TUT VK is the 6.0km vertical kilometre at Tara Ultra Trail 2026 (village Rastište, Serbia). The race starts on July 3, 2026 at 09:00 AM. It starts in village Rastište.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 1020m+. With 170m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 94% of the distance is uphill, 6% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 6.0km at an average 17.3% grade (1030m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 37.3% over 0.3km. Surface: 60% trail, 29% smooth, and 11% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 13.7 FlatKM.
The course also passes close to Sjenic (1442m).
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 3.2km 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 19°C to 29°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 41%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 7% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for TUT VK.
Other distances of Tara Ultra Trail 2026TUT62 (62.0km)·TUT35 (35.6km)·TUT13 (13.6km)
Official websitetaraultratrail.rs
