Mountopolis Vertical is the 8.5km vertical kilometre at Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal 2026 (Mayrhofen, Austria). The race starts on September 5, 2026 at 09:30 AM. It starts in Mayrhofen and finishes in Penkenbahn mountain station.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 1250m+. With 147m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 77% of the distance is uphill, 10% downhill and 13% flat. The longest climb runs 8.3km at an average 14.6% grade (1206m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 29.6% over 0.5km. Surface: 63% trail and 30% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 17.0 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 3.8km 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 13°C to 22°C, with around 14°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 57%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 11% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Mountopolis Vertical.
Other distances of Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal 2026Z101 (101km)·TUX070 (70.0km)
Other editions of Mountopolis Vertical2025
Official websitemayrhofen.ultraks.com
