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1st December 2026 to 28th February 2027
Flash Challenge
Vertical Metres Climbed
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The Rab Hill Climb Challenge is back!
We've teamed up with Rab again for another three months of chasing vert. Same simple idea as last time: pick a trail, run (or walk) it as often as you like, and see how much climbing you can rack up.
Here's how it works:
Choose any trail from our Trail Directory. That's your trail for the challenge.
You don't need to follow the exact route in the directory, or even complete the whole thing. As long as your run or walk includes part of your chosen trail, all the elevation from that activity counts towards your total.
Now, the tricky bit. Do you pick a local trail you can easily get to several times a week? Or something with a bit more climbing, but further from home? There's a bit of strategy involved, especially as once you've picked your trail, you're stuck with it!*
And of course, we couldn't run a Rab Hill Climb Challenge without mentioning the gear. We're big fans of Rab's trail running range, and if you're going to spend three months slogging up hills, you might as well be comfortable doing it.
Right then. Which hill are you going to choose?
*If your trail closes during the challenge, or you move away, get in touch. We're not completely unreasonable.
*If the trail closes during the challenge, or you move away, email us asking nicely and we might allow you to swap.
$1,750 worth of Rab vouchers up for grabs!
We've got two $500 vouchers and three $250 vouchers to give away, all to spend on Rab gear.
A big thanks to the Rab crew for getting behind the challenge again!
We'll draw the winners at the end of the challenge. The more points you earn, the more chances you have to win. Good luck!
In line with our ethos of encouraging participation over performance, the overall challenge winners, i.e. those at the head of the leaderboard, will not necessarily win the prizes.
Instead, each challenge participant will earn chances in a prize draw based on how many points they have accumulated.
By doing more you will increase your chances of winning a prize, but doing less will not preclude you from a chance of winning.
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
In line with our ethos of encouraging participation over performance, the overall challenge winners, i.e. those at the head of the leaderboard, will not necessarily win the prizes.
Instead, each challenge participant will earn chances in a prize draw based on how many points they have accumulated.
By doing more you will increase your chances of winning a prize, but doing less will not preclude you from a chance of winning.
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
