SkyRun 100 - Course Data, Elevation and Cutoffs
- Lady Grey, South Africa
- 99.2 km61.6 mi
- 3,897 m12,785 ft D+
- 10 aid stations
SkyRun 100 2026: live tracking and results
SkyRun 100 starts on Saturday, November 14 at 04:00 AM. Live tracking and results are on the organiser's own pages.
Same weekend: SkyRun 65
Course profile
Lady Grey, South Africa
- Distance
- 99.2 km61.6 miFinishes 608 m lower than it startsFinishes 1,995 ft lower than it starts
- Elevation
- +3,897 m+12,785 ft-4,505 m-14,780 ftAbout 39 m of climb per kmAbout 207 ft of climb per mile
- Highest point
- 2,723 m8,934 ftAvoca Peak
- Days and nights
- 2 days1 nightUp to the final cutoff (30h)
Next editionSat 14 Nov 2026 · 04:00
- Start
- Winner~13h13h after the start
- Mid-pack finishUTMB Index 50017h31 after the start
- Cutoff30h after the start
SkyRun 100 runs 99.2 km across the Witteberg range in South Africa's Eastern Cape, from Lady Grey to Wartrail Country Club, with 3,897 m of climbing and a 30-hour cutoff. It is self-supported and self-navigated: the route is unmarked, and runners follow a GPS track they load themselves.
The defining feature is not the climbing but the navigation. Nothing is marked, and the field spreads out across open mountain from the first climb to the Tower at 6.6 km; a wrong line off Avoca Peak, the high point at 2,723 m, costs hours rather than minutes. The Dragon's Back is a ridgeline barely three metres wide with steep ground on both sides, and The Wall climbs 400 m in 2.5 km. Balloch, at 56.3 km, is the only place a crew may meet a runner and one of only two bag-drop points - the other is the finish - so the 43 km from there to Wartrail are run alone with whatever is in the pack. Eleven checkpoints carry their own cutoffs, tightening through the night. The figures here come from the organiser's own pace chart, which is the only source that publishes per-checkpoint climbing; the race page quotes an approximate 4,500 m and ITRA lists 4,730 m, and that gap is unresolved.
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide.
Other distances at SkyRun
| Race | Distance | D+ | Cutoff | Next start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyRun 100 (this page) | 99.2 km61.6 mi | 3,897 m12,785 ft | 30h00 | Nov 14, 2026 |
| SkyRun 65 | 65.5 km40.7 mi | 3,162 m10,374 ft | 20h00 | Nov 14, 2026 |
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Course math
Four numbers worked out from this course's distance, elevation and checkpoints.
TrailMath effort-km
161 effort-km
About 18 h for a mid-pack finisher (index 500). Not a pacing guarantee.
Distance + gain ÷ 100 + loss ÷ 200, beside ITRA's gain-only km-effort. Model TM1.0.
How TrailMath works →UTMB Index category
100K
138 km-effort (distance + gain ÷ 100). Calculated from the course figures, not an official classification.
Estimate your UTMB Index → ITRA and UTMB indexes explainedBiggest climb section
+799 m+2,621 ft
Lady Grey → CP1 Tower · km 0–6.6mi 0–4.1
The largest gain between two checkpoints, not one continuous climb.
Biggest descent section
−742 m−2,434 ft
CP9 Halstone Peak → Finish - Wartrail Country Club · km 94–99.2mi 58.4–61.6
The largest loss between two checkpoints. ITRA's km-effort ignores descent; TrailMath counts it: 161 km-effort.
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SkyRun 100 · 2025
Who finished, 2025 edition
141 runners finished this edition.
The organiser published no finish times we can stand behind for this edition, so this page publishes the counts alone: how many finished, who they were and where they came from. No average and no median appears anywhere below, because we hold none worth quoting.
The start line
Men and women
Men
107 finishers, 76% of the field
Women
34 finishers, 24% of the field
Finishers by age group
Every bar is a finisher count, drawn against the largest group. Men and women are on the same scale, so the two can be read against each other.
| Age | Finishers | Finishers |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 47 | |
| Vet | 37 | |
| Master | 15 | |
| Grand Master | 6 | |
| Unknown | 2 |
| Age | Finishers | Finishers |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 13 | |
| Vet | 13 | |
| Master | 6 | |
| Grand Master | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1 |
The shaded row is the biggest group.
Where the finishers came from
96% of the finishers came from South Africa alone.
| Nation | Finishers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South AfricaZA | 13696.5% | |
| ZambiaZM | 21.4% | |
| United KingdomGB | 10.7% | |
| RussiaRU | 10.7% | |
| EswatiniSZ | 10.7% |
Bar length is against the largest nation. The smallest counts are drawn at a minimum visible width, so their bars are not to scale.
Edition by edition
Every edition we have recomputed in full, newest first. The course, the weather and the field change from year to year, so a slower edition is not a harder one.
| Edition | Distance run | Starters | Finishers | Finish rate | Median finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 99.2 km61.6 mi | - | 141 | - | - |
| 2024 | 99.2 km61.6 mi | - | 125 | - | 25:34:00 |
How these numbers were computed
The counts, the gender split, the age groups and the nations are computed from the full official result list. The finish times in that same list are not consistent with each other, so we publish none of them rather than a figure we would have to hedge. Bands with only a handful of finishers move a lot from one edition to the next.
Nationality here shows who travels to this race, not who runs it best. That alone is why a host nation tops almost every list.
Computed from the full official results, verifiedSeptember 16, 2026 - Official results
Race-ready pack
The training is done. The race plan is not.
With 5 days to go, no session will add fitness - a hard one only adds fatigue. What still changes your finish is your margin at each barrier, how you fuel each leg and how rested you arrive.
5 days to the startSat, Nov 14 · 04:00 GMT+2
Pace and fuel, checkpoint by checkpoint
| Checkpoint | km | Barrier | From the gun | Fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP1 Tower6.6 km · +799 m | 6.6 | Sat 06:00 | 2h | In the app |
| CP2 Olympus12.2 km · +573 m | 18.8 | Sat 09:00 | 5h | In the app |
| CP3 Snowden10.8 km · +423 m | 29.6 | Sat 11:30 | 7h30 | In the app |
| CP4 Avoca10.3 km · +444 m | 39.9 | Sat 14:00 | 10h | In the app |
| CP5 Skidaw7.2 km · +208 m | 47.1 | Sat 16:30 | 12h30 | In the app |
| CP6 Balloch9.2 km · +152 m | 56.3 | Sat 19:00 | 15h | In the app |
| CP6 Balloch0.4 km · +15 m | 56.7 | Sat 20:00 | 16h | In the app |
| CP7 Edgehill9.7 km · +223 m | 66.4 | Sun 00:00 | 20h | In the app |
| CP8 The Turn15.9 km · +571 m | 82.3 | Sun 06:00 | 26h | In the app |
| CP9 Halstone Peak11.7 km · +300 m | 94 | Sun 08:00 | 28h | In the app |
| Finish - Wartrail Country Club5.2 km · +189 m | 99.2 | Sun 10:00 | 30h | In the app |
Crew access at 1 checkpoint.
A barrier is a cut-off to clear, not a pace to aim for: race on effort, and expect the later legs to be slower.
Fuel by the hour, not by the kilometre - each leg is time between aid stations. Race on the fuel you trained with: nothing new this week.
Arrive fresh
- SEasy
- MEasy + strides
- TRest
- WEasy
- TRest
- FShakeout
- RaceRace
Easy · Easy + strides · Rest · Shakeout
Shape only: the app sets each day's session from your recent load.
Overnight start: bank extra sleep in the nights before - race night will not give it back.
Your days, one by one
Your SkyRun 100 race plan
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Aid stations and checkpoints
| Checkpoint | KmMi | Cumulative gain (m)Cumulative gain (ft) | Cumulative loss (m)Cumulative loss (ft) | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start - Lady Grey | 00 | 00 | 00 | - |
| CP1 Tower | 6.64.1 | 7992,621 | 86282 | Sat 06:00 |
| CP2 Olympus | 18.811.7 | 1,3724,501 | 6252,051 | Sat 09:00 |
| CP3 Snowden | 29.618.4 | 1,7955,889 | 8712,858 | Sat 11:30 |
| CP4 Avoca | 39.924.8 | 2,2397,346 | 1,1753,855 | Sat 14:00 |
| CP5 Skidaw | 47.129.3 | 2,4478,028 | 1,7165,630 | Sat 16:30 |
| CP6 Balloch (in)CrewDrop bag | 56.335 | 2,5998,527 | 2,3687,769 | Sat 19:00 |
| CP6 Balloch (out)CrewDrop bag | 56.735.2 | 2,6148,576 | 2,3967,861 | Sat 20:00 |
| CP7 Edgehill | 66.441.3 | 2,8379,308 | 2,9959,826 | Sun 00:00 |
| CP8 The Turn | 82.351.1 | 3,40811,181 | 3,23710,620 | Sun 06:00 |
| CP9 Halstone Peak | 9458.4 | 3,70812,165 | 3,76312,346 | Sun 08:00 |
| Finish - Wartrail Country ClubCrewDrop bag | 99.261.6 | 3,89712,785 | 4,50514,780 | Sun 10:00 |
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide. Source: official race guide, verifiedSeptember 16, 2026 - Official race website
Crew access and race-day roadbook
Public crew and drop-bag points for SkyRun 100. Unlock the complete saved roadbook in the app for personalized checkpoint times and a printable crew card.
Unlock the complete saved roadbook in the app: checkpoint times, pacing, fueling and a printable crew card. Public course facts remain available here.
- CP6 Balloch (in) - 56.3 km
- CP6 Balloch (out) - 56.7 km
- Finish - Wartrail Country Club - 99.2 km
FAQ
How long is SkyRun 100?
SkyRun 100 covers 99.2 km (about 62 miles) point to point, from Lady Grey to Wartrail Country Club across the Witteberg range in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
How much elevation gain does SkyRun 100 have?
The organiser's checkpoint table gives 3,897 m of cumulative climbing and 4,505 m of descent, finishing around 600 m below the start. The race page quotes an approximate 4,500 m and ITRA lists 4,730 m, so treat any figure here as approximate.
What is the cutoff time for SkyRun 100?
The overall cutoff is 30 hours from the 04:00 start on Saturday 14 November 2026, finishing at 10:00 on the Sunday. Eleven intermediate cutoffs apply, from 2 hours at the Tower (6.6 km) to 28 hours at Halstone Peak (94 km).
Is SkyRun 100 marked?
No. SkyRun is self-navigated: the route is unmarked and runners follow GPS tracks and waypoints supplied with entry, loaded onto their own devices. It is also self-supported, so runners carry their own food and water between checkpoints.
Where can crew meet runners at SkyRun 100?
Balloch, at 56.3 km, is the only point where seconding is allowed, and the organiser runs a shuttle for crew in and out of the farm. Bag drops go to Balloch and the finish only. There is no cell reception at Balloch or at the finish.
How many people finish SkyRun 100?
141 runners finished the 2025 edition and 125 finished in 2024. The organiser publishes no starter count, so a finish rate cannot be stated.
What is the average SkyRun 100 finish time?
Across the 125 finishers of the 2024 edition the median finish time was 25:34:00 - half the field took longer than that - while the average was 25:13:33. Men and women finished within four minutes of each other at the median. The organiser published no usable finish times for the 2025 edition, so that year is shown as counts only.
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