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Quito Trail by UTMB course maps and aid stations

Six races on and around the Pichincha volcano, all finishing in Plaza San Francisco in Quito's historic center.

July 30 to August 1, 2027 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Quito Trail is a UTMB World Series race in Quito, Ecuador, part of the series since 2024. In 2026 about 3,300 runners from 34 countries took part. The 2027 edition runs July 30 to August 1.

The courses start in three places and end in one. The 80K Oso leaves Mindo, in the cloud forest northwest of the city, at 1:30 on Saturday morning and climbs toward Pichincha. The 50K and 30K start that morning in the plaza at Lloa, a village southwest of the city, and the 20K starts there on Sunday. The 12K and 6K start on Sunday from the TelefériQo, the cable car above Quito. Every course finishes at Plaza San Francisco in the historic center.

The map shows the 2026 course files, which the 2027 race pages still link. Your phone is on the mandatory kit list anyway, so download the course map before you go. GPS shows where you are on it without a data connection.

This is an unofficial guide: Goat Maps isn't affiliated with Quito Trail Ecuador by UTMB. Check the official site before you enter or race.

Quito Trail course map

Every course's aid stations on the Goat Maps topo map. Each course has a map of its own further down.

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Quito Trail courses

CourseDistanceClimbingStartTime limit
80K Oso76.1 km (47.3 mi)4,400 m (14,436 ft)Sat, Jul 31, 1:30 AM20 h
50K Nutria53.1 km (33 mi)2,800 m (9,186 ft)Sat, Jul 31, 5:00 AM12 h
30K Tucán30.4 km (18.9 mi)1,600 m (5,249 ft)Sat, Jul 31, 7:00 AM8 h 30 min
20K Quinde20.2 km (12.6 mi)1,000 m (3,281 ft)Sun, Aug 1, 6:00 AM6 h
12K Humboldt12.4 km (7.7 mi)850 m (2,789 ft)Sun, Aug 1, 7:00 AM5 h
6K Rana6.7 km (4.2 mi)300 m (984 ft)Sun, Aug 1, 8:00 AM3 h

Quito Trail 80K Oso

From the cloud forest at Mindo across the slopes of Pichincha and down into Quito.

Distance
76.1 km (47.3 mi)
Climbing
4,400 m (14,436 ft)
Start
Sat, Jul 31, 1:30 AM
Time limit
20 h

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You start in the dark in Mindo, at 1,250 m, and spend the first hours crossing rivers and ravines below the volcano. Puente Río Cinto to Río Cristal is the longest gap, 17.3 km, and the course climbs most of the way. The organizer's table has a cutoff at Río Cinto at 4:15 AM, under three hours in.

Las Palmas, at km 40, is the one station with hot food, and your drop bag waits there. The big climb follows, about 1,300 m in the 9.5 km to Páramo, at 3,722 m, where there's only water. From Chirincho the course comes back through the Lloa valley and climbs to Cruz Loma, then drops about 740 m into the city. One press report put the steepest slopes at 67%.

In 2026 Joaquín López won in 8:12:38 and María Mercedes Pila in 10:36:05.

aid stations

kmWhereCutoff
0Mindo (80K start)
4.4La Providencia (water)
14.8Puente Río Cinto Sat 4:15 AM
32.1Río Cristal
40Las Palmas Drop bagSat 10:30 AM
49.5Páramo (water)
57.6Chirincho
63.5Fan Zone (water) Sat 6:10 PM
71.2Cruz Loma Sat 8:20 PM
72.8Mirador de Humboldt (water)
76.1Plaza San Francisco, Quito (finish) Sat 9:30 PM

Quito Trail 50K Nutria

Lloa to Las Palmas, the climb past Chirincho waterfall, then Cruz Loma and down to the city.

Distance
53.1 km (33 mi)
Climbing
2,800 m (9,186 ft)
Start
Sat, Jul 31, 5:00 AM
Time limit
12 h

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The 50K leaves Lloa at 3,061 m and loses more height than it gains in the 16.9 km to Las Palmas, in the Las Palmas Río Blanco reserve. From there it climbs the old charcoal burners' path, about 1,360 m up to the water stop at Páramo, at 3,724 m by the 50K's table.

Past Chirincho waterfall you come back into the Lloa valley, then climb again to Cruz Loma before the run down into the old town. The first cutoff is at the Fan Zone, km 40.4, at 2:00 PM.

Quito Trail 30K Tucán

Up to Chirincho waterfall from Lloa, back across the valley and over Cruz Loma.

Distance
30.4 km (18.9 mi)
Climbing
1,600 m (5,249 ft)
Start
Sat, Jul 31, 7:00 AM
Time limit
8 h 30 min

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From Lloa the 30K climbs old mountain paths to Chirincho waterfall, 11.4 km in, then drops into the valley and climbs again to Cruz Loma at about 3,570 m. From there it's about 5 km and 740 m down to the finish, past the water stop at Mirador de Humboldt.

The course table still puts its cutoffs on a Sunday, dated 2024 and 2025. In 2027 the 30K runs on Saturday, and the clock times (Fan Zone 11:30 AM, Cruz Loma 2:00 PM, finish 3:30 PM) fit a 7:00 AM start and the 8.5 hour limit.

Quito Trail 20K Quinde

Lloa to the Cruz Loma community, then a long descent into the old town.

Distance
20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Climbing
1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Start
Sun, Aug 1, 6:00 AM
Time limit
6 h

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The 20K starts in Lloa's central plaza on Sunday morning and climbs valley paths to the community of Cruz Loma, with views over Quito and the volcanoes. The aid station there has an 11:30 AM cutoff. After that it's downhill most of the way, through Mirador de Humboldt and into the historic center.

The table gives the finish cutoff as 12:30 PM, half an hour past the 6 hour limit on the race page.

Quito's old town under heavy cloud, with a statue-topped hill on the left
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Quito Trail 12K Humboldt

Up from the cable car to nearly 3,950 m, then down the Humboldt trail to the plaza.

Distance
12.4 km (7.7 mi)
Climbing
850 m (2,789 ft)
Start
Sun, Aug 1, 7:00 AM
Time limit
5 h

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The 12K is short but it goes highest. From the TelefériQo parking lot at 3,183 m you climb about 780 m in 4.9 km to the Pichincha water stop at 3,948 m, beside the cable car's top station. The cutoff there is 10:15 AM.

The descent follows the Humboldt trail to Mirador de Humboldt, then drops through the city to Plaza San Francisco, more than 1,100 m below the high point.

A hiker with a trekking pole on a grassy path near the TelefériQo, on the way up Rucu Pichincha, with Quito below
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Quito Trail 6K Rana

From the cable car down through ravines and Andean forest to the old town.

Distance
6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Climbing
300 m (984 ft)
Start
Sun, Aug 1, 8:00 AM
Time limit
3 h

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The organizer pitches the 6K at people new to trail running. It starts on a wide path from the TelefériQo, turns onto trails through ravines and Andean forest, and comes down past Mirador de Humboldt, the only water stop, to Plaza San Francisco. Most of it is downhill: the course table has it losing about 750 m.

Registration and fees

Entry is online through a MyUTMB account. On October 13, 2026 the race site said 2027 registration would open in November 2026. First tier fees are US$200 for the 80K, $150 for the 50K, $100 for the 30K, $70 for the 20K, $60 for the 12K and $45 for the 6K. Ecuadorians get a discount at checkout. Each tier has a set number of places, and once it fills, entries move to the next price.

Finishing any race but the 6K earns Running Stones toward the UTMB Mont-Blanc draw, which also needs a valid UTMB Index. The top 3 women and men in the 80K get a place in the CCC, and in the 50K the OCC.

Getting to the starts

People walking past a carved stone church front in Quito's old town
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Fly into Mariscal Sucre International Airport, 18 km east of the center and about 45 minutes away by road. Check-in for 2027 is July 30 and 31. In 2026, bib pickup and the expo were at the San Francisco Convent in Quito.

In 2026 the 80K started at the sports complex in Mindo, the 50K and 30K at Lloa's central park, and the 12K and 6K at the TelefériQo parking lot. Streets in the historic center closed from 6 AM to 10 PM on Saturday and until 1 PM on Sunday.

Altitude, weather and kit

A hiker with a trekking pole on a grassy path near the TelefériQo, on the way up Rucu Pichincha, with Quito below
Tomas Sevilla / Unsplash

Quito sits at about 2,800 m, and the high parts of the courses are well above that: Páramo is at 3,722 m and the 12K tops out near 3,950 m. Quito's July and August normals are highs around 21°C and lows around 8°C, with little rain (WMO 1991 to 2020, Mariscal Sucre airport). Up on the volcano it's colder, and the organizer can make a cold or a heat kit mandatory up to a few hours before the start.

The 2026 kit list for the 80K included 1.5 liters of water, two headlamps with spare batteries, a waterproof hooded jacket, leg and arm cover, a survival blanket, 800 kcal of food, a cup, US dollars in cash, and your own plate and cutlery, since the aid stations don't hand out utensils. Poles were "highly recommended" for the 80K and 50K. Every distance needs a phone with international roaming that works in Ecuador and the LiveTrail app.

Quito Trail aid stations and GPS coordinates

For crews and spectators: each place on the map in decimal degrees, latitude first. Paste them into any map app or add them as waypoints in Goat Maps.

  • Mindo (80K start)

    1,250 m (4,101 ft)

    -0.05369, -78.77607

  • Lloa Plaza (50K, 30K and 20K start)

    3,061 m (10,043 ft)

    -0.24792, -78.58327

  • TelefériQo (12K and 6K start)

    3,183 m (10,443 ft)

    -0.19236, -78.52110

  • Plaza San Francisco, Quito (finish)

    2,827 m (9,275 ft)

    -0.22075, -78.51485

  • La Providencia (water)

    1,246 m (4,088 ft)

    -0.06380, -78.78967

  • Puente Río Cinto

    1,366 m (4,482 ft)

    -0.11395, -78.78432

  • Río Cristal

    2,111 m (6,926 ft)

    -0.19355, -78.68242

  • Las Palmas

    2,727 m (8,947 ft)

    -0.21954, -78.65092

  • Páramo (water)

    3,722 m (12,211 ft)

    -0.20771, -78.60761

  • Chirincho

    3,298 m (10,820 ft)

    -0.22062, -78.58419

  • Fan Zone (water)

    3,192 m (10,472 ft)

    -0.22456, -78.56624

  • Cruz Loma

    3,569 m (11,709 ft)

    -0.20249, -78.53917

  • Mirador de Humboldt (water)

    3,250 m (10,663 ft)

    -0.20486, -78.52784

  • Pichincha (water)

    3,948 m (12,953 ft)

    -0.18683, -78.53760

Quito Trail FAQ

When is Quito Trail by UTMB 2027?

July 30 to August 1, 2027. The 80K, 50K and 30K run on Saturday, July 31, and the 20K, 12K and 6K on Sunday, August 1.

How high does Quito Trail go?

The highest point of the event is the 12K's Pichincha water stop at 3,948 m. On the 80K the high point is about 3,757 m, and on the 50K about 3,730 m. Every course finishes at Plaza San Francisco, 2,827 m.

Does Quito Trail give Running Stones?

Yes, for finishers of the 12K, 20K, 30K, 50K and 80K. The 6K gives none. The top 3 women and men in the 80K and 50K qualify for the CCC and OCC.

Where is there hot food on the 80K?

Only at Las Palmas, km 40, where your drop bag also waits. Puente Río Cinto, Río Cristal, Chirincho and Cruz Loma have food. La Providencia, Páramo, the Fan Zone and Mirador de Humboldt have drinks only.

Do I need a phone at Quito Trail?

Yes. A phone with international roaming that works in Ecuador is mandatory on every distance, with the organizer's emergency numbers saved and the LiveTrail app installed. Download the Goat Maps course map before the start too, so the map works without data.

Is the 2027 Quito Trail course the same as 2026?

The 2027 race pages link the 2026 course files and course tables, and the map here shows those. The organizer hadn't published separate 2027 routes when this page was checked.

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Updated . An unofficial guide, from the organizer's published information. Coordinates from the organizer's course and OpenStreetMap contributors. Photos from Unsplash. Organize a race? We help with course files.