Shinetsu Five Mountains 110km 2026
Also known as: SFMT
The 110 km race of the Shinetsu Five Mountains event: an early-morning start at Madarao Kogen and a one-way route through the highlands below Myoko, Kurohime and Togakushi to Iizuna. Pacers may join from Sasagamine, and crews can help at aid stations.
The course tops out at 1,744 m (low point 508 m). There are 4 big climbs: 594 m around 10–16 km; 777 m around 35–54 km; 524 m around 57–72 km; 599 m around 76–93 km. About 40% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2025, 40% of starters finished — a tough one. The median finish was about 21 h, through one night.
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- Date
- Tue, 22 Sep 2026
- Start
- 05:30
- Location
- Nagano, Japan
- Distance
- 112 km
- Elevation gain
- 4,900 m
- Time limit
- 22h
- ITRA
- 100K
- Official website
- www.sfmt100.com
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 km | Aid 1荒瀬原（WS・給水/トイレ） | 14 km | — |
| 2 | 19 km | Aid 2バンフ | 5 km | — |
| 3 | 36 km | Aid 3熊坂 | 17 km | — |
| 4 | 48 km | Aid 4黒姫 | 12 km | Day 1 15:009h 30m |
| 5 | 60 km | Aid 5笹ヶ峰グリーンハウス | 12 km | Day 1 17:0011h 30m |
| 6 | 70 km | Aid 6西登山道入口（WS・給水） | 10 km | — |
| 7 | 76 km | Aid 7大橋林道 | 6 km | — |
| 8 | 89 km | Aid 8戸隠スキー場 | 13 km | Day 1 23:3018h |
| 9 | 100 km | Aid 9飯綱林道入口（WS・給水/トイレ） | 11 km | — |
| F | 112 km | Finishいいづなリゾートプラザオーロラ（FINISH） | 12 km | Day 2 03:3022h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
Cutoffs are the times by which you must leave the aid station.
2025 results
1,421 starters, 571 finishers (40.2% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 12h 9m
- Top 10%
- 16h 7m
- Top 25%
- 18h 38m
- Median
- 20h 44m
- Top 75%
- 21h 29m
- Top 90%
- 21h 47m
- Last finisher
- 21h 59m
"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 (109.6 km)
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- SHIGAKOGEN 100 100km 2026Sat, 29 Aug 2026 · Nagano, Japan · 100 km
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