IMPORTANT NOTICE

NEW RACE DATE: 29/11 – 1/12/2024

Due to Typhoon Yagi. Runners: please check your emails for full details.

21km Mountain Run

IMPORTANT: Read the RACE RULES HERE.

Distance: 23km | Elevation gain 1,150m

Bib collection: 9:00-21:00 Friday 29/11 at Sapa Park (please see full details here). Please note, you must pick up your own bib.

Start time: 6:00, Saturday, 30-11-2024

Start location: Sapa Park (next to Sapa Square – Google maps)

Finish location: Topas Ecolodge – Google maps

CUT-OFF: 15:00 at CP M3 – 20:00 at FINISH

Age restriction: 21km entrants must be at least 18 years old on race day

FINISH BAG

01 bag/runner

Handing in your bag: at the START LINE

Please prepare your own bag. Bags must be sealed/closed.

Do not include valuables – the organiser cannot be held responsible for any loss.

BRING your luggage tag (given at the race pack collection), we will staple it for you.

Picking up your bag after the race: at the FINISH

*If you DNF, then you can also pick up your finish bag in Sapa Park (next to Sapa Square) from 7:00-12:00 on Sunday.

Note: no individual requests for bag transfers can be facilitated. ALL bags are moved together.

AGE GROUP AWARDS

Age categories are: Under 30; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70+

The overall top 3 are excluded from the age group awards.

On race day, you can check your ranking at FINISH RESULTS here.

Top 3 male/female runners can collect their trophies at a special Age Group Trophy Collection booth at the finish area: Topas Ecolodge (Saturday). We cannot ship trophies to those who do not come and collect them during this time slot.

Age group runners receive trophies only.

Course description

This Half Mountain Marathon is very hard. The race starts in Sapa town. After a small loop, the route goes uphill across the Ham Rong Mountain giving you incredible views from early on in the course.

You will see beautiful valleys, local ethnic minority villages, streams, forest and high mountain views.

After the first climb onto the trails your efforts will be rewarded with incredible views of rice terraces and Mount Fansipan (3,143m), the highest summit in Indochina.

A net downhill then brings you to CP M2 in the village of Hang Da. From here the updated route takes you along single track trail along the mountainside with stunning views of the Muong Hoa valley. After Hoa Su Pan and CP M3 a short ascent will bring you to the trails of the other race distances and on to CP7.

After CP7 the infamous Silverstone climb on steep trail awaits, but your reward at the top is one of the best vistas of the course.

Then it’s time for the final hard downhill followed by a new trail section to the finish line and the warm welcome from the other runners at Topas Ecolodge, located on a beautiful hilltop. Here you can relax and enjoy the feeling of triumph together with all the other mountain runners.