Join us for the 32nd South Wales Winter Hill Series. This year we have 9 Series races between October 2025 and March 2026. Note that all but one of the 2025 races are pre-entry (only).
All the races are category AS or BS, apart from one race which is category AM (What do the race categories and acronyms mean?). They range from a short dash up and down Fan Fawr (3.2km, 305m) to the longest in the Series, Cat's Back/Ras Crib y Garth at 11.7km, to Llyn y Fan which is the race with the most ascent (714m).
Information about age categories, scoring, kit requirements and who to contact about the Series can be found below the leaderboard and race listings.
Standings
Races
Age categories
The age categories are: u23, v40, v50, v60, v70, v75, v80. Your age as of 1 January 2025 will be used to determine the applicable age category for the Series.
Scoring
Scoring in each race is based on the percentage of the course you could have covered in the time it took the average person to finish. This is calculated as (A/R) * 100 where R is the runner’s time in seconds and A is the mean (average) time of all finishers
Your Series score is the sum of your best 5 scores in the Series.
Kit requirements
All WFRA races require you to bring full kit (see the full kit list here). Please refer to individual races for further information and note that at the race, the Race Organiser (RO) will make a decision as to what you need to take with you.
Eligibility
You do not have to be a member of the WFRA to take part in the South Wales Winter Hill Series.
However, becoming a member of the WFRA helps to support fell running in Wales and the Borders and fell races such as the ones in this Series. You can join us as a member here.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact our South Wales Winter Hill Series Coordinator, Dominic Shields. You can read more about Dominic on his WFRA Committee profile.
The South Wales Winter Hill Series is also on BlueSky at @swwhs.bsky.social