SALT ROAD TRAIL RACE 2026 - Otari Salt Road 80km Pair

Yes. The event lists both a solo Otari Salt Road 80km and an Otari Salt Road 80km Pair, so you can pick the team entry or the individual entry depending on how you want to run the route.

The course follows an ancient trading road through the mountains that once connected Echigo and Shinano. Expect forest and ridge country on trail, with a large amount of sustained climbing and descending across the full distance rather than flat valley running.

The 80km pair route is a genuine mountain ultra with around 4,020 m of climbing, so it suits runners who already have long mountain days behind them. The pair format does make it more approachable for two runners who want to share the effort and the navigation.

No mandatory kit list is published on the race page, so plan for a long day in the mountains. A pack with enough capacity for the stretches between aid stations, weatherproof layers, a phone, and emergency supplies are sensible for a route of this length.

The race appears in the ITRA listings with a Mountain Level of 6 and a Finisher Level of 300, so finishers can expect it to count towards their ITRA performance index.