HOKA Chiang Mai Thailand by UTMB®, live.

Two weekends, two mountains, one park

Chiang Mai’s UTMB World Series event runs over ten days in two blocks: first on Doi Inthanon, then in the hills above the city, with every race of the second block finishing in Chiang Mai PAO Park.

HOKA Chiang Mai Thailand by UTMB runs from 27 November to 6 December 2026. The first weekend belongs to Doi Inthanon National Park: Pagoda 50 starts at the park headquarters on Saturday 28 November, once at 07:00 and once at 18:00, and Inthanon 20 at 07:00 and a 5 km warm-up run at 07:30 follow on Sunday 29 November. The second block moves to Chiang Mai. Chiang Dao 160 leaves Wat Tham Chiang Dao at 10:00 on Friday 4 December and Elephant 100 leaves Wat Nhong Bua Noi at 08:00 the same day. Both are point-to-point and finish in Chiang Mai PAO Park.

The numbers climb fast. Chiang Dao 160 is 173 km with 9,800 m of ascent and a 48-hour limit, from Doi Luang Chiang Dao over San Pa Kia and Doi Pha Sam Liam to the Hmong village at Ban Doi Pui and Montha Than Waterfall. Elephant 100 is 100 km and 5,500 m in 28 hours. Pagoda 50 (57 km, 3,600 m, 16 hours 30 minutes) climbs to the summit of Doi Inthanon and Inthanon 20 (20 km, 800 m, 7 hours) loops through the Ban Mae Klang Luang rice terraces. Hmong 50 (63 km, 3,000 m) and Suthep 20 (26 km, 1,100 m) are loops from the park through Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, each offered as a day and a night start. Chedi 20 (17 km, 700 m) is the last start, at 07:30 on Sunday 6 December, and two warm-up runs, 5 km on Doi Inthanon and 3 km in PAO Park, complete the programme.

With day and night versions of the same loop and two 100-plus races arriving from different temples, the park sees runners come in around the clock. A runner can share a link to their own Livebib broadcast, and family open it in a browser with no app and no account: position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. Under forest canopy or in a valley where the phone drops signal, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated rather than frozen. The runner decides who gets the link.