Challenge FAqs

To ensure the health and safety of our participants we will be pairing all teams of two who leave our Silver checkpoint in Drumnadrochit after 5pm with another team. This will ensure all teams are of adequate size should they need the support of their fellow participants during the challenging 18 miles to our Gold finish. Please listen to the advice of our event staff as your health and safety is of the up-most concern to them.

In addition, each year, we have to impose cut off times to reach and exit each checkpoint. These are very generous and should allow more than enough time for every participant. Teams cannot leave the checkpoint and continue with the event after these times: Fort Augustus - 16:00pm; Invermoriston - 20:30pm;Drumnadrochit - 02:00am (Sunday).

All participants must complete the Disclaimer and Medical Questionnaire (available online) before the event date in order to participate. The form asks you to declare that you are fit and able to participate in the event and that you are responsible for your own personal health and fitness.

The earlier you enter your team, the more you’ll save on your team’s registration fee. At the moment we are running a £75 early bird special for registration to Monster 2014.

The early bird or £150 full registration fee is non-refundable and non-negotiable and must be paid to Maggie’s to secure a registration. It pays for materials you receive during the event and for things which are essential for the running of the event - i.e. food at start and finish parties, refreshments en route, masseurs at each finish, medals, t-shirts, first aid, marshals, lighting, signage.

The registration fee is set at this level to enable Maggie's to cover as many of our events costs as possible so as much of the fundraising from the event as possible goes to directly providing cancer services at our Centres.

For the safety of our walkers the minimum team size is two people. You must be with at least one other person when leaving each checkpoint.

Monster is a team event and we want to encourage you to stick together as a team throughout the event. This will help you keep safe as well as keep up morale and get you and your team to the finish line together. By training together as a team it will help you set a realistic pace that each of the team members are comfortable with. 

We do understand that it is natural that each person within a team has different fitness levels and walking paces. We will be at the checkpoints and en route to ensure that hikers are not walking alone and join hikers who have broken away from their original team with another team walking at their pace to the next checkpoint.

To ensure the health and safety of our participants we will be pairing all teams of two who leave our Silver checkpoint in Drumnadrochit after 5pm with another team. This will ensure all teams are of adequate size should they need the support of their fellow participants during the challenging 18 miles to our Gold finish. Please listen to the advice of our event staff as your health and safety is of the up-most concern to them.

In addition, each year, we have to impose cut off times to reach and exit each checkpoint. These are very generous and should allow more than enough time for every participant. Teams cannot leave the checkpoint and continue with the event after these times: Fort Augustus - 16:00pm; Invermoriston - 20:30pm;Drumnadrochit - 02:00am (Sunday).

Yes, you can do this right up until the registration on Friday 2 May 2014 but you cannot replace people on the morning of the event. This is for the purposes of insurance and safety.

Please ensure you contact us on 0300 123 1801 if you wish to change or cancel anyone’s place. Unfortunately registration fees are non-refundable if you have to cancel someone’s place without replacing them.

We would encourage you to join Maggie’s Monster Bike & Hike Facebook page where you can post a request to other Monster participants to join their team.

No – for safety and planning purposes, you cannot register for the first time on the morning of the event – you must have registered prior to the event.

Registration for Monster 2014 is now open!  Be one of the first to join Monster on its 10th anniversary. You can sign up online for early bird registration at £75 per person. 

Please refer to the full Event Terms and Conditions.

• Participants must check in and out of all checkpoints.
• Participants must wear their participant number throughout the event.
• You must have only one support vehicle per team, due to space restrictions at some of the checkpoints.
• Please inform a marshal at a checkpoint if any of your team decide to retire from the event for whatever reason.
• The time of the last team member to check in at a checkpoint counts as the team time.
• Dogs can only accompany you on the walking section of the route from Fort Augustus to Drumnadrochit and must be kept on leads. This is in line with the Scottish Outdoor Access code and is a requirement of the event organisers.
• Please deposit all litter at checkpoints - not on the Great Glen Way!
• Please contact our main Event HQ emergency telephone number in case of emergency. This telephone number will be given to you at registration on the eve of the event and will also be printed on your participant number.
• To ensure the health and safety of our participants we will be pairing all teams of two who leave our Silver checkpoint in Drumnadrochit after 5pm with another team. This will ensure all teams are of adequate size should they need the support of their fellow participants during the challenging 18 miles to our Gold finish. Please listen to the advice of our event staff as your health and safety is of the up-most concern to them.
• In addition, each year, we have to impose cut off times to reach and exit each checkpoint. These are very generous and should allow more than enough time for every participant. Teams cannot leave the checkpoint and continue with the event after these times: Fort Augustus - 16:00pm; Invermoriston - 20:30pm;Drumnadrochit - 02:00am (Sunday).

Finish times are listed online as follows:

1. All finishers are posted & included in the official event results (gathered via the SportIdent timing chip system) and have therefore been allocated a placing i.e. 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd etc.
2. Anyone finishing as a single person is classified as ‘NC’ (non-competitive) as they did not comply with the event rule on minimum team size i.e. they arrived at the finishing checkpoint alone.
3. The accolade of ‘first team to finish’ goes to the first complete team of two who come in together.