Southern 50 Challenge

Date: 15th February 2025 Location: Chiltern Hills Sections: Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Other County

The annual Southern 50 is a prestigious challenge hike, one of the longest running events of its type in Scouting.

A navigation event in the Chiltern Hills every year since 1980, through the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, organised by Greater London North Scout County.

There are three routes, 50mile and 50km open to all and a 30km route exclusively for Explorer Scouts.

The event is a test of good orienteering skills as well as physical ability and teamwork and unlike other well-known hikes the routes are different each year and so local knowledge will not be of help as the route will not be disclosed until the day of the event. All teams therefore start with exactly the same chance of winning a trophy.

Details can be found here: https://southern50.org/index.php

Registration closes 31 January 2025 – or when the event is full.

Chiltern Hills

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