Vietnam Mountain Marathon 70km (Sapa, Vietnam) 2026
Also known as: VMM
From central Sapa it climbs Ham Rong, drops to Lao Chai at the valley floor, then passes Hmong villages and rivers to the rugged Cow Mountain ridge. After Ta Phin it tackles the steep Mount Silverstone climb before finishing at Topas Ecolodge.
The course tops out at 2,308 m (low point 945 m). 5 climbs of 300 m or more keep coming; the biggest is 1,226 m around 18–33 km. The longest descent drops 1,045 m around 33 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 19 h, through 2 nights.
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- Date
- Sat, 19 Sep 2026
- Start
- 03:00
- Location
- Vietnam
- Distance
- 69.8 km
- Elevation gain
- 3,900 m
- Time limit
- 21h
- ITRA
- 50M
- Official website
- vietnamtrailseries.com/mountain-marathon/70km-ultra-trail
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 km | CP M2 Hang Đá | 6 km | — |
| 2 | 9 km | CP1 Cầu Lao Chải | 3 km | — |
| 3 | 17.2 km | Aid 3Ý Linh Hồ（WS・給水のみ） | 8.2 km | — |
| 4 | 21.5 km | CP2 Cát Cát | 4.3 km | — |
| 5 | 29.7 km | CP3 Ô Quý Hồ | 8.2 km | Day 1 12:009h |
| 6 | 39.1 km | CP4 Tả Phìn | 9.4 km | Day 1 15:0012h |
| 7 | 46.9 km | CP5 Cầu 31 | 7.8 km | Day 1 17:0014h |
| 8 | 51.7 km | Aid 8Sâu Chua（WS・給水のみ） | 4.8 km | — |
| 9 | 56.2 km | CP6 Hầu Chư Ngài | 4.5 km | Day 1 20:0017h |
| 10 | 61.9 km | CP7 Sử Pán | 5.7 km | Day 1 21:3018h 30m |
| 11 | 64.5 km | Aid 11Lếch Mông（WS・給水のみ） | 2.6 km | — |
| F | 69.8 km | FinishTopas Ecolodge（FINISH） | 5.3 km | Day 2 00:0021h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2025 results
289 finishers. Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 9h 11m
- Top 10%
- 13h 53m
- Top 25%
- 16h 41m
- Median
- 18h 59m
- Top 75%
- 20h 11m
- Top 90%
- 20h 32m
- Last finisher
- 20h 56m
"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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