Open to Offas 2024

Open to Offas 2024 - Saturday 10th August
Merseystride's annual challenge walk in the Clwydian Hills on the Flintshire / Denbighshire border will take place on Saturday 10th August 2024. We will be offering three routes with open to both walkers and runners. All routes start from Cilcain Village Hall
New for this year is a 50km (31 mile route) starting at 08:00. The 24 mile route starts at 08:30 and the 15 mile route starts at 09:30,
Enter online via SI Entries: Cost £12 LDWA members (£10 before 01/06/24) and £18 non-members (£15 before 01/06/24).
Entries closed Monday 5th August 2024
Cost includes car parking, refreshments during the day and a certificate for all finishers. Please bring a mug for drinks at checkpoints
We have now completed the marshal's walk and made the final adjustments to the route descriptions and gpx files. A change to last year's route down Moel Famau means a slight increase to the 23 mile route - now more accurately badged as 24 miles
Results

There were 214 entries and 174 starters this year. The final results may be viewed in the attached document:
Open_to_Offas_final_times_2024.pdf
Route descriptions and gpx files
Route descriptions are now available for download
The gpx files are available for download
50km cut-off route (24 miles) O2O50kmcutoffroute.gpx
Some statistics from OS maps
| Route | Distance km | Elevation m | Distance miles | Elevation feet |
| 50km | 52 | 1948 | 32.3 | 6394 |
| 24 mile | 39.7 | 1511 | 24.7 | 4957 |
| 15 mile | 25.5 | 851 | 15.9 | 2792 |
| 50 km cut-off | 39.6 | 1387 | 24.6 | 4550 |