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Quito Trail by UTMB

01:301:30 AM Quito
Basílica del Voto Nacional
Basílica del Voto Nacional. Photograph by Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 80K Oso is 76 km with 4,400 m of climbing from the cloud forest of Mindo, past the Las Palmas Rio Blanco Reserve and Cruz Loma, down into Quito's historic centre.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Cloud forest at night, Quito's old town at the end76 km, 4,400 m up, from Mindo to Quito's historic centre.
  • No lottery, no waiting list, 18 or olderFirst come, first served to 1 July 2027; no waiting list.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseLandmarkCloud forest at night, Quito's old town at the end76 km, 4,400 m up, from Mindo to Quito's historic centre.

The organiser describes trails that cross rivers and ravines at the foot of the Pichincha volcano, a climb towards the Las Palmas Rio Blanco Reserve with views of the Lloa valley, then Cruz Loma and a descent into the historic centre, where “mountain and history converge”. The route reaches the high-altitude paramos of Pichincha, home of the Andean bear. Gun time is 01:30 on Saturday 31 July 2027 in Mindo, with 20 hours allowed.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsNo lottery, no waiting list, 18 or olderFirst come, first served to 1 July 2027; no waiting list.

Registration starts in November 2026, 48 hours earlier for runners with a valid UTMB Index. Payment is by credit card through an international payment platform. The 80K, 50K, 30K and 20K are for runners born in 2009 or earlier, 18 or older at the end of the race year; the 12K needs a birth year of 2011 or earlier, and minors from 11 to 17 can enter the 6K.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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11 gels for Quito, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

Over this distance most runners mix in real food at the aid stations; the gels cover the hours between.

  1. km 6.8mile 4.2
  2. km 13.5mile 8.4
  3. km 20.3mile 12.6
  4. km 27mile 16.8
  5. km 33.8mile 21
  6. km 40.5mile 25.2
  7. km 47.3mile 29.4
  8. km 54mile 33.6
  9. km 60.8mile 37.8
  10. km 67.6mile 42
  11. km 74.3mile 46.2

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
76.0 km47.2 mi
cut-off
20:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Saturday 31 July Race day

  1. 01:301:30 AM

    80K Oso start Mindo. 76 km and 4,400 m of climbing to Quito's historic centre. The event runs 30 July to 1 August 2027.

  2. Time not published

    80K Oso time limit 20 hours from the start. 20:00 limit: 15:47/km for 76 km20:00 limit: 25:24/mi for 47.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Quito time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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