Summit Course is the 21.0km skyrace at Fuji Mountain Race 2026 (Fujiyoshida City Hall, Japan). The race starts on July 24, 2026 at 07:00 AM. It starts in Fujiyoshida City Hall and finishes in Mt. Fuji summit. The time limit is 4 h 30 min.
Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 3000m+. With 143m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 94% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 6% flat. The longest climb runs 20.0km at an average 14.7% grade (2936m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 44.1% over 1.0km. Flat-equivalent effort: 42.8 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 7.9km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.
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 20°C to 27°C, with around 8°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.
1,896 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: 瑠偉 上田 (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 2:43:58. Women's winner: 友里 吉住 (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 3:12:59.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Summit Course.
Other distances of Fuji Mountain Race 20265th Station Course (15.0km)
Other editions of Summit Course2027
Official websitefujimountainrace.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp
