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UTAMiler

The UTA Miler starts at 05:00 on Friday 14 May 2027 at Govetts Leap Carpark in Blackheath, in the cold before a Blue Mountains dawn.

Govetts Leap Carpark, Blackheath → Finish

Distance
161.1 km
Ascent
+6,999 m
High point
1,074 mPulpit Hill
drop bag
8
Stations
15
Time limit
≤ 44.5 h
Start
05:00 AMFri, May 14
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The course

The whole race, as a ridgeline

▲ Pulpit Hill · 1,074 m
Start0 kmHydro Majestic Hotel46.9 km · Fri 06:00 PMNarrow Neck Lookout54.6 km · Fri 08:00 PMSix Foot Track Outbound90.4 km · Sat 05:00 AMSix Foot Track Inbound106.1 km · Sat 09:00 AMKatoomba Aquatic Centre116.5 km · Sat 11:50 AMQueen Victoria Hospital139.1 km · Sat 07:10 PMFinish160.8 km

◆ drop bag▲ high point

Course & challenge

UTAMiler

A hundred and sixty-one kilometres with 7,200 metres of climbing, run from the northern escarpment down through the Grose and Jamison valleys and back up to Katoomba. The Miler takes in everything the shorter races take in and adds most of a second night: the Golden Stairs, the Tarros Ladders, the long grind of the Kedumba Pass, and then, after forty hours of running for many of the field, the 951 Furber Steps up from the valley floor to the finish at Scenic World.

The time limit is 44 and a half hours. That is two nights out for most starters, on a course where the checkpoints are hours apart and the phone reception is not reliable. On Livebib the crew sees the whole line drawn as a ridge, the runner’s live position on it, every checkpoint split as it lands, and an arrival estimate for the top of the steps that moves with the runner instead of standing still.

The climbs

The climbs that decide the day

  1. 01

    Lockley Pylon

    2.3 km+538 m23.1 %

    crest at km 24.4

  2. 02

    Hydro Majestic Hotel

    3.8 km+213 m5.5 %

    crest at km 43.7

  3. 03

    km 85.8

    2.3 km+196 m8.4 %

    crest at km 85.8

  4. 04

    Therabulat Lookout

    14.3 km+704 m4.9 %

    crest at km 113.3

  5. 05

    km 153.8

    2.7 km+315 m11.5 %

    crest at km 153.8

The course

On the map

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The roadbook

Stations

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

  1. Start

    drop bagcrew46.9 km to Hydro Majestic Hotel

    0 km973 m

    1. Govetts Leap Picnic Areacrew12.3974
    2. Perrys Lookdowncrew19.1931Fri 10:00 AM
    3. Fortress Ridge Trail Head29.5902Fri 01:20 PM

  2. Hydro Majestic Hotel

    drop bagcrew7.7 km to Narrow Neck Lookout

    46.9 km1,052 mCloses Fri 06:00 PM

  3. Narrow Neck Lookout

    drop bagcrew35.8 km to Six Foot Track Outbound

    54.6 km994 mCloses Fri 08:00 PM

    1. Tarros67947Fri 11:00 PM
    2. Foggy Knob76.8612Sat 01:10 AM

  4. Six Foot Track Outbound

    drop bagcrew15.8 km to Six Foot Track Inbound

    90.4 km575 mCloses Sat 05:00 AM

  5. Six Foot Track Inbound

    drop bagcrew10.4 km to Katoomba Aquatic Centre

    106.1 km573 mCloses Sat 09:00 AM

  6. Katoomba Aquatic Centre

    drop bagcrew22.6 km to Queen Victoria Hospital

    116.5 km982 mCloses Sat 11:50 AM

    1. Fairmont Resortcrew128.3922Sat 03:35 PM

  7. Queen Victoria Hospital

    drop bagcrew21.7 km to Finish

    139.1 km834 mCloses Sat 07:10 PM

    1. Emergency Aid Station152.2403

  8. Finish

    drop bagcrew

    160.8 km959 m

Course data verified September 6, 2026