Race planning

Plan Everest Trail Race

Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.

Listed edition: Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 18, 2026
Format: Stage Race
Distance: 170 km over 6 stages
Local start time: Not recorded — check the organizer
Duration / cutoff: Not recorded — check the organizer
Crew and pacers: No crews or pacers. The rules bar outside help with equipment, and the Sherpa staff may not carry a runner’s pack after a stage unless the runner has withdrawn. Friends and family can join the organizer’s companion program, a trek that meets the race at the end of Stage 4, at the start of Stage 5 and at the finish.
Drop bags: None. Runners hand over their personal luggage at technical checks in Kathmandu on November 11 and carry everything they need for the six stages. Mandatory kit and personal effects must weigh between 3 and 6 kg, excluding food and water, and a pack outside that range costs a two-hour penalty. The luggage is returned in Kathmandu on November 19, after the flight out of Lukla.

Recorded facts reviewed Oct 24, 2026. Check the organizer’s latest rules. Calendar downloads use all-day dates and do not set a starting alarm.

Pace & duration

Choose a distance target. Choose a planning duration; this race has no single recorded time limit to import.

Start with the matching format checklist. Add the organizer’s mandatory gear.

Bring across the race name. Add confirmed access points, distances and your own arrival estimates.