Please note the following rules amendments for 2024. Full details of all the rules can be found here:https://x-scotia.co.uk/race-rules/ Bivvi Bonus A 20 point bonus will be awarded to pilots who choose to camp or bivy independently in the mountains on Saturday night. Please Note that the bonus will only be awarded if the pilot carries […]
The 2023 X-Scotia Hike & Fly race has been given the green light and will be held in Kintail this weekend (3-4 June). After a week long postponement due to high winds last Saturday, the forecast is looking great. Hopefully this will make for an exciting 2 day race with plenty of airtime for everyone
The race is over and it was certainly an exciting Hike & Fly battle!
It’s official… the race is on! This year the X-Scotia Hike & Fly will take place in Kintail (zone 3). There has been a lot of variation in the weather models over the last few days, so the location decision has been tricky but it had to be made. As it stands now Saturday looks
Less than three weeks to go until the X-Scotia Hike & Fly 2022 kicks off. We will be carefully watching the weather over the coming weeks as we decide the final location where we will hold this year’s race. The organisers have been working away in the background (on non-flyable days of course!) and are
Want to take part in the X-Scotia Hike & Fly in 2022? It’s not too late!
Spring is here! With less than six weeks until the race we hope everyone is getting ready for the adventure in the air and on the ground. To help you plan your strategy, the official race turnpoints for the 2022 X-Scotia Hike & Fly have now been finalised and published. You can view them on
As of this morning we have offered places to 23 keen pilots ready to take up the challenge of the X-Scotia Hike & Fly race in 2022. There is now one place remaining. If you think you have what takes apply here! Thank you to all those who applied and have shown interest in taking
We are now taking applications to take part in the 2022 X-Scotia Hike & Fly. We have 24 places available for pilots to take part in our points for peaks race event in the Scottish highlands. Follow the link below to apply now!
The X-Scotia Hike & Fly is back in 2022 with a new format. This year to make the race more accessible it will be a ‘points for peaks’ style competition where pilots will tag as many peaks as possible on foot or in the air, before returning to the central event base camp on Sunday
