MUT Lite is the 11.9km trail race at Mountain Ultra Trail by UTMB 2027 (George, South Africa). The race starts on May 30, 2027 at 09:00 AM. It starts in George.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 312m+. With 26m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 17% of the distance is uphill, 23% downhill and 60% flat. The longest climb runs 2.6km at an average 5.4% grade (140m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 10.8% over 1.0km. Surface: 70% trail, 19% road, and 11% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 12.5 FlatKM.
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 12°C to 17°C, with around 14°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 23%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 3% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for MUT Lite.
Other distances of Mountain Ultra Trail by UTMB 2027MUT Miler (168km)·MUT 100 (100km)·MUT 60 (58.0km)·MUT Marathon (43.0km)·MUT Challenge (25.0km)
Other editions of MUT Lite2026
Official websitemut.utmb.world
