ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL 2026
Also known as: Echigo Country Trail
From Oguni Forest Park in Nagaoka, Niigata, the route heads east over Oguni Pass and Shiroyama to Tokimizu and Hakusan Sports Park in Ojiya, and west to the summit of Mt. Hachikoku, Oguni's highest peak, following old paths that once linked the villages, with constant small ups and downs.
The course tops out at 482 m (low point 67 m). The main climb comes late in the race: 409 m around 45–52 km. About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2026, 79% of starters finished. The median finish was about 10 h.
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Predict in detail from my Strava trainingOverview
- Date
- Sun, 14 Jun 2026
- Start
- 06:00
- Location
- Niigata, Japan
- Distance
- 63 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,350 m
- Time limit
- 11h 30m
- ITRA
- 50M
- Official website
- www.sportsentry.ne.jp/event/t/103359
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 63 km | FinishFINISH おぐに森林公園 | 63 km | 17:3011h 30m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start.
2026 results
205 starters, 161 finishers (78.5% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 6h 38m
- Top 10%
- 8h 4m
- Top 25%
- 8h 54m
- Median
- 9h 47m
- Top 75%
- 10h 39m
- Top 90%
- 11h 14m
- Last finisher
- 11h 28m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
Practice courses
See the course on the Runnable map ↗
Runnable has practice courses on this race's trails, split into sections to run and sections to walk (pages in Japanese).
- Runnable practice course (58.7 km)
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