Zhangjiakou, China · Trail
Official site ↗Ultra-Trail Great Wall by UTMB
A 100-kilometer trail race on the Ming dynasty Great Wall above Zhangjiakou, China, climbing 3,800 meters from the Dajingmen gate with a 26-hour limit.
Distances
100K
- Distance
- 100 km (62 mi)
- Vert gain
- 3,800 m (12,500 ft)
- Start
- 10:00 AM GMT+8
- Cutoff
- 26 hr
WSER 2027 qualifier (sub-22:00)
70K
- Distance
- 68 km (42 mi)
- Vert gain
- 2,600 m (8,500 ft)
- Start
- 9:00 PM GMT+8
- Cutoff
- 18 hr
50K
- Distance
- 52 km (32 mi)
- Vert gain
- 2,100 m (6,900 ft)
- Start
- 6:00 AM GMT+8
- Cutoff
- 14 hr
| Distance | Vert gain | Start | Cutoff | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 km (62 mi) | 3,800 m (12,500 ft) | 10:00 AM GMT+8 | 26 hr | WSER 2027 qualifier (sub-22:00) |
| 68 km (42 mi) | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) | 9:00 PM GMT+8 | 18 hr | — |
| 52 km (32 mi) | 2,100 m (6,900 ft) | 6:00 AM GMT+8 | 14 hr | — |
About
The Ultra-Trail Great Wall by UTMB starts at Dajingmen, the Ming dynasty gate that opens the wall north of Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, and heads east onto the ridges the wall was built along. Its flagship DGW100 covers 100 kilometers with 3,800 meters of climbing, passing Qingbian Pass, a run of wall ruins the race counts at 37 beacon towers, abandoned military tunnels, and the old caravan road to the Mongolian grasslands.
Titled the JD Ultra-Trail Great Wall by UTMB for its sponsor, the race joined the UTMB World Series in May 2025 and moved to September for 2026, on new courses the organiser says add alpine meadow and valley terrain to the wall sections. The DGW100 awards three Running Stones toward the UTMB World Series Finals lottery and counts as a Western States 100 qualifier for finishers under 22 hours. The CGW70, MGW50 and a 31-kilometer race fill out the weekend.
Course
All four races start and finish at the Dajingmen scenic area. The DGW100 goes at 10:00 on the Friday and closes at noon on the Saturday, the CGW70 at 21:00 the same evening and closes at 15:00, and the MGW50 at 06:00 on the Saturday and closes at 20:00. The 2026 courses are not the ones raced in 2025: the flagship was 104.2 kilometers with 4,365 meters of climbing in May 2025, and the 50K was 54.7 kilometers.
How to register
Entry is through UTMB, and finishing earns Running Stones toward the UTMB World Series Finals lottery: three for the DGW100, two each for the CGW70 and MGW50. Registration has closed on all four 2026 races. The race publishes no entry page of its own, so the way in for 2027, and what it costs, will be stated when the next window opens.