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12K Orange Trail

12.0km·430m+
August 9, 08:00 AM
Kolašin,
Montenegro
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12K Orange Trail — Race Profile

Distance
12.0km
Gain
430m+
FlatKM
12.2
Max
1363m
Min
955m

About 12K Orange Trail

12K Orange Trail is a 12.0km trail race of Bjelasica Ultra Trail 2026 in Kolašin, Montenegro. The race starts on August 9, 2026 at 08:00 AM. It starts in Kolašin.

Course

The course climbs 430m+. With 36m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 27% of the distance is uphill, 26% downhill and 47% flat. The longest climb runs 2.2km at an average 14.4% grade (323m of vertical). The longest descent runs 1.9km at 16.0% (298m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 25.9% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 22.1% over 0.4km. Surface: 52% trail, 34% road, and 13% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 12.2 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here — only about 1.0km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Runnable descent is too short to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

  • Control on the marked descents until km 5, target pace until km 8, free after that. Short descents not listed: target pace.
  • 6.2–9.4 km · 368 m D−, -11.2% · 5% of the race ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 15°C to 25°C, around 19°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 34%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 3% of days around this date.

Results

190 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Marko Kavaja (Montenegro) in 55:47. Women's winner: Sanja Mitić (Serbia) in 1:10:54.

This page has the full results and splits, interactive elevation profile, gradient matrix, pacing and nutrition planner and weather climatology for 12K Orange Trail.

Other distances of Bjelasica Ultra Trail 202660K Red trail (60.0km)·40K Green Trail (40.0km)·23K Blue Trail (23.0km)

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