A Munro bagging relay team has set a new record by completing all 282 Scottish mountains in 10 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes.
The Fellkour Squad, a team of seven Scottish and English fell runners, finished the challenge last night on the Isle of Skye and beat the previous fastest time set in the 1990s by more than a day.
Impressively, they reached a Munro summit on average every 55 minutes.
One of the team, Jack Ravenscroft, said: “It was an amazing challenge to do it with friends – both the runners and the supporters. It shows what a great group of friends we have.”
The runners started on Ben More on the Island of Mull on May 7 at 5:35am and ran a total of 1500km (930 miles) plus some 120,000m (393,700ft), which is equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 13.5 times from sea level.
The non-stop feat included driving between the mountains, but restricted to public roads only and car ferries for crossings to the islands.
The team are raising funds for Pickups for Peace, a charity that provides life-saving vehicles – pick-up trucks – for transporting aid to Ukraine. On average, each vehicle is estimated to save 10 lives over three months of its service.
What is the Munro Relay challenge?
A Munro is a Scottish mountain that is at least 3,000ft (914.4m) tall. The name comes from Sir Hugh Munro, who created the first official list of Scotland’s peaks in 1891. The current tally stands at 282 mountains, stretching from the most southerly Munro, Ben Lomond, rising above Loch Lomond, to the most northerly, Ben Hope, east to Mount Keen in Angus and west to the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye.
In 1990, a relay was run to all 282 Munros by a team in aid of The Association for International Cancer Research, now called Worldwide Cancer Research. Their total time was 12 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes having started on the Cuillin ridge on Skye and finished at Ben Lomond in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.
A second relay took place in 1993. The team raised funds for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Their time was 11 days and 20 hours and 16 minutes having started on the Cuillin ridge on Skye and finished at Ben Hope, Sutherland.
Both teams included seven men and they carried a single baton. The rules allow for the baton be transported in vehicles in between the Munros, but only on public roads and car ferries, otherwise it must be carried on foot. This means vehicles are not allowed on the numerous estate roads in the Highlands and it prevents a boat being taken across lochs. The relay also starts on a public road and finishes on the last summit.
In 2022, a Veteran Women’s Munro Relay completed a continuous, self-propelled journey to all 282 Munros was in 26 days . It included 3.5 days of stoppage due to atrocious weather.
You can find out more at Munro Relays. (Thanks to Eddie Harwood, who took part in the previous Munro Relays, for compiling the website.)
The new Munros Relay record
The Fellkour Squad includes Alistair Thornton from Alva, Clackmannanshire; Benjamin van Dijk, Bridge of Allan; Ferg Roberts, Inverness; Sam Fisher, Dunblane; and Harry Cooling, Jack and Ross Spalding, all form the Lake District.
The team name comes from their shared passion for fell running and an acrobatic parkour inspired approach to moving over the hills.
Starting on Ben More, the Fellkour Squad reached their 100th Munro on Ben Lawers three days into the feat and then the halfway mark came after five days (early on May 12), bagging the 141st Munro on Ben Cruachan.
They have faced a wide mix of weather including snow, rain and harsh winds as they journeyed around Scotland. The final Munro, Blà Bheinn (Blaine) was summitted at 11:51pm yesterday (Sunday May 17, 2026) after a big push along the Cuillin Ridge, which includes 11 of the toughest Munros.
See the Munro relay 2026 tracker and Fellkour Squad progress. Also catch up on Instagram @Fellkour_Squad.