SEA ALPS TRAIL JOURNEY 2026
A one-way race of about 49 km along the Michinoku Coastal Trail through Fudai, Tanohata and Iwaizumi on the northern coast of Iwate. It starts at Fudai Beach Park Kiraumi and passes aid stations at Kitayamazaki, the Hiraiga floodgate and the Unosu cliffs before finishing at Hama-no-eki Omoto Aidokan. The coastline, known as the 'Alps of the sea', comes with long stretches of singletrack.
The course tops out at 208 m (low point 9 m). About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2025, 98% of starters finished. The median finish was about 8 h.
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- Date
- Sun, 1 Nov 2026
- Start
- 05:30
- Location
- Iwate, Japan
- Distance
- 49 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,098 m
- Time limit
- 11h 30m
- ITRA
- 50K
- Official website
- sea-alps-trail-journey.com
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 km | Aid 1第1エイド 北山崎（関門） | 16 km | 08:303h |
| 2 | 28 km | Aid 2第2エイド ひらいが水門前（関門） | 12 km | 11:306h |
| 3 | 38 km | Aid 3第3エイド 鵜の巣断崖駐車場（関門） | 10 km | 14:008h 30m |
| F | 49 km | FinishFINISH（浜の駅おもと愛土館） | 11 km | 17:0011h 30m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start.
Registration
- Registration
- Fri, 1 May 2026 – Fri, 31 Jul 2026
- Entry
- First come, first served
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2025 results
237 starters, 233 finishers (98.3% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 4h 34m
- Top 10%
- 6h 26m
- Top 25%
- 7h 11m
- Median
- 8h 7m
- Top 75%
- 9h 20m
- Top 90%
- 10h 33m
- 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.
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