5th Station Course is the 15.0km trail race at Fuji Mountain Race 2026 (Fujiyoshida City Hall, Japan). The race starts on July 24, 2026 at 08:30 AM. It starts in Fujiyoshida City Hall and finishes in Mt. Fuji 5th Station. The time limit is 3 h 30 min.
Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 1480m+. With 99m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 92% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 8% flat. The longest climb runs 14.8km at an average 9.9% grade (1470m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 25.5% over 0.5km. Flat-equivalent effort: 25.2 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are worth taking: about 3.9km of the course favours them.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 22°C to 29°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 53%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 11% of days around this date.
1,625 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: 貴史 三野 (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:21:34. Women's winner: 美齢 須貝 (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:41:36.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for 5th Station Course.
Other distances of Fuji Mountain Race 2026Summit Course (21.0km)
Other editions of 5th Station Course2027
Official websitefujimountainrace.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp
