Vietnam Mountain Marathon 50km (Sapa, Vietnam) 2026
Also known as: VMM
From Sapa town it drops into the Suoi Ho valley of steep terraces and Hmong villages, then makes a long climb through pine forest and grassland to the Cow Mountain summit at about 2,300m, with Fansipan views on clear days, before crossing Mount Silverstone to Topas Ecolodge.
The course tops out at 2,309 m (low point 944 m). There are 3 big climbs: 936 m around 6–13 km; 301 m around 20–23 km; 536 m around 27–33 km. The longest descent drops 1,046 m around 13 km at about 15% on average. Only about 20% is gentle (under 5% grade); most of it is climbing or descending. The median finish was about 15 h.
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- Date
- Sat, 19 Sep 2026
- Start
- 05:30
- Location
- Vietnam
- Distance
- 49.6 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,700 m
- Time limit
- 18h 30m
- ITRA
- 50K
- Official website
- vietnamtrailseries.com/mountain-marathon/vmm-50k-ultra-trail
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.4 km | CP M1 Suối Hồ | 7.4 km | — |
| 2 | 18.9 km | CP4 Tả Phìn | 11.5 km | Day 1 15:009h 30m |
| 3 | 26.7 km | CP5 Cầu 31 | 7.8 km | Day 1 17:0011h 30m |
| 4 | 31.5 km | Aid 4Sâu Chua（WS・給水のみ） | 4.8 km | — |
| 5 | 36 km | CP6 Hầu Chư Ngài | 4.5 km | Day 1 20:0014h 30m |
| 6 | 41.7 km | CP7 Sử Pán | 5.7 km | Day 1 21:3016h |
| 7 | 44.3 km | Aid 7Lếch Mông（WS・給水のみ） | 2.6 km | — |
| F | 49.6 km | FinishTopas Ecolodge（FINISH） | 5.3 km | Day 2 00:0018h 30m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2025 results
751 finishers. Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 4h 53m
- Top 10%
- 10h 1m
- Top 25%
- 12h
- Median
- 14h 40m
- Top 75%
- 16h 41m
- Top 90%
- 17h 55m
- Last finisher
- 18h 28m
"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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