Oman by UTMB course maps and aid stations

Entry is through UTMB, with no lottery. Runners with a valid UTMB Index got a 48-hour priority window from 9 February 2026; general entry opened on 11 February and stays open until each race fills. There's no waiting list and registration doesn't reopen. On 13 October the race pages showed the 50K and 20K as full, and the 100M, 100K and 30K still open.

Fees come in four price tiers. The registration page lists about €281 for the 100M, €222 for the 100K, €156 for the 50K, €101.75 for the 30K and €74 for the 20K, plus an 8% administration fee. Without cancellation insurance there are no refunds. You can't hand your place to someone else or defer it to another year, but you can move down to a shorter race up to four weeks before. You need to be 18 to run, or 16 for the 20K.

Bibs are collected in person, 10:00 to 22:00: in Muscat on 5 and 6 December, or at the race village in Birkat Al Mouz from 8 to 10 December. The village also opens on 11 December for the 30K and 20K. Bring your mandatory kit, because it's checked there.

Fly into Muscat International Airport. Birkat Al Mouz is about an hour and a half away by road, and 25 minutes from Nizwa. There's parking near the race village, and the organizer runs shuttles from there to the starts in Al Hamra, Imti and Nizwa. Schedules come out closer to race week.

If you plan to drive up to Saiq or the other stations on Jabal Akhdar, you'll need a 4x4. A checkpoint on the road turns other cars back and asks for your registration, rental agreement and ID. Electric cars are allowed through. Make sure your rental contract allows mountain driving.

Only the 100M, 100K and 50K allow a crew, and only one person per runner, at the stations marked for crews: Al Hamra, Misfat Al Abriyeen, Sharaf Al Alamain, Hail Al Diyar, Safi Sahra and Saiq on the 100M. Your crew can hand you a bag of up to 30 liters and help with small things like a massage or a blister while you sit, but they can't give you medical care. Nobody can run with you outside the spectator zones by the aid stations; that's a 15-minute penalty.

Spare bags go in the UTMB World Series bag you get at bib collection. The 100M has them at Sharaf Al Alamain, Hail Al Diyar and Saiq, the 100K at Hail Al Diyar. Poles can't go in them: start with your poles or go without.

December is the cool season, but the courses run from about 500 m to nearly 2,400 m. Down in Nizwa the December average is about 28°C by day and 14°C at night. The organizer expects 5 to 15°C by day on the mountain, near 0°C at night, and below freezing in exposed spots.

The 100M kit list covers both: 2 liters of water, sunscreen, sunglasses and a cap that covers your neck, but also a waterproof hooded jacket, a warm second layer, long leggings, waterproof overpants, two headlamps and a survival blanket. Aid stations hand out no disposable cups or bowls, so the list includes your own cup and a reusable bowl. Check your own race's list on its page. Shorts and tops shouldn't be very short or revealing; the organizer asks runners to respect local dress.