual system.
At Morvich, after you have been issued with your safety
wristbands, you will be issued with a digital recording chip mounted on a Velcro
adjustable ankle strap.
This band MUST stay on your ankle from that point
until the Finish in Beauly.

Safety and Weather
Please review the Safety Equipment that we expect you to
carry on the event. It is listed on page 12 of the brochure under “Protection” –
please take it!
The weather forecast for Saturday 21st is
showing it likely to be warm with indications of showers over the route. Please
carry the waterproof as we recommend. A minor sprain causing you to sit out in
the rain and breeze without a shell whilst you wait for support can turn a minor
issue into a serious one.
This excellent video explains why we take this position on
kit!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384326876240796
Health and Medical issues
Do not be tempted to start
the event carrying an injury or hiding an illness. The Medical Team has advised
that no participant should enter the event if they have been in any way unwell
in the 48 hours prior to the Start.
A sperate bulletin with
advice from the event Medical Marshal will be issued shortly, please look out
for it and follow the advice in it.
Registration
Substitution closed on Monday afternoon.
If you cannot now attend, please e mail
info@highlandcross.co.uk
Do not be tempted to pass your place onto an unregistered
replacement – this will cause embarrassment at the very least and a high risk of
a permanent ban from the event…
BRING YOUR OWN CUP OR BOTTLE
Highland Cross is a cupless event.
Numbering and Baggage and Bikes
Study page 4 of the brochure.
Think very carefully about the bags that you are going use
to protect your baggage going to Affric and to Beauly. We recommend some sort of
robust DRY BAG.
The Bike Pound at Affric and the Baggage Pound at Beauly
are open to the elements and there is no way that baggage can be kept off the
ground in wet conditions. If you are using a rucksack or sports bag, please use
strong waterproof bags as a liner. All baggage must bear your event number on a
waterproof label, and we recommend that you place a label with your details
inside the bag. Please underline the number to indicate how it should be read...
611 can be 119.
Have one waterproof label attached to the handlebars of
your bike and one on the saddle of your bike.
HAVE A
GREAT CROSSING!
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Bulletin 8 – 18th June
STOP PRESS!
AN ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SAFETY AND TIMING SYSTEM WILL BE
IN OPERATION THIS YEAR
This year we are trialling a digital recording system for
Highland Cross. It will work in parallel with our proven manual system.
At Morvich, after you have been issued with your safety
wristbands, you will be issued with a digital recording chip mounted on a Velcro
adjustable ankle strap.
This band MUST stay on your ankle from that point
until the Finish in Beauly.
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Bulletin 7 – 17th June
SUBSTITUTION AND TRANSPORT CHANGES ARE NOW CLOSED
Weather
The weather reports are quite variable for the 21st but the omens
look decent. However, the course is wet and rain is showing in some forecasts
for Affric for Thursday and Friday (sorry about that, all the volunteers working
to set things up there on those days…) With Highland weather you must expect the
unexpected and prepare accordingly – remember we have had both snow and a couple
of heat waves on the Highland Cross day down the decades!
Please ensure that you have your emergency kit plus sunscreen and insect
repellent.
Drinking cup or bottle
Highland Cross is a cupless event. YOU must bring your own cup or bottle with
you to the event.
Labelling your Bicycle and Baggage
Please follow to the guidance on page 4 of your booklet.
Put a label with your details INSIDE your baggage.
Parking in Beauly
You MUST NOT park in Beauly Square or on the approaches to the Square. Please
use the Participants’ Car Park at Braeview – please look at the map on page 14
of the booklet.
Making your own way to Morvich.
If you are making your own way to Morvich, please ensure that you are there in
ample time to go through Registration and get to the Start for your 09.00 or
11.00 start time. You have 2k to walk plus Registration time.
There is no spectator or drop off parking at Morvich
Because of the fleet of buses arriving at Morvich from 07.45 to 09.00ish,
please approach Morvich off the A87 via the south entrance to the road at Ault
a’ chruinn. There will be an effective one way flow operating, as there is
not enough space on the single track road for passing traffic. It will operate
IN from the South off the A87 and OUT onto the A87 at the Cemetery
junction on the North side of the causeway.
Foot Section
Please carry the safety equipment listed in the booklet on page 12.
Cycle Section
Running repairs to bicycles on route
Please carry your own puncture repair kits etc.
Our support vans do not carry spares or repair kits. They are there to get folk
withdrawing out to safety quickly.
Cycle Safety
From Fasnakyle to Beauly you will be cycling on OPEN ROADS with no priority over
other road users – please cycle with extreme care.
The road is a standard public road that varies from two lane to single lane and
is maintained to the local authority standard – there may be uneven and damaged
road surfaces.
If you must stop, please get off the carriageway if at all possible.
Changes to the road layouts
Please study your booklet to see the coning provisions at Beauly Toll and on the
approach to the Finish. Please see the plans on pages 16 and 17 of the booklet.
Last minute “dropping out”
If you or a teammate must “drop out” between now and the Start, please e mail us
on
info@highlandcross.co.uk
so that we can adjust the Registration.
Have a great, safe and enjoyable crossing!
Bulletin 6 - 9th June 2025
Highland BlindCraft are making a wonderful offer to the
Community of Highland Cross!
Team Highland BlindCraft Beds are offering a 20% discount to all Highland Cross
competitors and volunteers:
Highland BlindCraft were over the moon to be a 2024 beneficiary of the Highland
Cross, for us, this new van is more than just transport - it’s essential.
Without it, we would not be able to offer a delivery service, which in turn
means we could not employ 2 permanent team members or reach customers across
Scotland without the expense of couriers.
As a thank you to team Highland Cross volunteers and competitors, we would like
to offer 20% off any Highland BlindCraft Bed purchase online or in our Inverness
showroom. Just use the code ‘CROSS25’.
Parking in Beauly
Participants MUST NOT park their vehicles in Beauly
Square or on the approach road to it outside the shops on the night of Friday 20th
or the morning of Saturday 21st June.
Please refer to Page 17 of the event booklet. The whole
area, as shown on the sketch, including the coned approach zone, the Square and
the area shown with the dotted line will be covered by a No Parking Order and
the Police will have the authority to have vehicles parked there towed or lifted
away with a considerable subsequent cost to the owner!
Please park your vehicles well away from these areas, and
preferably in the car park in Braeview that is clearly shown in your event
booklet on Page 14. Ill-considered parking in Beauly creates safety hazards for
participants on the day, creates challenges for the Organisers when negotiating
for permissions to stage the event and is disrespectful of the Beauly Community
who have supported us over the decades.
Personal arrangements
With two weeks to go please look closely at your
arrangements:
Are your transport options and contact details completely
up to date on the SI Entries system? If not, please do it NOW! If at all
possible, please load your bike and bag for Affric in Inverness on Friday
evening.
Have you sourced your drinking cup or bottle? Remember
there are NO CUPS on the route.
Have you assembled your emergency kit for the day? Please
review the video at
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384326876240796
Health issues
We want all participants to have a great Crossing but
please do not come to the event if you are carrying an injury or illness.
Remember the warning from page 11 of your booklet “
The Medical Team has advised that no participant
should enter the event if they have been in any way unwell in the 48 hours prior
to the Start”
Bulletin 5 – 2nd June 2025
Transport, Bike Transport and Walker/Runner choices
Please ensure that you have made the correct choice of
departure point on the Saturday (Inverness or Beauly), and if your circumstances
have changed, please amend your entry as soon as possible and before midnight
on 16th June.
Also, if you are changing from being a runner to a walker,
or vice versa, please amend your entry before midnight on 16th
June.
NO CHANGES CAN BE MADE AFTER THIS TIME
The changes can be made directly on the SI Entries
system by the Team Entry Owner – please make any changes as soon as possible,
that will greatly assist us in our planning and bus hire dispositions.
Information on how to make changes is in the FAQ section
of the Highland Cross website.
Participants opting to arrive at the Start in their own
transport.
Please note that there is NO PARKING at Morvich for
supporters’ vehicles.
Please arrange to be dropped off in plenty time to walk the
1 kilometre to the Start and to go through Registration and Safety Band fitting.
Remember that there will be a “one way system” in operation
– IN from Allt a’ Chruinn and OUT via the junction nearest the
Dornie Causeway.
Safety Equipment.
Please ensure that you have prepared the Safety Equipment
that you are expected to carry on the day.
The excellent video from Mountaineering Scotland shows
graphically why you must carry it. We have a safety and support system to assist
you but it cannot get to you instantly if you have a problem. You must be
prepared to look after yourself with the kit that you are carrying. Historically
the weather on Highland Cross has varied from snow to heat waves with every
conceivable variation!
Please review the video at
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384326876240796
Cycle preparedness.
Please ensure that your bicycle is fit for the day and that
you have the spares that you need to carry out running repairs in your baggage
at Affric to take with you on the journey to Strathglass.
Numbering
The correct use of your allocated participant number from
SiEntries is vital for the operation of the “safety net”. It identifies you and
your bike and should be used for any separate items of belongings such as
personal bags etc.
The number is YOU from registration, through the event from
start to finish and to the issue of your certificate and team sponsorship
returns.
YOU are responsible for providing waterproof labels for
your bike and luggage.
Your number should be written or typed on the label so
there is no doubt as to its meaning. For example, “611” if read upside down
could be “119” therefore write your number with an underline so that it appears
like this “611”
At the registration/start of the event you will be issued
with two wrist bands, bearing your event number. These will be fitted to you by
the Marshals - do not attempt to self-fit them! One band will be removed at a
compulsory safety check at Alltbeithe Youth Hostel, 10 miles into the foot
section. The other wrist band will be removed at the change-over site as a
positive check over the foot section. A light numbered mesh bib will be provided
and must be worn for the cycle route to Beauly.
YOUR BIKE - WITH YOUR EVENT NUMBER
Using your weatherproof labels - please have a numbered
stick-on label on the saddle and a numbered tie-on label secured on the handle
bars (not on any covering or protective wrapping). This greatly assists
unloading, correct racking and official numbering at Glen Affric.
YOUR CYCLE HELMET AND PERSONAL BAGS
Use your own numbered weatherproof labels on separate
items. At the Bike Loading: Do not attach your belongings, cycle computers, or
your helmet etc to your bike. Put clothes and cycle helmet that you want to have
with your bike at Affric in a waterproof bag bearing your event number and hand
it to the Bag Van at bike Loading. Marshals will place your bag beside your bike
at Affric. At the Start: Put clothes or other belongings in a waterproof bag
bearing your event number for immediate return to Beauly Pound by event
transport. Changeover at Affric: Put clothes and other belongings in a
waterproof bag bearing your event number and hand it to a Bike Pound volunteer
to go in the Bag Van for transfer to Beauly Pound.
Bulletin 4 – 29th May 2025
Bus choices
The supply of buses in Highland now is challenging and
although we have booked sufficient capacity there is little room to spare.
Therefore, it is vital that participants assist us by being
accurate in their bus choices and sticking to them.
Participants have all made their bus choices on their
initial application forms. Please ensure that you have made the correct choice
of departure point on the Saturday (Inverness or Beauly), and if your
circumstances have changed, please amend your entry as soon as possible and no
later than Noon 16th June.
Also, if you are changing from being a runner to a walker,
or vice versa, please amend your entry by Noon 16th June.
If you are registered as a runner, do not travel on the
walkers' buses. We are aware of runners travelling on walkers' buses which has
nearly caused a lack of seats for properly registered walkers.
This is important as the organisers are arranging for buses
to be in place in line with what competitors have requested.
Bike Loading
It helps the organisers to have as many bikes loaded as
possible on the Friday evening at Inverness, irrespective of where you depart
from on Saturday morning. Again, if appropriate, please amend your record.
Safety Equipment
Please review your equipment choices for the day especially
the Safety Equipment that we expect you to have. Please watch the video that we
gave you a link to.
Highland Cross is a cupless event
Participants are remined that that we will not be providing
cups on the event. It is your responsibility to bring a cup or bottle of your
choice to the event.
Participant Bulletin 3 – 19th May 2025
Transport to Morvich
Please use the event buses wherever possible!
If you are registered as a Walker please travel on the
Walkers’ buses and equally if you are registered as a Runner/Jogger please
travel on the buses scheduled for that start time. We have a juggling act to
ensure that we have the correct number of buses in place for each start time. We
appreciate that you may want to travel with teammates going at a different time
but that causes real challenges to the Bus Schedulers!
If you cannot use the event buses, please follow the
instructions below…
Access to Morvich for folk arriving in non event
vehicles
Please approach Morvich via the junction at Ault a’ chruinn
off the A87 to the South of Morvich and NOT via the junction on the North side
of the causeway.
We have applied for a Road Traffic Order on the road and
there will be an effective one-way system for access. IN at the Ault a’ chruinn
access and OUT at the North side of the causeway.
Parking is extremely limited in the area, and we appeal for
participants to be dropped off at the Morvich road T junction before Croe Bridge
and for cars to leave the area.
These measures are necessary to reduce disruption to the
community of Morvich that hosts the Start and has supported us so generously
over four decades and to protect participant and volunteer safety.
Morvich Breakfast Bar
The Loch Duich Primary School Parents and Teachers
committee intend to organise the Morvich Breakfast Bar once again.
If you intend to avail yourself of an “athletic breakfast”
prior to the event please make sure that you have some cash with you and in
small denominations if possible. All funds raised support activities for the
young folk.
The Breakfast bar has become something of an institution on
the Cross!
Fundraising
Highland Cross exists to raise funds for folk in Highland
disadvantaged by medical or social causes. We have learnt of some amazing
fundraising efforts by participants and we are hugely encouraged by these. Thank
you to every team who are exerting themselves to generate the best sum
possible.
We have four wonderful charities nominated as main
beneficiaries – Badenoch and Strathspey and Badenoch Community ConneXions,
Gatway, Rag Tag and Textile and Skye and Lochalsh Mental Health Association.
Any funds remaining after the pledges to them are fulfilled will be distributed
in smaller grants to other Highland charities.
In 40 years participants in Highland Cross have generated
£6.3m for charities! This is an amazing total, but the need continues…
Participant Bulletin 2 – 12th May 2025
Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
Many folk will recognise various versions of this old
saying – some more polite than others.
With the Cross six weeks away now is the time to check that
you have all your preparations in order.
Emergency Kit
The Organising Committee expect all participants to carry
the Emergency Kit detailed in the event booklet.
1. A whistle to summon help – 6 blasts of the whistle
repeated at one minute intervals
2. A weather protective suit
3. A small amount of high energy food
You may get away with a t-shirt and shorts some years but
an injury causing a minor slowdown on a windy, damp day can have serious effects
and if you end up sitting waiting for help you can be in serious trouble without
the emergency gear. Please take it with you.
The link below will take you to a superb video from
Mountaineering Scotland about the necessity to carry kit in case you have to sit
and wait for help. PLEASE WATCH IT and take account of its learning when
developing your kit for the day. It was filmed on a windy day with a temperature
of 13 deg C – common conditions on Highland Cross. We have had snow on the
Cross! A minor twist or sprain can change the whole nature of the risk of the
Cross. We will try to get supporting resources to you as quickly as possible,
but they will not be immediately there for you.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384326876240796
Each year we end up helping find and return gear loaned to
injured folk by good hearted fellow participants. This means that the injured
party were without the correct kit and other folk put themselves at risk by
loaning gear to them!
Bike
Every year our wonderful volunteer Bike Doctors work
miracles on bikes in Affric Quarry that were not really ready for the day, but
there is a limit to what they can achieve! There have even been a number
of bikes discovered in the Quarry with repair lists attached to them
for their attention! Please make sure that your bike is ready for the event and
that you have the spares that you need and can use for punctures etc on the
route. Our Support Crews do not have cycle spares or puncture repair sets with
them.
If you arrive at Bike Loading on Friday and have an urgent
need for “bits” our friends from Highland Bikes will have their mobile shop in
attendance for last minute purchases.
Baggage
Think very carefully about the bags that you are going use
to protect your baggage going to Affric and to Beauly. We recommend some sort of
robust DRY BAG.
The Bike Pound at Affric and the Baggage Pound at Beauly
are open to the elements and there is no way that baggage can be kept off the
ground in wet conditions. If you are using a rucksack or sports bag, please use
strong waterproof bags as a liner. All baggage must bear your event number on a
waterproof label, and we recommend that you place a label with your details
inside the bag. Please underline the number to indicate how it should be read...
611 can be 119.
Fluid on the Foot Section
Highland Cross is a “cupless event” – participants are
responsible for bring their own choice of cup or bottle with them. The pictures
below show the style of cup that you might find useful.
We will have fluid stations with water or water and
rehydrating fluid at regular intervals along the way. We recommend that you
start the day carrying some fluid to suit your own needs and if the day is
forecast to be hot carry a bit extra.
Participant’s Bulletin 1 – 6th May 2025
Participant’s Booklet
No matter how many Crosses you have taken part in please
study the booklet! There are changes and memory can play tricks on you!
Rules
Please read ALL the rules and the Safety Advice.
Your individual 2025 event number
You will be issued with your individual event number by SI
Entries within the next few days. This must be displayed on all baggage and
bikes that you want Highland Cross to convey for you. Please carefully read
page 4 of the booklet.
Please ensure that you remove all past event numbers from
your bike and baggage!
Rehydration fluid on the course
We will be providing water or a product from Active Root, a
Scottish based company who have developed and manufacture it in Scotland. This
year it will be their hydration product in Lemon flavour.
Highland Cross is a cupless event
Please provide your own cup or water bottle as stated on
page 11. THERE WILL BE NO SPARE CUPS!
If the day looks like being hot, please start the event
carrying fluid of your own choice.
A warning from our Medical Team
Please see the medical warning on page 11. Our wonderful
Medical Team state that:
Do not be tempted to start the event carrying an injury or
hiding an illness.
The Medical Team has advised that no participant should
enter the event if they have been in any way unwell in the 48 hours prior to the
Start.
Nothing matters more to us than our participants getting
home safely. We have had a number of instances of folk allowing their urge to
take part to overrule their commonsense and ending up very ill. If you have
been unwell prior to the event please do not attend, let us know by e mail that
you are dropping out due to medical reasons and get well safely at home.
If our marshals or Medical Team believe that you are not
well enough to continue on the course we will withdraw you from the event. If
you are moving so slowly that you are unable to complete the course in
appropriate time you will be removed from the course. Please see rules 8 and 9
on Page 3.
Safety layouts at the Strathglass/Beauly Toll
junction and on the route into the Square for the Finish
Please look closely at the sketch plans on pages 16 and
17. These new provisions have been brought in as a direct result of near misses
between participants and oncoming cars.
The final approach into the Square has been altered from
last year and the final chicane into the Finish from the Police control is
narrower and over a mix of surfaces including a ramp into the final approach to
the Finish Arch.
PLEASE study the changes and stay in the coned off lanes
for your safety and to protect the future of the event as we know it.