FAIRY TRAIL 40 km 2026
Also known as: Takashima Kutsuki
The Long course of FAIRY TRAIL in the Kutsuki mountains of Takashima, Shiga, starting and finishing at Green Park Omoide no Mori. It links beech forest and peaks overlooking Lake Biwa, and is known for its high share of trail and long stretches through deep forest.
2,520 m of climbing over 40 km (63 m per km). In 2026, 77% of starters finished. The median finish was about 8 h.
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- Date
- Sat, 13 Jun 2026
- Start
- 09:30
- Location
- Shiga, Japan
- Distance
- 40 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,520 m
- Time limit
- 9h 30m
- ITRA
- M
- Official website
- www.fairy-trail.com/raceinfo
Elevation profile
No elevation data yet.
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 km | Aid 1第1エイド 大彦谷林道山頂 | 15 km | — |
| 2 | 24 km | Aid 2第4エイド 栃生 | 9 km | Day 1 14:305h |
| 3 | 29 km | Aid 3第5エイド 地蔵峠 | 5 km | — |
| 4 | 36 km | Aid 4第6エイド 朽木スキー場 | 7 km | Day 1 18:309h |
| F | 40 km | FinishFINISH グリーンパーク想い出の森 | 4 km | Day 1 19:009h 30m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2026 results
304 starters, 235 finishers (77.3% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 5h 1m
- Top 10%
- 6h 27m
- Top 25%
- 7h 19m
- Median
- 8h 1m
- Top 75%
- 8h 49m
- Top 90%
- 9h 13m
- Last finisher
- 9h 29m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
Practice courses
See the course on the Runnable map ↗
Runnable has practice courses on this race's trails, split into sections to run and sections to walk (pages in Japanese).
- Runnable practice course (35.9 km)
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