Bethan is a life-time lover of mountains who has been coaching and instructing in the outdoors for over fifteen years. She has led groups of young people and adults in most mountainous areas of the UK and seeks to share her love of maps and trig points with anyone and everyone. When she’s not working in the mountains you’ll find her planning out her own adventures. Whether taking on long-distance fastpacking routes in Europe or closer to home in Wales, or competing in the Skyrunning UK series or Golden Trail Series, she is never too far from some rocky outcrops.

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Bethan holds her Summer Mountain Leader, Rock Climbing Instructor and Coach in Running Fitness qualifications and is an experienced tutor on National Navigation Award Scheme and Hill and Mountain Skills courses. If you want to get into the mountains, face a new challenge and learn some mountain-craft and navigation along the way, she’ll get you there.

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From inauspicious beginnings, Bethan became an international mountain runner aged 37, and since 2024 has represented Wales four times in mountain and trail running. She still can’t quite believe that the girl who lacked so much co-ordination and finesse in PE in school is now running for her country and has won such gnarly skyrunning races as the Pinnacle Ridge Extreme. If only there had been more mountains in the primary school cross country league! She is a huge advocate of the idea that it is never too late to chase your dreams and think big and you will always see her with a huge smile on her face, whether she is podium chasing or trying not to be last. Running in the mountains is a huge privilege, and one that she would love to share with as many people as possible.

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Bethan’s specialism is in technical, 25-40km skyrunning races and shorter fell races, however, she loves variety and has competed in multiple multi-day self-navigation events, trail races and is about to take on the biggest challenge to date which will take her well outside her comfort zone. The challenge and adventure is a big part of the running journey in her eyes and she is the creator of many DIY adventure challenges, either for herself or others, preferably completed from the doorstep. You don’t need to go far to have an adventure!

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Notable achievements:

1 st F pair OMM B Course 2019
1 st F Skyline Scotland Mamores Stalker Trail 27k 2023
1 st F Ogwen Yr Helgi Du 25k 2024

2 nd F Golden Trail Series UK/NL 2024
1 st F Copper Sky Trail 2025
1 st F Rab Pinnacle Ridge Extreme 2025
1 st F Ogwen Yr Helgi Du 40k 2025
2 nd F UK & Ireland Sky Running Series 2025