Mountopolis Vertical is a 8.5 km vertical kilometre of Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal 2026 in Mayrhofen, Austria. The race starts on September 5, 2026 at 09:30 AM. It starts in Mayrhofen and finishes in Penkenbahn mountain station.
The course climbs 1250 m+. With 147 m/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 3.2 km at an average 19.4% grade (618 m of vertical). The longest descent runs 0.5 km at 5.2% (25 m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 29.6% over 0.5 km. Surface: 63% trail and 30% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 17.0 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 3.8 km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.
Runnable descent is too short to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 13°C to 22°C, around 14°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 57%.
This page has the interactive elevation profile, gradient matrix, pacing and nutrition planner and weather climatology for Mountopolis Vertical.
Other distances of Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal 2026Z101 (101 km)·TUX070 (70.0 km)·RK50 (50.0 km)·MUZ30 (30.3 km)·MUZ14 (14.5 km)·Sprint (7.0 km)
Other editions of Mountopolis Vertical2025
Official websitemayrhofen.ultraks.com
