Trail Running · Cortina d'Ampezzo

🇮🇹Lavaredo Ultra Trail:
Course Analysis & Race Readiness

120 km with 5,567 m of climbing and 5,557 m of descent across 13 climbs and 13 descents. A relentless up-and-down course that rewards durable legs and confident, sustained downhill running.

CourseRecon scores your own training against the descending and durability demands that define Lavaredo Ultra Trail — the sample analysis below shows exactly how.

120 km

Distance

+5,570 m

Vertical Gain

−5,560 m

Total Descent

Jun 25, 2027

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The Course · GPS-Measured

What 120 km / 74.7 mi and 5,570 m / 18,260 ft of vertical gain actually look like

Measured from the GPS track: 120 km / 74.7 mi and 5,570 m / 18,260 ft of vertical gain. This is the terrain you're signing up for: read it before it reads you.

Course Profile

Terrain summary

Claimed vs GPS-Measured

Claimed · Organizer

120km

Distance

+5,630m

Gain

−0.0 km−60 m

GPS-Measured

120km

Distance

+5,570m

Gain

Climb & Gradient

+5,570 mTotal Gain

−5,560 mTotal Loss

Gradient Distribution

29%

Flat

≤3% grade

27%

Run-Climb

3–15% up

Steep Climb

>15% up

35%

Descent

downhill

Steepest Sustained Sections

Climb

KM 97.3–100.0 · +443 m

+15.2%

Climb

KM 33.7–37.9 · +520 m

+12.5%

Descent

KM 91.6–94.0 · −277 m

-11.6%

Descent

KM 109.0–118.0 · −1,036 m

-11.4%

Finish & Cutoff Times

What it takes to finish

Reference finish times from past results — use them to set a realistic goal pace.

11h 49m

Winning time

12h 20m

Top 5

13h 22m

Top 10

30h 00m

Back of pack

Based on 2026 results.

What This Race Demands

Four things this course asks of your body

Every course weights the four pillars of mountain-ultra fitness differently. Descending carries 46% of the scoring weight on this course — the terrain makes that the deciding factor.

Weighting shows where readiness is won or lost at this distance — not whether you need each pillar. An aerobic base is a given for a race this long, so it carries little deciding weight even though it's essential — the gaps open on the climbs, descents and the back half.

AerobicSustained engine

Foundational

Sustained aerobic output over 120 km with 29% flat and 27% runnable climbing to press.

ClimbingVertical power

20%

5,567 m across 13 climbs, including a 948 m ascent and grades exceeding 15%.

DescendingEccentric / braking

46%

5,557 m down over 13 descents, including a 1,041 m drop and steep pitches near the finish.

DurabilityLate-race resilience

35%

120 km of near-constant elevation change with the biggest descent falling past km 108.

The Profile in One Line

A 120 km mountain loop trading 13 climbs against 13 descents, topping out at 2,457 m.

Aerobic FoundationalClimbing 20%Descending 46%Durability 35%

Here's how CourseRecon reads a course and an athlete

Sample Readiness Analysis

What a readiness result looks like for this course

This is a worked example for a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete — not your score. Connect your own training and the same analysis runs on you.

Sample

OUT OF 100

MOSTLY READY

For a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete

This is a sample — connect your Strava to see your own result.

Pillar Breakdown

Aerobic

With 29% flat and 27% runnable climbing, the course demands steady aerobic engine management across the full 120 km distance.

Climbing

Thirteen climbs totaling 5,567 m, headlined by a 948 m ascent and a 10.9 km sustained climb, require efficient repeated ascending with pitches over 15%.

Descending

Descending carries the heaviest load: 5,557 m across 13 descents, including a 1,041 m loss and a 10 km descent, demanding braking control and quad resilience.

Durability

Continuous climb-descent cycling over 120 km, with the largest 1,036 m descent arriving after km 108, punishes any legs that arrive at the finish undertrained.

km 33.7–37.9

Early 520 m Grind

A 4.1 km climb gaining 520 m at 12.5% arrives early, forcing hard pacing discipline before the bulk of the course unfolds.

km 97.3–100.2

Late Steep Wall

Deep into the race a 2.9 km climb gains 443 m at 15.2%, the steepest sustained pitch, hitting already-fatigued legs.

km 108.9–118

Closing 1,036 m Plunge

The course's biggest descent drops 1,036 m over 9.1 km at 11.4% near the finish, testing quad durability and control when the body is most spent.

That was a sample