How To Enter

The event costs £40 per entrant, to cover camp fees, activity costs, fuel for support vehicles, food (Saturday supper and Sunday snack) and a certificate.

Here’s how you apply:

  1. Read the rules—make sure your team is allowed to enter.
  2. Get a leader to register and assign your teams*
  3. Return your menu and complete your medical forms.
  4. Make sure you’ve completed all the training you need.
  5. Sit back and we will let you know more details near the event.
Bookings Open Soon

Rules

We’ve got to keep it fair, so here are some of our rules:

  1. Teams must consist of 4-7 Explorer Scouts or Rangers. Teams must be from a Scout or Guide County in the North East region.
  2. The closing date for entries will be 6th March 2026 OR when all available slots have been taken, which ever is sooner.
  3. There are two trophies available – The Geoffrey Gordon Cup for Durham Scout County teams and The Geoffrey Gordon Invitation Cup for other teams.
  4. All teams must be adequately equipped for a day in the hills.
  5. The competition will be run under the rules of the Scout Association.
  6. The decision of the organisers will be final.

*Booking System Notes
  • All bookings must be made by a leader and each booking requires a leader to attend the event
  • Once your unit is registered you can add all your explorers and add them to teams – a group booking can have multiple teams. Using the assign team members function under the participant menu
  • Medical Forms will come available through the system soon and must be returned by 13 March
  • Leaders can either be registered with a group or with the staff team