Forms and guidance

Information for participants

TGOC25 Event Details, T&Cs and online route sheet will be available by mid-September.

Entry and Experience Form

These will be made available on the Entry Page from 5th October 2024 BST. To see the information you will be asked for click here. If you are new to the Event you may want to prepare your Experience Form section before you enter.

Event Information

  • 2025 Terms and Conditions. Please read these carefully before you commit to entering the Event even if you have participated before.
  • 2025 Event Details. Essential reading for anyone participating in the TGO Challenge. Includes guidance on how to plan your route.
  • Filling in your Route Sheet. Suggested reading for all Challengers but essential for first time participants.
  • 2025 Final Details will be released in Spring 2025. These give essential up to date information for those participating. Please note the Participants List is not available on the online version.
  • TGO Challenge YouTube channel has plenty of advice (with more to come) on on planning, preparing and submitting your route.

Route sheets

  • 2025 route sheet. This is an online form that will be used by the Coordinators and Vetters to assess your route. At the end of the process you will receive a Microsoft Word version for use on the Event. There is no autosave function so we advise you save regularly. You can start preparing your route at any time but please do not hit the submission button before 1st November 2024.
  • Phone in list. Any location listed here is acceptable as a phone in venue. Others may be accepted if there is likely to be a good mobile signal or a landline available.
  • Checklist. However many Challenges you have taken part in please use the checklist before submitting your route to the Coordinators.

Guide to Scotland’s Terrain

Colin Crawford’s excellent Notes on Scotland’s Terrain are well worth a read if you are new to Scotland or have only walked a waymarked trail here.

Information for Vetting Team

If you have information from a recent Challenge or other trip that might be useful to the vetting team please click here and complete a feedback form.

Medical Information and Emergency Contacts Form

This must be completed individually by each participant by in March/April 2024. This year the information will be gathered via an online form. Information requested will be:

  • mobile phone number and provider
  • details of emergency contacts
  • details of any GPS tracker/PLP carried and links to maps when possible
  • relevant medical history