KAGA SPA TRAIL ENDURANCE 100 by UTMB KAGASPA 50K 2026
Also known as: KagaSpa50 · Kaga Spa Trail Endurance 100 by UTMB - K50
Leaving Yamanaka Onsen at dawn, it shares sections with the 100K via Mt. Kariyasu, Kutani Dam and Takigahara before returning to Yamanaka-za in the spa town. Beech forest and streamside trails make it the event's first step into ultra distance.
The course tops out at 533 m (low point 39 m). There are 4 big climbs: 409 m around 0–9 km; 310 m around 13–27 km; 449 m around 31–37 km; 409 m around 42–45 km. About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2026, 87% of starters finished. The median finish was about 11 h.
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- Date
- Sun, 21 Jun 2026
- Start
- 05:00
- Location
- Ishikawa, Japan
- Distance
- 56.8 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,607 m
- Time limit
- 14h 25m
- ITRA
- 50M
- Official website
- kagaspa.utmb.world/races/kagaspa50
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8.5 km | Aid 1AS1 刈安山 | 8.5 km | — |
| 2 | 16.3 km | Aid 2AS3 九谷ダム | 7.8 km | — |
| 3 | 21.1 km | Aid 3AS4 九谷親水公園 | 4.8 km | Day 1 10:555h 55m |
| 4 | 30 km | Aid 4AS8 今立アイオスクエア | 8.9 km | — |
| 5 | 41.5 km | Aid 5AS9 滝ヶ原 | 11.5 km | Day 1 15:2510h 25m |
| 6 | 49.7 km | Aid 6AS10 栃尾 | 8.2 km | Day 1 17:2512h 25m |
| 7 | 56.7 km | Aid 7FINISH 山中温泉 山中座 | 7 km | Day 1 19:2514h 25m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2026 results
822 starters, 716 finishers (87.1% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 5h 10m
- Top 10%
- 8h 24m
- Top 25%
- 9h 43m
- Median
- 11h 7m
- Top 75%
- 12h 14m
- Top 90%
- 13h 8m
- Last finisher
- 13h 47m
"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).
- KAGA SPA 50K (54.5 km)
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- KAGA SPA TRAIL ENDURANCE 100 by UTMB KAGASPA 20K 2027Sat, 19 Jun 2027 · Ishikawa, Japan · 20.7 km
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