Tarawera Ultra-Trail T50 (New Zealand) 2027
From Te Puia in Rotorua, a tour of geothermal ground, forests and three lakes (Green Lake Rotokakahi, Blue Lake Tikitapu and Lake Rotorua) to the Village Green downtown. Largely runnable, it is pitched as an entry to ultra distance.
The course tops out at 560 m (low point 280 m). About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2026, 97% of starters finished. The median finish was about 8 h.
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- Date
- Sat, 13 Feb 2027
- Start
- 07:00
- Location
- New Zealand
- Distance
- 52 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,150 m
- Time limit
- 14h
- ITRA
- 50K
- Official website
- tarawera.utmb.world/races/t-50
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.5 km | Puarenga | 10.5 km | Day 1 10:253h 25m |
| 2 | 21.3 km | Rotokakahi (Green Lake) | 10.8 km | Day 1 13:256h 25m |
| 3 | 35.1 km | Tikitapu (Blue Lake) | 13.8 km | Day 1 17:0010h |
| 4 | 44.9 km | Redwoods | 9.8 km | Day 1 19:4512h 45m |
| F | 52 km | FINISH | 7.1 km | Day 1 21:0014h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2026 results
1,787 starters, 1,740 finishers (97.4% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 3h 37m
- Top 10%
- 5h 46m
- Top 25%
- 6h 39m
- Median
- 7h 44m
- Top 75%
- 8h 56m
- Top 90%
- 10h 18m
- Last finisher
- 13h 46m
"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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