KS16 Kickstarter is the 15.8km trail race at Ultra-Trail Cape Town 2026 (Beau Constantia, South Africa). The race starts on November 20, 2026 at 08:30 AM. It starts in Beau Constantia and finishes in Gardens Rugby Club. The time limit is 6 h 30 min.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 665m+. With 42m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 41% of the distance is uphill, 33% downhill and 26% flat. The longest climb runs 6.9km at an average 7.6% grade (527m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.8km at an average 8.1% grade (721m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 14.8% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 40.9% over 0.8km. Surface: 46% road, 42% trail, and 6% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 23.3 FlatKM.
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 15°C to 18°C, with around 14°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 13%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 1% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for KS16 Kickstarter.
Other distances of Ultra-Trail Cape Town 2026UTCT 100 Miler (163km)·UT100 (99.1km)·PT55 Peninsula Traverse (56.7km)·TM35 Table Mountain (34.5km)·EX23 Explorer (23.5km)
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Official websitewww.ultratrailcapetown.com
