KAÇKAR 50K

KAÇKAR 50K

The organiser’s course climbs above the clouds to Kemer Dağı and passes the Hazindak and Samistal plateaus, where 300-year-old stone houses stand. From there the named points are Yukarı Kavrun, the lakes area, Yukarı Çeymakçur, Palakçur and Galer, after which the course drops back toward Ayder. Much of it shares ground with the 100K, without the scramble over Mezovit Pass.

At 3,000 m over 44 km it is a steep course, close to 70 m of climbing per kilometre, and the start is a wave start. The 12-hour-30 limit means the last runners are due back in Ayder at 20:30, so a head torch is worth carrying.

This page belongs to the 2026 edition. Between the plateaus there are long stretches where nobody at the finish knows how a runner is doing. On the Livebib broadcast a runner shares, family open a link in a browser, no app and no account, and see the position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. If the phone loses signal in the high valleys, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated.