Mala Staza is the 16.9km trail race at Vlasina 2026 (Serbia). The race starts on September 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM.
Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 445m+. With 26m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 27% of the distance is uphill, 27% downhill and 45% flat. The longest climb runs 2.6km at an average 9.7% grade (252m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 18.1% over 0.2km. Surface: 64% trail and 34% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 20.5 FlatKM.
The highest summit on the course is Vrlo osoje (1638m), 9.1km from the start. The course also passes close to Preslap (1583m).
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
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 13°C to 24°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 48%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 34% of days around this date.
86 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Aleksa Nenadić (Serbia) in 1:21:43. Women's winner: Sanja Stanimirović (Serbia) in 1:49:04.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Mala Staza.
Other distances of Vlasina 2026Velika Staza (35.4km)·Srednja Staza (27.6km)
