TransLantau 15 is the 15.0km trail race at Ultra-Trail TransLantau by UTMB 2026 (Mui Wo River Silver Garden, Hong Kong SAR China). The race starts on November 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM. It starts and finishes in Mui Wo River Silver Garden. The time limit is 4 h.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 500m+. With 33m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 28% of the distance is uphill, 28% downhill and 44% flat. The longest climb runs 6.8km at an average 2.1% grade (144m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.6km at an average 8.4% grade (306m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 17.5% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 22.1% over 0.5km. Surface: 45% trail, 35% road, and 20% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 20.7 FlatKM.
Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.4km of pole-friendly terrain.
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 20°C to 26°C, with around 23°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 21%. 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 TransLantau 15.
Other distances of Ultra-Trail TransLantau by UTMB 2026TransLantau 120 (120km)·TransLantau 100 (104km)·TransLantau 50 (45.0km)·TransLantau 25 (27.0km)
Other editions of TransLantau 152027
Official websitetranslantau.utmb.world
