Pacific Trails 50K is the 51.0km trail race at HOKA Pacific Trails California by UTMB 2026 (Rancho San Fernando Rey, United States). The race starts on November 14, 2026 at 07:00 AM. It starts and finishes in Rancho San Fernando Rey. The time limit is 10 h.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 1550m+. With 30m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 30% of the distance is uphill, 35% downhill and 35% flat. The longest climb runs 4.9km at an average 8.7% grade (424m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.7km at an average 7.5% grade (423m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 13.9% over 1.2km. The steepest descent drops at 13.9% over 0.3km. Surface: 99% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 54.0 FlatKM.
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
Quad damage risk is low (index 19 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 11°C to 17°C, with around 13°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 13%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 4% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Pacific Trails 50K.
Other distances of HOKA Pacific Trails California by UTMB 2026Pacific Trails 25K (25.0km)
Other editions of Pacific Trails 50K2025
Official websitepacifictrails.utmb.world
