Trail ultramarathon · New Zealand
13–14 February 2027 · Rotorua, New Zealand
T50: Sat, 13 February 2027
A Rotorua trail festival known for runnable volcanic terrain, lakes, forest trails, and globally recognized ultra distances.
Entry · T50 · 2027 edition
First come, first served until places run out. Open on the organizer's page on 30 Sep 2026, which does not say how many places are left.
From the organizer's page, checked 30 Sep 2026. TrailSplits does not know whether you have a place; the organizer is the final word.
Tarawera Ultra-Trail by UTMB is a trail ultramarathon scheduled for 13–14 February 2027 in Rotorua, New Zealand. TrailSplits currently includes 5 mapped courses for this event, with course maps, elevation profiles, weather context, and pacing tools for the uploaded GPX data.
How to get a place: Direct entry for the 13-14 February 2027 edition: UTMB Index priority from 14 April 2026 and general entries from 16 April 2026, with price tiers. The TMiler needs an official 50 km+ result between 3 January 2025 and 3 January 2027. Organizer's page, checked Wednesday 30 September 2026.
TrailSplits is a free, independent route & pacing companion — not the official race. Visit the official Tarawera Ultra-Trail by UTMB site →
Finishing T50 earns 2 Running Stones (50K category) toward the UTMB World Series Finals lottery. How Running Stones work.
Racing more than once next year? Add T50 to a season and see whether your races work together.
Inspect the official course track on a topographic map, through its elevation profile, or in 3D.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same path kilometres
Selected distance
Vert-focused blueprint with route-finder links into the Planner.
Other distances
Prepare and return
Keep this course, its training plan, calendar and future course updates together in your private My Races page. Saving does not publish your workouts, pace or progress.
Race route lab
Open the official course in Planner, then choose a nearby start point to build a shorter loop that matches the course demand. This course averages about 22.1 m climb per km.
Sat, 13 February 2027
Send to your watch
Get the official course as a clean GPX or a Garmin TCX course, with step-by-step instructions to load it onto a Garmin, COROS, Suunto, Wahoo, or Komoot — free, no account needed.
Compare your training
See how faithfully your rehearsal route matches the real race. The official course for T50 loads as Route A — upload your training route to compare distance, elevation gain, estimated time, and how much of the course you actually cover.
Course analysis
See the T50 course broken into its major climbs and descents in order — length, gain, average grade, and steepness — so you know where the crux is and how to pace and fuel it.
Race-week reminders
A free browser notification in the final week — the course crux, the weather window, and loading the GPX onto your watch. No app, no email, no account.
Tarawera Ultra-Trail by UTMB 2027 races run 13–14 February 2027 in Rotorua, New Zealand; the T50 is on Sat, 13 February 2027. Check the official race site for registration deadlines and final details.
5 distances (14–163 km). The longest course is 163 km with about 3,800 m of vertical gain — a demanding mountain course.
The T-Miler course has a 36-hour cut-off, an average of 13.3 min/km to finish in time. TrailSplits' cut-off pacer shows the buffer at each aid station.
Yes. TrailSplits gives you the course map, an interactive elevation profile, a 3D flyover and a downloadable GPX for every mapped distance — free and with no sign-up.
Each distance has a free, course-specific 16-week training plan built around its distance, vertical gain and cut-offs, plus a pace and cut-off calculator.
No. TrailSplits is a free, independent route and pacing companion. For registration and official rules, visit https://tarawera.utmb.world/.
Load the GPX directly into TrailSplits for surface analysis and terrain intel.