Trail ultramarathon · South Africa
20–22 November 2026 · Cape Town, Western Cape
EX23: Sat, 21 November 2026
A six-distance mountain-running festival across Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula, from an accessible 16 km route to a highly technical 100 miler linking both coastlines.
Entry · EX23 · 2026 edition
Direct entry for the November 2026 edition; entries opened 26 February 2026. No lottery is described. Checked 27 Sep 2026; the organizer's page says whether places remain.
From the organizer's page, checked 27 Sep 2026. TrailSplits does not know whether you have a place; the organizer is the final word.
RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town is a trail ultramarathon scheduled for 20–22 November 2026 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. TrailSplits currently includes 6 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 November 2026 edition; entries opened 26 February 2026. No lottery is described. Organizer's page, checked Sunday 27 September 2026.
TrailSplits is a free, independent route & pacing companion — not the official race. Visit the official RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town site →
Racing more than once next year? Add EX23 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 44.2 m climb per km.
Sat, 21 November 2026
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 EX23 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 EX23 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.
RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town 2026 races run 20–22 November 2026 in Cape Town, Western Cape; the EX23 is on Sat, 21 November 2026. Check the official race site for registration deadlines and final details.
6 distances (15.8–163 km). The longest course is 163 km with about 7,187 m of vertical gain — a demanding mountain course.
The UTCT 100M course has a 45-hour cut-off, an average of 16.6 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://www.ultratrailcapetown.com/.
Load the GPX directly into TrailSplits for surface analysis and terrain intel.