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The ALUT Algarviana Ultra Trail crosses the whole Algarve on foot in one non-stop push. The 8th edition starts on 26 November 2026 at 14:30 on the quay in Alcoutim, by the Guadiana river, and finishes in Sagres within 72 hours.

Alcoutim → Sagres

Distance
306.1 km
Ascent
+8,711 m
High point
844 mMonchique
Life bases
9
drop bag
9
Stations
11
Time limit
≤ 72 h

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The course

The whole race, as a ridgeline

▲ Monchique · 844 m
Start0 kmFurnazinhas38.6 kmCachopo76 kmBarranco do Velho105.1 kmBenafim130 kmSão Bartolomeu de Messines157.7 kmSilves187.2 kmMonchique220.6 kmMarmelete237.2 kmBarão de São João273.1 kmFinish303.9 km · Sun 02:30 PM

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ALUT 2026: the race week guide

Everything a runner, an assistant or a family needs for the 2026 edition, from the start on the quay in Alcoutim to the finish in Sagres.

Read on the organiser's 2026 regulation and its ITRA course page on 13 November 2026. The organiser calls the figures approximate and confirms them in the athlete guide.

Start, finish and time limit

The gun goes at 14:30 on Thursday 26 November on the quay in Alcoutim, for every runner at once. The finish in Sagres closes at 14:30 on Sunday 29 November, 72 hours later.

The entry includes a transfer from Faro to Alcoutim on 26 November and from Sagres back to Faro on 29 November, when asked for at registration. The athlete guide gives the times. Finishers have a hard floor to sleep on in Sagres from the moment the finish opens.

Life bases and barriers

Every life base must be passed, even by a runner who needs nothing there. Each barrier is the time to LEAVE the base: a runner still inside after it stops there. The organiser may move the barriers in bad weather, and promises never to do it against the runners.

ALUT 2026 life bases, distance, climb so far and the time to leave
Life basekmD+ so farLeave by
Furnazinhas38.61,187 m21:30 Thu 26 Nov
Cachopo76.02,342 m04:30 Fri 27 Nov
Barranco do Velho105.13,577 m11:30 Fri 27 Nov
Benafim130.04,157 m17:00 Fri 27 Nov
São Bartolomeu de Messines157.74,740 m23:00 Fri 27 Nov
Silves187.25,503 m07:00 Sat 28 Nov
Monchique220.66,968 m18:00 Sat 28 Nov
Marmelete237.27,623 m23:00 Sat 28 Nov
Barão de São João273.18,196 m08:00 Sun 29 Nov
Finish, Sagres306.18,711 m14:30 Sun 29 Nov

Semi-autonomy, bags and assistants

The race is run in semi-autonomy: between two bases a runner carries the food, clothing and safety gear to cope alone. Food at the bases is eaten there, and only drink may be taken away. Shops and cafés on the way are allowed, planned help on the course is not.

The organiser hands out labels with the bib number for each base, and runners bring their own bags. Bags come back on the last day. Up to two assistants may meet a runner at each base and walk with them 200 metres either side of it. On the last stretch from Barão de São João to the finish they may go all the way.

Kit and navigation

The course is not closed to traffic and is navigated by GPS. The track is sent about fifteen days before the start, and the GPS watch must record at least 10,000 points and be rechargeable on the move.

The mandatory kit: at least 1.5 litres of water capacity and a cup, the GPS watch with spare batteries, a food reserve of about 1,000 calories, two lights with spare batteries, a survival blanket, a phone switched on with sound, a waterproof jacket, a whistle and the GPS tracker the organiser provides.

Follow a runner live

With Livebib, family and friends follow a runner's live position on the map from Alcoutim to Sagres, with every life base and its barrier on the course. One shared link opens the broadcast, with no app needed to watch.

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Course & challenge

306 km on foot across the Algarve, from the Guadiana to Sagres

The ALUT Algarviana Ultra Trail crosses the whole Algarve on foot in one non-stop push. The 8th edition starts on 26 November 2026 at 14:30 on the quay in Alcoutim, by the Guadiana river, and finishes in Sagres within 72 hours.

The course measures 306.1 kilometres with 8,711 metres of climbing and 8,727 metres of descent, and it follows the Via Algarviana, the long-distance path across the south of Portugal, for most of the way. From the hills of the eastern serra it passes Furnazinhas, Cachopo and Barranco do Velho, drops to Silves, climbs into the Serra de Monchique and runs out to the far south-west corner of the country at Sagres.

There are nine life bases: Furnazinhas at km 38.6, Cachopo at km 76, Barranco do Velho at km 105.1, Benafim at km 130, São Bartolomeu de Messines at km 157.7, Silves at km 187.2, Monchique at km 220.6, Marmelete at km 237.2 and Barão de São João at km 273.1. Each one has a time barrier for leaving it, from 21:30 on the first evening in Furnazinhas to 08:00 on Sunday in Barão de São João. Runners may send bags to the bases and meet up to two assistants there.

The 2026 edition is solo only, in semi-autonomy, for at most 100 runners. To enter, a runner needs a finish in a race worth at least 4 ITRA points between January 2024 and September 2026. The organiser is ATR, Associação Algarve Trail Running.

2026 is the 8th edition of the ALUT. In 2024 the race ran the other way across the Algarve, starting from the fortress in Sagres on 28 November with solo runners and relay teams of four. This year it runs from east to west, with no relay.

With Livebib, family and friends follow a runner's live position on the map through three days and nights in the Algarve, with every life base and its barrier in one place. One shared link opens the broadcast, with no app needed to watch.

About ALUT Algarviana Ultra Trail 2026

ALUT Algarviana Ultra Trail 2026 starts on Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 02:30 PM in Alcoutim.

ALUT Algarviana Ultra Trail: 306.1 km, 8,711 m of climbing, from Alcoutim to Sagres, time limit 72 h.

There are 11 stations on the course, 1 of them with a cutoff time.

Organiser: ATR Associação Algarve Trail Running.

Official website: alut.com.pt

The climbs

The climbs that decide the day

  1. 01

    Corte Velha

    2.5 km+156 m6.3 %

    crest at km 34.3

  2. 02

    Alcaria Alta

    3.4 km+197 m5.8 %

    crest at km 83.4

  3. 03

    Zambujo

    2.3 km+161 m7.1 %

    crest at km 174.5

  4. 04

    Picota

    9.2 km+712 m7.8 %

    crest at km 212.1

  5. 05

    Monchique

    3.5 km+412 m11.7 %

    crest at km 218.8

The course

On the map

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The course

Marked trails along the course

The roadbook

Stations

Every station on the course. Life bases carry a barrier clock in race-local time.

  1. Alcoutim

    38.6 km to Furnazinhas

    0 km16 m

  2. Furnazinhas

    life basedrop bagcrew37.4 km to Cachopo

    38.6 km175 m

  3. Cachopo

    life basedrop bagcrew29.1 km to Barranco do Velho

    76 km394 m

  4. Barranco do Velho

    life basedrop bagcrew24.9 km to Benafim

    105.1 km485 m

  5. Benafim

    life basedrop bagcrew27.7 km to São Bartolomeu de Messines

    130 km267 m

  6. São Bartolomeu de Messines

    life basedrop bagcrew29.5 km to Silves

    157.7 km135 m

  7. Silves

    life basedrop bagcrew33.4 km to Monchique

    187.2 km12 m

  8. Monchique

    life basedrop bagcrew16.6 km to Marmelete

    220.6 km436 m

  9. Marmelete

    life basedrop bagcrew35.9 km to Barão de São João

    237.2 km397 m

  10. Barão de São João

    life basedrop bagcrew30.8 km to Sagres

    273.1 km89 m

    1. Sagres303.928Sun 02:30 PM

Course data verified November 13, 2026