Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB

Results: 2026

1027 of 1491 starters finished.

UTMB Live’s timing data put the 2026 course at 121.9 km with 5,963 m of climbing, against the organizer’s advertised 120 km and 5,800 m+ and the 2026 Runner Guide’s 122.4 km and 5,803 m+. Andreas Reiterer and Tobias Geiser finished together and share second place in 11:55:26. PlanetMountain called Budha’s time a new women’s record, ahead of Caroline Chaverot’s 13:40:34 from 2015; iRunFar compared it with Rosanna Buchauer’s 14:09:23 from 2024, which it had treated as the record.

Source: UTMB Live: 2026 Lavaredo 120K results. Checked October 25, 2026.

Next edition: June 25, 2027. The 2027 event runs June 23 to 27, with the 120K starting at 11:00 PM on Friday, June 25. The 2027 lottery ran September 7 to 14, 2026 and its results are out, so 120K entries are closed; the 10K is open first come, first served.

Event Overview

A 120 km night-start loop from Cortina d’Ampezzo past the Tre Cime di Lavaredo at sunrise, with 5,800 m of climbing and a 30-hour limit.

Course & Terrain

Mountain loop from Corso Italia in Cortina d’Ampezzo: north to Ospitale, east over Passo Tre Croci to Misurina and the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, west to Cimabanche, then south through Val Travenanzes to Col Gallina, Passo Giau and Croda da Lago before the descent to Cortina.

Key course features to know before comparing this race:

• The 11:00 PM start on Corso Italia in Cortina d’Ampezzo
• Misurina (km 42.6) and the climb to Rifugio Auronzo (2,308 m)
• Forcella Lavaredo (2,456 m), the high point beside the Tre Cime, around sunrise
• Cimabanche (km 67.5), the drop-bag and crew base
• Val Travenanzes up to Rifugio Col Gallina (km 97.7)
• Rifugio Averau, Passo Giau and Rifugio Croda da Lago before the final descent

The route follows hiking trails and singletrack through the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites, and UTMB’s course data grades every leg after the start T3, a difficult mountain trail on the Swiss Alpine Club scale. The 2026 Runner Guide measures the loop at 122.4 km with 5,803 m of climbing and 5,792 m of descent, between 1,210 m at the Cortina start and 2,456 m at Forcella Lavaredo. The night opens with 18.7 km to Ospitale, the climb to Passo Tre Croci (1,798 m) and a drop to Federavecchia before Misurina at km 42.6. From there the course climbs to Rifugio Auronzo (2,308 m) and over Forcella Lavaredo beside the Tre Cime, then runs 15 km, mostly downhill, to Cimabanche (1,532 m). From Malga Ra Stua the course drops to Pian de Loa and climbs Val Travenanzes to Col Gallina (2,058 m), Rifugio Averau (2,417 m) and Passo Giau (2,243 m), then passes Rifugio Croda da Lago before a descent of more than 800 m through Mortisa to Cortina. Mandatory gear includes shoes suited to Dolomite stones, rocks and gravel, and poles are allowed if carried from the start.

The 11:00 PM start puts the first climbs in darkness, the organizer bills the passage under the Tre Cime as a sunrise section, and slower runners are still out on Saturday night before the 5:00 AM Sunday cutoff. The regulations expect runners to cope alone with night, wind, cold, fog, rain or snow at altitude, and the organizer can change the mandatory gear list up to 12 hours before the start based on the official forecast. The race website publishes that forecast from the Arabba Avalanche Centre of ARPAV, the Veneto environmental agency. The forecast issued on race Saturday, June 27, 2026, described a subtropical high with temperatures well above average: a high of 30°C in Cortina on Saturday, 14 to 19°C at 2,200 m, a freezing level of 4,600 m and a 10 to 20% chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. Even in heat, the kit list includes warm waterproof gloves, a long-sleeved top, long tights and a hooded waterproof jacket with a membrane rated at least 10,000 Schmerber.

Format & Support (as run)

Why This Race Matters

Simone Brogioni launched the Lavaredo Ultra Trail in 2007 as a 46 km race from Rifugio Auronzo, below the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and about 250 runners started the first edition, according to iRunFar. Cristina Murgia joined him that year and is now the race director. The race then moved to the village of Auronzo di Cadore, where it stayed until 2011, and in 2012 to Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the route grew to 120 km. It was part of the first Ultra-Trail World Tour season in 2014. IRONMAN Italy organizes it with the Municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo, and since 2022 it has been a UTMB World Series Event: the 120K is a 100M-category race worth 4 Running Stones, and the top three men and women qualify directly for the UTMB final in Chamonix. Past winners include Anton Krupicka and Rory Bosio (2014), Caroline Chaverot (2015 and 2017), Hayden Hawks (2018), Tim Tollefson (2019) and Courtney Dauwalter (2025). In 2026, the 19th edition, Hannes Namberger won for the fourth time in four starts with a course record of 11:45:31, and Andreas Reiterer and Tobias Geiser crossed the line together to share second. Sunmaya Budha of Nepal caught Lucy Bartholomew near Rifugio Croda da Lago and set a women’s record of 13:33:18, and UTMB Live counted 1,027 finishers from 1,491 starters.

Historical benchmark notes in the directory record (verify current records with the linked official sources):

• Men: Hannes Namberger (Germany), 11:45:31, 2026
• Women: Sunmaya Budha (Nepal), 13:33:18, 2026
• Previous men’s record: Ben Dhiman (USA), 11:49:16, 2025, which had broken Namberger’s 11:56:28 from 2022
• Previous women’s mark: Caroline Chaverot (France), 13:40:34, 2015, according to PlanetMountain; iRunFar treated Rosanna Buchauer’s 14:09:23 from 2024 as the record
• Faster winning times in UTMB’s archive came on other courses: 2010 (11:10:43) and 2011 (9:29:51), before the 2012 move to Cortina and the 120 km route, and 2013 (7:39:35), when snow cut the race from 118 km to 85 km, according to an organizer release published by Ian Corless

Preparing for a Race Like Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB

The fixed-distance race guide covers the format as a whole. These guides go deeper:

• Walking strategy for ultramarathons: When and how to walk by terrain, effort and cutoffs.
• Crew and aid-station strategy: Crew tables, aid stops, drop bags and runner preferences.
• Hydration and sodium for ultramarathons: Fluid, sodium, thirst, sweat rate and hyponatremia risk.
• Tapering for ultramarathons: Plan the taper and race week around your own recovery.

Best Fit

• Runners with a UTMB Index in the 100K or 100M category chasing 4 Running Stones
• Experienced mountain runners ready for a full night on rocky Dolomite trails
• A Western States qualifier: the 2026 race counts for the 2027 lottery with a 26-hour standard

Planning Notes

• Prepare for sleep decisions, weather swings, and aid-station discipline. The distance is only one part of a multi-day fixed-distance race.
• Train for terrain-specific fatigue. Technical trails and mountain courses demand downhill durability, hiking efficiency, and reliable night lighting.
• The directory does not mark this as having simpler logistics. Confirm qualification, terrain, support, registration, medical, and withdrawal requirements before planning around it.

Event FAQs

Related Preparation

• Compare this race in the full 2026 calendar
• Open the Fixed-Distance format guide
• Compare all race formats
• Use the timed-race pace calculator
• Plan checkpoint arrivals and cutoff buffers
• Build a crew and drop-bag plan
• Build a race-specific gear checklist