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Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® 2027

May 30, 2027
Distance
25.4 km
Elevation gain
1065 m
Country
🇿🇦 South Africa

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Download the GPXVersion from October 17, 2026, updated by RAVITOfficial race website
Course weather at your time of passage

The forecast arrives five days before the start.

Here you'll find the elevation profile, an estimated finish time based on your UTMB® Index and details of the 2 aid stations to plan your nutrition and hydration segment by segment.

What's your time based on your UTMB®?

Times estimated by the RAVIT model, learned from real ultra-trail finish times. Enter your UTMB® Index (utmb.world) to get a personalized estimate.

Predicted race time based on your UTMB Index® · field profile (Riegel k=1.00)

UTMB Index®
Normal day
3005007009001000UTMB Index®
SourceUTMB® Index

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Cut-off times and crew - Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® · 2027

25 km race checkpoints: kilometers, elevation, crew, cut-off time and access
Aid stationCum. kmCum. D+Seg. kmSeg. D+Seg. D-CrewCut-offAccess
Waterworks7.4288 m7.4288 m211 mForbiddenSun 10:00 AM
George Dam14.1595 m6.7307 m262 mForbiddenSun 11:30 AM
Finish25.41,065 m11.3470 m603 m—Sun 02:00 PM
Updated on 10/17/2026 by RAVIT

Data from the official race rules, checked for every edition. The race rules prevail. Positions are interpolated along the GPX track and are a guide, not official course marking.

What you'll find at each aid station

Aid station contents: products in rows, aid stations in columns
ProductWaterworkskm 7.4George Damkm 14.1
Wateravailableavailable
Brand products · Näakavailableavailable
Updated on 10/17/2026 by RAVIT

La feuille de ton assistance pour Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® · 2027

L'assistance n'est autorisée sur aucun poste de cette course.

Elevation profile

300 M400 M500 M600 M700 MS01 · Waterworks KM 7.4 — Alt 317 m D+ cumulé 288 m7.4 KMWaterworksS02 · George Dam KM 14.1 — Alt 374 m D+ cumulé 595 m14.1 KMGeorge DamStart0 KMFinish25.4 KM

The course and its aid stations

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Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB®: times, aid-station stops and fuelling needs by UTMB® Index

Between a UTMB® Index of 500 and 800, the estimated finish time on this race runs from 3h11 to 2h04, and the aid-station stop budget from 0h03 to 0h01. The longer the race, the more stops weigh: this is time you should plan to spend standing still, not only running.

SourceUTMB® Index
0h000h020h050h070h093005007009001000UTMB® Index
Estimated time, stop time and fuelling needs on Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® by UTMB Index
UTMB® IndexEstimated timeOf which stopsNight hoursCarbsFluidSodiumCut-off margin
5003h110h03—191 g2.2 L1,592 mg+2h49
5502h540h03—174 g2 L1,452 mg+3h06
6002h400h02—160 g1.9 L1,334 mg+3h20
6502h300h02—150 g1.7 L1,247 mg+3h30
7002h200h02—140 g1.6 L1,168 mg+3h40
7502h120h01—132 g1.5 L1,098 mg+3h48
8002h040h01—124 g1.4 L1,033 mg+3h56

Figures based on 60 g of carbohydrate, 700 mL of fluid and 500 mg of sodium per hour, "average" preparation and mild conditions (15–25 °C). Above 25 °C, count on roughly 900 mL/h and 700 mg/h. Carbohydrate intake is trained: 60 g/h is a floor, 90 g/h assumes a glucose-fructose blend and a gut used to it.

Measured on the 2026 edition: the field checkpoint by checkpoint

536 starters, 3% DNF rate, 3 timed checkpoints.

Duration of each segment on edition 2026: median and middle half of field
SegmentkmMedianMiddle halfMeasuredMedian passageStill ranked
Start Challenge → Waterworks7.152 min46 min – 58 min53352 min533
Waterworks → Trail Kiosk23.42 h 452 h 20 – 3 h 125273 h 35527
Trail Kiosk → Finish25.416 min14 min – 18 min5203 h 51520

“Median passage” is elapsed time from the start, not a clock time: the clock time depends on the edition.

Where runners drop out. Trail Kiosk (7) · Waterworks (6) · Start Challenge (3) out of 16 total DNFs.

RAVIT record from the official timing of the 2026 edition, data from September 20, 2026.

SourceLiveTrail
See segment-by-segment analysis of Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB®

In the 2027 ranking

Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® is 25 km and 1,065 m of elevation gain, that's 36 km-effort: category XS, among 157 races in 2027. Its time limit of 6 h requires a minimum speed of 4.2 km/h: rank 71 out of 147 of the widest cut-off times in XS.

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Weather for Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB®

The weather for Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® will appear here as soon as the forecast models reach that date, around five days before the start: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms, section by section and at your passage time.

Detailed weather for Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB®, hour by hour on the course

Frequently asked questions

How many checkpoints?

Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® has 3 checkpoints: 2 aid stations and 1 checkpoint with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.

What's the longest segment without aid?

The one leading to Finish: 11.3 km and 470 m elevation gain. That's the one to load up for first.

How do I find the exact location of an aid station?

The Google Maps icon in the “Access” column opens the aid station's location: handy for planning your crew's routes.

What distance and elevation gain?

Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® is 25 km long with 1065 m of elevation gain.

How long to finish?

With a UTMB® Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 2h40 for Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB®.

What's the weather forecast?

The weather for Mountain Ultra Trail - MUT Challenge by UTMB® will be published on this page around five days before the start, once the forecast models reach the race date. It will be detailed section by section: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms.

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