The LandAid Trek will begin on Thursday 18 September with a welcome dinner & event safety breifing taking place at the hotel in the evening.

On Friday 19, participants will enjoy a nutritious breakfast and collect packed lunches before boarding coaches to the trek's starting point. After the trek, all participants will return to the hotel for a celebratory dinner to cap off the day's adventures.

Participants will enjoy a leisurely breakfast on Saturday 20 before heading home after checkout. 

The Virtual Trek will take place over the same week as our physical Trek; 18-20 September from the comfort of their local area.

Palace Hotel Buxton
Palace Road, Buxton, SK17 6AG

On average, completing the half marathon route can take around six to seven hours, while the full marathon route may take up to 12 hours. Actual timings will depend on individual fitness levels and weather conditions. These estimates serve as a guide, and the duration of the trek may vary.

Detailed information about timings and other considerations will be provided in our pre-event joining instructions and reiterated during the pre-event briefing.

For the Virtual Trek, the time taken will vary based on whether you choose to walk, run, or jog the challenge. Additional factors, such as participating individually or as part of a team, will also influence the duration.

All participants are to arrive for a welcome briefing and dinner at Palace Hotel Buxton at 19:00 on Thursday 18 September. For anyone staying at the resort, check in is from 15:00 and guests are welcome to use the hotel facilites before the event briefing and dinner. 

Breakfast will be available for all participants from 05:30 on Friday 19 September, participants will collect packed lunches from the hotel before coach DEPARTS at 06:30 to leave for the Trek starting point.

We have experienced marshalls who will be there to lead you throughout the challenge. There will be marshals leading the group from the front, marhsalls dotted throughout the convoy of participants moving along the route and also leaders at the back ensuring everyone travels along the route safely. 

We will be aiming to walk in a long convoy for as much as possible throughout the day! Your whole team will be relying on you to walk at a steady pace and support each other as you go! 

We like to walk together as much as possible for morale and to help make our mountain leadership process smooth! If for whatever reason you decide to ignore our advice and head off on your own at any point, you will be operating outside of our safety support mechanisms and the support of our experienced and Outdoor First Aid qualified Mountain Leaders. 

We'll be in regular contact by email with tips, hints, and updates to help keep you motivated with your training and fundraising, as well as all the important information you'll need for the day itself.

Sometimes our emails get caught in spam or quarantine filters, so if you haven't heard from us, check your junk files, and make sure trek@landaid.org & events@landaid.org are added to your safe senders list.

Yes absolutely! You can join or create a team when registering for the Trek and Virtual Trek. You’ll see that we have leaderboards for where you can compete as a team (and individually) against other organisations taking part in the Trek. 

Yes absolutely. Whether its family, friends or colleagues, we’d love to have them participate with you! They have to be 18 years or older to take part in the Trek in Wales, or anyone can join in the Virtual Trek.  Just make sure to get them all registered for either event in advance.

Yes we will have prizes for both the Trek & Virtual Trek. 

For the Trek, prizes will go to top fundraiser individual, top fundraiser team, best individual trekking photo and best group trekking photo. 

For the Virtual Trek, prizes will go to top fundraiser individual, top fundraiser team, furthest distance individual and furthest distance team. 

The Trek is not a race. We will be aiming to walk in a long convoy for as much as possible throughout the day. Your whole team will be relying on you to walk at a steady pace and support each other as you go! 

We like to keep big groups walking together as much as possible for morale and for marshalling. If you do decide to go off on your own, you won't be able access the support of our rolling team of experienced and Outdoor First Aid qualified marshals and Mountain Leaders. 

For the Virtual Trek, we will be awarding the furthest distance individual and furthest distance team. We ask that all participant track steps/distance during the challenge. 

As much as we love four legged friends, the Trek is for humans only (sorry!). Assistance and guide dogs are allowed, please let us know ahead of the event at the trek@landaid.org so we can make any necessary adjustments. 

Pets are welcome on your virtual Trek!

The Trek will take place along mountain area, and as a result of the prevailing wind and the moisture laden air, mountain weather can change very quickly so it is important that you prepare for wet weather before your trek. That being said we do trek during British summertime so we always hope for dry and warm weather.

Your leader will brief you at the start of the day so you can better prepare but if you prepare for the worst British weather can throw at you on challenge day you can only be pleasantly surprised with the conditions.

If adverse weather conditions arise, the Trek leaders will confirm if it is safe to continue. 

Yes our Communication Team have put together a comms guide to help you. Over the last few years, we have all learnt just how important and powerful social media can be. The world has gone digital – so when it comes to promoting a cause, it’s important you feel equipped to navigate the world of social media. 
See the guide here. 

We have 3 packages available for the LandAid Trek: 

• Triple Room
  £280 Per Person
  3 Adults
  3 Single Beds
  
  
• Twin / Double Room
  £340 Per Person
  2 Adults
  2 Single Beds or 1 Double Bed
  
  
• Single Room
  £460 Per Person
  1 Adult
  1 Double Bed

Registration closes at 17:30 on Friday 22 August 2025 for the Physical Trek. 

Registration closes at 17:30 on Friday 12 September 2025 for the Virtual Trek. 

You must prepare thoroughly for this challenge but don’t worry, we are here to help you every step of the way with a kit list, nutrition guidance, training plan and a team of mountain leaders to guide you along the route. 

For our marathon trek we strongly advise you invest 12 weeks in training. If you are already very fit and active you may consider the 10 week training plan.

For our half marathon trek we strongly advise you to invest 8 weeks in training. If you are already very fit and active you may consider the 6 week training plan. 

See our training plans on our Route page here. 

Your profile page includes your personal distance tally so you can track your distance towards your target. This is a great way to keep your friends updated on your workouts!

If you track your workouts with Fitbit, MapMyFitness or Strava your distances will automatically add to your tally.

Follow these steps to track your KMs automatically:

1. Download the Fitbit, Strava or MapMyFitness app and set up your account

2. Log in to your [charity or event name] account.

3. Under the heading ‘Connect your preferred Fitness app’, click your chosen app.

4. Follow the prompts to connect your account

5. When you next work out, select ‘start your workout’ in the app on your phone. Once you end your workout, save your workout and your distance will be published to the tally on your page the following day.

If you have synced your app already but it is not working, please log in and re-connect it.

When using Fitbit, you must ‘start’ an activity and save it. Your daily steps will not automatically add to your page. If you are having issues, try syncing through BOTH your Fitbit and the Fitbit app on your smartphone.

When using MapMyFitness, you must ‘start’ your workout, ‘stop’ your workout and then ‘SAVE’ your workout.

Your tally will be updated each day with the previous day’s distances.

Remember, you can manually add your kilometres to the tally in your My Fitness Activity tab of your profile after registering. This is a great option if you’re using a pedometer or a different method of tracking your distances.

Follow these steps to manually add your KMs:

1. Log in to your account and select ‘My Fitness Activity’

2. Under ‘Add activity’, enter the date and distance

3. The number of KMs will now appear on your fundraising page!

The minimum fundraising target for the Trek is £800 per person to be raised by 20 November 2025. All participants must raise 50% of their fundraising target (£400) by 6 September 2025.

The minimum fundraising target for the Virtual Trek is £100 per person to be raised by 20 November 2025.

One of the best ways to help reach your fundraising target is by asking your employer if they provide matched funding, allowing you to double your fundraising amount.

The deadline for fundraising is the 20th of November 2025.

Yes, absolutely! Firstly take a look at your dashboard when you log in to your fundraising page, we have put together some handy resources to help you reach your target. If you want to chat with us, drop us an email to: trek@landaid.org

The easiest way to fundraise is to simply share your fundraising page on social media or via email. You can find email templates and social media advice in your dashboard. Log in to your account to view. 

Yes absolutely! If you would like to create or join a team, you have an opportunity during event registration. Alternatively, get in touch with us ahead of the event and we can do this for you. If you have any queries, please get in touch. 

We recommend taking lots of photos throughout the LandAid Trek to share with your donors during and after the challenge. You could even record a series of videos to create a vlog or a reel to share on your social media. 

Be sure to tag #LandAidTrek so we can reshare and help you spread the word!