Härnö Trail, live.

Four summits between a sea beach and a mast

A trail race on the island of Härnön, at the southern end of the High Coast, that climbs 945 metres without ever rising above 175.

Härnö Trail is run on Saturday 3 October 2026, its tenth edition since the first race on 1 October 2016. Start and finish are at Vårdkasens Skidstadion in Härnösand, and there are three timed distances: 21 km at 11:00, 14 km at 12:00 and 7 km at 12:30, plus a children’s race and an untimed experience class. The organiser’s description of the long course is four summits, from sea level to 175 metres.

That arithmetic is the race. The 21 km climbs Vårdkasberget, Örsjöberget, Speckstaberget and Himmelsberget, drops through the Smitingen–Härnöklubb nature reserve to Smitingen’s sea bath and the sand beach, and finishes with a short climb to the mast above the arena. The 21 and 14 km courses carry many technical sections — rock slabs, crevices, bogs — and ropes hang on the steepest passages. On wet rock the organiser recommends studded shoes.

Most of the course is forest and rock, with family waiting at the arena or at an aid station. On Livebib the runner shares a link to their own broadcast; family and friends open it in a browser, no app or account, and see the position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. Where the phone loses signal under the trees, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated, instead of freezing. The runner decides who gets the link.