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Ultramaratón Guatemala course maps and checkpoints

Five races from a farm above La Antigua Guatemala, the longest over three volcanoes and a hill in 26 hours.

November 20 to 21, 2026 La Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez

Ultramaratón Guatemala, UTG for short, is a trail race organized by Lucianos on the volcanoes south and west of La Antigua Guatemala. The 2026 edition, on November 20 and 21, is its tenth. Every distance starts and finishes at Carmona Trails, on a farm in San Juan del Obispo on the lower slope of Volcán de Agua.

The 100K and 77K leave together at 10 PM on Friday. They climb Volcán de Agua in the dark, drop to Alotenango, go up to the Camellón ridge on Volcán de Fuego and over the summit of Acatenango, then come home through La Soledad. The 100K adds a loop over Cerro El Cucurucho at the end. The 42K climbs Agua alone, and the 21K and 12K stay on the trails of the farm and the hill behind it.

The rules call it a semi self-sufficient race: the route is taped and there are volunteers at junctions, but you carry your own kit and the long courses spend a whole night above the towns. Download the course map before you travel so you can see where you are on it without a signal.

This is an unofficial guide: Goat Maps isn't affiliated with Ultramaratón Guatemala. Check the official site before you enter or race.

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UTG courses

CourseDistanceClimbingStartTime limit
100K98.7 km (61.3 mi)6,500 m (21,325 ft)Fri, Nov 20, 10:00 PM26 h
77K77 km (47.8 mi)5,532 m (18,150 ft)Fri, Nov 20, 10:00 PM24 h
42K42.6 km (26.5 mi)2,500 m (8,202 ft)Sat, Nov 21, 4:00 AM12 h
21K20.5 km (12.7 mi)1,458 m (4,783 ft)Sat, Nov 21, 7:00 AM6 h
12K12 km (7.5 mi)580 m (1,903 ft)Sat, Nov 21, 8:00 AM5 h

UTG 100K

Agua, Fuego and Acatenango through the night, then Cerro El Cucurucho before the finish.

Distance
98.7 km (61.3 mi)
Climbing
6,500 m (21,325 ft)
Start
Fri, Nov 20, 10:00 PM
Time limit
26 h

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The organizer's 2026 sheet gives 98.7 km and 6,500 m of climbing, three quarters of it on mountain trail, with a 26 hour limit. You start at 10 PM on Friday and reach the top of Volcán de Agua, at about 3,760 m, around kilometer 14. From there it's a long descent to Alotenango at kilometer 23, close to the low point of the course, where the first drop bag waits.

The climb out of Alotenango goes to the Camellón, the ridge on Volcán de Fuego, and on to the summit of Acatenango, the highest point of the race. The organizer's chart lists a checkpoint called Tonel between the two. Its profile prints kilometer 32 for it, which is before the Camellón on the course file, so the map leaves Tonel off. La Soledad at kilometer 49 has the second drop bag, and it's where a pacer can join you. After the RN14 checkpoint you come back to the gate of Finca Carmona at kilometer 77 and head out again, without your pacer, for the loop over Cerro El Cucurucho.

Cutoffs are 6 AM Saturday at Alotenango, 8 AM at the Volcán de Fuego sign, 5 PM at La Soledad, 8 PM at the Carmona gate, 9 PM at the kilometer 86 checkpoint and midnight at the finish. You have to leave a checkpoint before its cutoff, whenever you arrived.

The line on the map is the organizer's course file, which measures about 95 km.

A column of ash rising from the summit of a volcano against a clear sky
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UTG 77K

The three volcanoes of the 100K without the Cucurucho loop.

Distance
77 km (47.8 mi)
Climbing
5,532 m (18,150 ft)
Start
Fri, Nov 20, 10:00 PM
Time limit
24 h

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The 77K starts with the 100K at 10 PM on Friday and shares its course to the finish line at Carmona Trails: Volcán de Agua, Alotenango, the Camellón on Fuego, Acatenango and La Soledad. The organizer gives 77 km and 5,532 m of climbing with a 24 hour limit, on 60% mountain trail and a quarter asphalt.

Drop bags go to Alotenango and La Soledad, and a pacer can run with you from La Soledad to the entrance of Finca Carmona. The cutoffs match the 100K's as far as La Soledad: 6 AM at Alotenango, 8 AM at the Volcán de Fuego sign and 5 PM at La Soledad. The finish closes at 10 PM on Saturday.

A lone volcanic cone rising out of the clouds, with pines in the foreground
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UTG 42K

Up and over Volcán de Agua to Alotenango, and back along the valley.

Distance
42.6 km (26.5 mi)
Climbing
2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Start
Sat, Nov 21, 4:00 AM
Time limit
12 h

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The 42K starts at 4 AM on Saturday and follows the long courses over Volcán de Agua, so you climb more than 2,000 m in the first 14 km. The descent ends in Alotenango at kilometer 23, where you can leave one drop bag and have to be out by 1 PM.

From Alotenango the course skips the western volcanoes and returns along the valley floor past the RN14 checkpoint. The organizer gives 42.6 km and 2,500 m of climbing, 40% of it on asphalt, with 12 hours to finish by 4 PM.

A cloud-capped volcano behind the roofless stone ruin of an old building
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UTG 21K

A loop from Carmona Trails over Cerro El Cucurucho.

Distance
20.5 km (12.7 mi)
Climbing
1,458 m (4,783 ft)
Start
Sat, Nov 21, 7:00 AM
Time limit
6 h

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The 21K starts at 7 AM on Saturday and has no asphalt. The organizer puts it at 90% mountain trail and the rest dirt road. A first hill comes at about kilometer 4, then the course drops back toward the farm before the main climb to the summit of Cerro El Cucurucho, 2,619 m, around kilometer 14.

It's 20.5 km with 1,458 m of climbing and a 6 hour limit, so the finish closes at 1 PM. The organizer describes misty forest and ankle-catching roots on the way up. This loop is also the last 21 km of the 100K.

UTG 12K

A short, steep loop on the trails of the Carmona farm.

Distance
12 km (7.5 mi)
Climbing
580 m (1,903 ft)
Start
Sat, Nov 21, 8:00 AM
Time limit
5 h

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The 12K starts at 8 AM on Saturday with 580 m of climbing and a 5 hour limit. Its high point, 2,093 m on the organizer's profile, comes in the first half, and the rest rolls back down to the farm. It shares its two checkpoints with the 21K.

The 12K follows the first 8 km of the 21K, then turns for home where the 21K heads for Cerro El Cucurucho. The organizer's 2026 file measures about 11 km.

Registration and race kit

Entry for 2026 was open from June 15 to October 15 on the organizer's site and is now closed. Fees were Q325 for the 12K, Q395 for the 21K, Q595 for the 42K, Q1,265 for the 77K and Q1,865 for the 100K. They aren't refunded, and transfers to another runner or another distance stopped when registration closed.

Bibs are handed out on Wednesday November 18 at Restaurante Kaffa in Guatemala City's Zona 15, from noon to 7 PM, and at Carmona Trails on Thursday from noon to 7 PM and Friday from 11 AM to 5 PM. Bring photo ID. Runners in the 42K and longer have to show their mandatory kit at pickup.

Under 18s can enter the 12K, 21K and 42K with a signed letter from a parent or guardian.

Getting to Antigua and the start

A cobbled street of low colonial houses with a volcano in the haze behind
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La Antigua Guatemala is about 40 km from La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City. The drive takes around an hour outside rush hour and can take much longer in traffic, so leave room if you land on Friday.

Carmona Trails is in San Juan del Obispo, a village a few kilometers south of Antigua on the road to Santa María de Jesús. The organizer's race pages link driving directions to the farm. Be at the start at least 30 minutes before your race for the kit check.

Drop bags and pacers

The 100K and 77K allow two drop bags, one for Alotenango and one for La Soledad. The 42K allows one, for Alotenango. Use a strong, closed bag marked with your name and the checkpoint, and hand it in on Thursday between noon and 7 PM or on Friday between 11 AM and 2 PM. Bags come back to the finish on Saturday, Alotenango's from 6 PM and La Soledad's from 10 PM.

Pacers are for the 77K and 100K only, on foot, between La Soledad and the entrance to Finca Carmona. They register at bib pickup and wear a badge so the checkpoints will serve them. An unregistered companion can get you disqualified.

Each summit hands you a token, on the volcanoes and on Cerro El Cucurucho. Keep them: you show them at the finish to prove you ran the whole route.

Weather and what to carry

A steep volcanic cone above a sea of cloud, seen between pine trees
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November is a dry month in Antigua, with about 16 mm of rain on average, highs near 23°C and lows near 13°C. The rules expect 15 to 25°C by day and 10 to 20°C at night in the valleys, and 1 to 7°C on the volcanoes, where the long courses are in the small hours.

For the 42K, 77K and 100K the mandatory kit is a hydration pack or vest, 8 oz of food, a headlamp with spare batteries, a thermal blanket, a waterproof windbreaker, a cup or bottle for the checkpoints, a bandage, something for knocks and sprains, and a charged phone with call credit. The 12K and 21K need hydration, a cup and a phone. Bring the cup: the organizer has cut disposable ones at the checkpoints as far as it can.

The organizer recommends poles and sand gaiters. It can change the rules of the race for bad weather or an eruption, and Fuego is almost constantly active.

UTG checkpoints 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.

  • Carmona Trails (start and finish)

    1,686 m (5,531 ft)

    14.51453, -90.72109

  • Santa María de Jesús (PC1)

    2,062 m (6,765 ft)

    14.49415, -90.70971

  • INDE (PC2)

    3,353 m (11,001 ft)

    14.47136, -90.73873

  • Volcán de Agua summit

    3,765 m (12,352 ft)

    14.46609, -90.74313

  • Alotenango (PC3)

    1,392 m (4,567 ft)

    14.48416, -90.80476

  • Arrayán (PC4)

    1,773 m (5,817 ft)

    14.47917, -90.84313

  • Camellón, Volcán de Fuego

    3,534 m (11,594 ft)

    14.48444, -90.87869

  • Acatenango summit

    3,960 m (12,992 ft)

    14.50153, -90.87618

  • La Soledad (PC6)

    2,399 m (7,871 ft)

    14.53659, -90.88571

  • RN14 (PC7)

    1,528 m (5,013 ft)

    14.50708, -90.79041

  • Finca Carmona gate (PC8)

    1,721 m (5,646 ft)

    14.51273, -90.72029

  • Carmona D-4

    2,035 m (6,677 ft)

    14.51274, -90.69900

  • Carmona D-9

    1,796 m (5,892 ft)

    14.52436, -90.71957

  • Cerro El Cucurucho summit

    2,620 m (8,596 ft)

    14.51786, -90.69121

  • Carmona D-19

    1,796 m (5,892 ft)

    14.52473, -90.71964

UTG FAQ

When is Ultramaratón Guatemala 2026?

Friday November 20 and Saturday November 21, 2026. The 100K and 77K start at 10 PM on Friday. On Saturday the 42K starts at 4 AM, the 21K at 7 AM and the 12K at 8 AM. Kids race 1 km and 3 km on Friday afternoon.

Which volcanoes does UTG climb?

The 100K and 77K go over the summit of Volcán de Agua, up to the Camellón ridge on Volcán de Fuego and over the summit of Acatenango. The 100K then climbs Cerro El Cucurucho. The 42K climbs Agua only.

Is UTG a UTMB Index race?

The organizer's 2026 rules say the 100K and 77K count toward the UTMB 100K category and the 42K toward the 50K category. Check your result on utmb.world after the race.

Can you have a pacer at UTG?

In the 77K and 100K, yes, from La Soledad to the entrance of Finca Carmona. Pacers register at bib pickup, go on foot and may not carry your mandatory kit. 100K runners do the Cucurucho loop alone.

Where are the UTG GPX files?

Each distance's page on lucianosgt.com has a GPX button. The 12K link asked for a sign-in when this page was checked, so its line here comes from the file the organizer sent.

How exact are the checkpoints on the map?

The organizer publishes each checkpoint's kilometer but no coordinates, and its course files carry no waypoints. Towns and summits are pinned where the line passes them. The other checkpoints are pinned at their kilometer on the organizer's line. That line measures a few kilometers shorter than the published distances, so they can be a couple of kilometers off. Tonel (PC5) isn't pinned, because the organizer's chart and profile disagree about where it is.

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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.