Cftt Shennongjia Mountain Trail Race

Race completed

80 km Distance

not publishedn/a Climbing

4.0 est Grit · Challenging

Calculated from 80 km alone — the organiser has not published an elevation profile. Read 4.0 as a floor, not a verdict.

31.7445° N, 110.6760° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 17 hours 12:45 min/km average. Generous. Walkable throughout for most of the field. Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. More forgiving than 71% of 50 mi races. Measured against 470 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →

Field size ~269 Large. Rarely out of sight of another runner.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, May

Daytime high 21°C

Night low 10°C

Rainfall Showers likely

Daylight 13 h 48 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for May — NASA POWER, grid elevation 1341 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year	Race	Finishers	Men's winner	Women's winner
2025	50km	269	De-Wei Yang · 06:58:38	Hong-Hong Jiang · 08:47:58
2024	59km	298	Zai-Ran Li · 07:13:53	Na Chen · 09:02:43
2024	50km	45	Zai-Ran Li · 05:55:30	Lei Pan · 07:49:30

The field shrank 10% between 2024 (298) and 2025 (269). 28% of the 2025 field were women.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

The Aid Station

Course-specific beta from the community

👟 gear

With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

By UltraHub Expert

Gear for this race

Chosen for 80 km of trail.

Trail Running Shoes 80 km of trail — cushioning that is still there in the last quarter.
Race Nutrition 80 km of self-supported fuelling between aid stations.
Hydration Vests Flask capacity for 80 km, without the bounce.
Headlamps A 17 h limit puts you out there after dark.
GPS Watches Battery life first — a 80 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.

Asics

Trabuco Max 3

★★★★★ 4.6

La Sportiva

Prodigio Pro

RunRepeat found the La Sportiva Prodigio Pro to have a secure, locked-in fit due to its premium upper, and also praised the shoe's energetic ride, particularly…

$225 ★★★★★ 4.6

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