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HAKUBA CLASSIC 50 km 2026

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 · Nagano, Japan · 50 km · D+ 2,779 m · 11h time limit

Also known as: Hakuba Classic International

Starting and finishing in Happo, Hakuba village, Nagano, the course tours the village via Iwatake, Okaru-no-ana, Oide Park, the Hakuba Green Sports Forest and the ski jump stadium. It includes some public roads and sections shared with mountain bikes, and runners are warned about bees every year.

The course

The course tops out at 1,279 m (low point 642 m). There are 3 big climbs: 537 m around 0–7 km; 412 m around 20–28 km; 507 m around 36–46 km. About 40% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2026, 89% of starters finished. The median finish was about 9 h.

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Overview

Date
Sun, 13 Sep 2026
Start
07:00
Location
Nagano, Japan
Distance
50 km
Elevation gain
2,779 m
Time limit
11h
ITRA
50K
Official website
s-mountain.com/hakuba/about

Elevation profile

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Distance (km) across, elevation (m) up. The dotted lines and numbers are the aid stations in the table below. High point 1,279 m · low point 642 m

Aid stations and cutoffs

#DistanceAid stationSegmentCutoff
16.2 kmAid 1A1 岩岳チャバティ(給水)6.2 km—
213.5 kmAid 2A2 おかるの穴(給水)7.3 km—
324 kmAid 3A3 大出公園10.5 kmDay 1 13:006h
437 kmAid 4A4 白馬グリーンスポーツの森13 km—
541 kmAid 5ジャンプ競技場(関門)4 kmDay 1 15:308h 30m
644 kmAid 6A5 こくいち3 km—
746.5 kmAid 7A6 パノラマ(給水)2.5 km—
F50 kmFINISH3.5 kmDay 1 18:0011h

The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.

2026 results

423 starters, 376 finishers (88.9% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:

Fastest
4h 38m
Top 10%
6h 56m
Top 25%
7h 38m
Median
8h 38m
Top 75%
9h 31m
Top 90%
10h 5m
Last finisher
10h 58m

"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.

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