Halland Ultra Beach Trailrun 2026

Halland Ultra Beach Trailrun is a point-to-point coastal ultra on Sweden’s west coast, starting in Gothenburg and finishing in Båstad. The full route is split into six stages and totals 200 miles, with shorter options at 100 miles, 100 km, or a single stage of roughly 40 to 75 km. It is a trail race in the practical sense: runners move through heathland, pastures, forest paths, rocky shore, grassy beach, sandy beach, short road sections, and a few stream crossings. The race asks runners to handle more than distance. The course is unmarked, so navigation is part of the job, using GPX tracks plus a supplied map or roadbook. Runners are mostly self-sufficient between stage finishes, where they can get food, go indoors for a while, and reach drop bags; longer distances also include some baggage transport. The 200-mile race is listed for UTMB Index credit, and the full course is about 325 km with around 2,780 meters of climbing, so the difficulty comes less from mountains and more from time on feet, changing coastal terrain, and staying organized over several long stages.