6 days running / trekking
Essential details and logistics of the event (download pdf).
Day 1 - Friday, August 9
10:00-17:00 Reception of runners and relatives at the Premium Hotel**** in Ulaanbaatar.
Free day to visit Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
20:00-21:30 Welcome dinner at the hotel.
Night at Hotel Premium****.
Day 2 - Saturday, August 10
07:00-08:00 Breakfast and hotel check out.
09:00 Departure to the ger camp Mon Altai in the Elsen Tasarkhai dunes.
13:00-14:00 Lunch at the camp.
16:00 Visit to Khogno Khan Temple.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 1.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 3 - Sunday, August 11 (STAGE 1 - 23,55 km +286 m)
07:00-08:30 Breakfast.
07:00-08:30 Delivery of bags for the next camp.
09:00 - Start of the first stage. Departure from the Elsen Tasarkhai dunes.
11:00-14:00 Nomadic families will receive every participants at the finish line.
12:00-14:30 Lunch at the finish area.
14:30 Stepped transfer to the next camp located on Lake Ugii.
Stop to admire the stone steles of King Bileg and Kultegin.
16:30 Arrival at the camp, free time.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 2 – stage 1 images.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 4 - Monday, August 12 (STAGE 2 – 33,20 km +91 m)
06:00-07:30 Breakfast.
06:00-07:30 Delivery of bags for the next camp.
08:00 Start of the second stage. Departure from Lake Ugii-Orkhon Valley.
10:30-14:00 Finish line at Ugii village.
12:00-14:30 Lunch at the finish area.
14:00 Start transfer to the next camp located in Tsetserleg (Maidarsan camp).
16:00-17:30 Arrival at the camp, free time.
18:00 Visit to the Tsetserleg museum.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 3 – stage 2 images.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 5 - Tuesday, August 13 (STAGE 3 – 27,15 km +611 m)
06:00-07:30 Breakfast.
06:00-07:30 Delivery of bags for the next camp.
08:00 Start of the third stage. Departure from the Maidarsan camp.
10:30-14:00 Finish line at Thermal Baths of Tsenkher.
12:00-14:30 Lunch at the finish area.
Free time afternoon. Enjoying the hot springs.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 4 – stage 3 images.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 6 - Wednesday, August 14 (STAGE 4 – 36,68 km +933 m)
06:00-07:30 Breakfast.
06:00-07:30 Delivery of bags for the next camp.
08:00 Start of the fourth stage. Departure from the Thermal Baths of Tsenkher.
10:30-14:00 Finish line in a nomadic area. We will enjoy a nomadic barbecue.
12:00-14:30 Lunch at the finish area.
14:00 – Start transfer to Bor Burgastain Rashaan camp.
14:30-17:00 Arrival at the camp.
Free time to relax.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 5 – stage 4 images.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 7 - Thursday, August 15 (STAGE 5 – 39,51 km +1443 m)
06:00-07:30 Breakfast.
06:00-07:30 Delivery of bags for the next camp.
07:45 Transfer to the departure (nomadic winter season).
08:30 Start of the fifth stage. Departure from the nomadic winter season.
12:00-15:00 Finish line at the Munkhtenger camp in Kharkhorin.
12:30-15:30 Lunch at the finish area.
Free time to visit Kharkhorin.
20:00-21:30 Dinner.
21:30 Briefing stage 6 – stage 5 images.
Night in the traditional Gers.
Day 8 - Friday, August 16 (STAGE 6 – 13,85 km +237 m)
06:00-07:30 Breakfast.
08:00 Start of the sixth stage. Departure from the Munkhtenger camp.
09:15-10:30 Finish line inside of the Monastery of Erdene Zuu.
12:00 Departure to Ulaanbaatar with lunch on the way.
19:30 Closing ceremony: dinner, awards ceremony and final party.
Night at Hotel Premium****.
Day 9 - Saturday, August 17
07:00-10:30 Breakfast.
Airport shuttles according to flights departure schedules.
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