World Trails Majors

Here’s the announcement that has been hinted at on social media over the weekend: A new trail race series is born. Here are the nine races participating independently in it’s 2024 season:

• Hong Kong 100 Ultramarathon: 18th – 21st January 2024, 102K, +5314m. Hong Kong
• Black Canyon Ultras: 10th – 11th February 2024. 100K, +1250m. Phoenix, AZ, USA
• The North Face Transgrancanaria: 21st – 25th February 2024. 126 km, +6804m. Canary Islands, Spain
• Mt. Fuji 100: 26th – 27th April 2024. 165K, +7574m. Fujiyoshida, Japan.
• MIUT – Madeira Island Ultra-Trail: 27th – 28th April 2024. 115K, +7100m. Madeira, Portugal.
• Swiss Canyon Trail: 7th – 9th June 2024. 111K, +5350m. Val de Travers, Switzerland.
• South Downs Way: 8th – 9th June 2024. 161K, +3800m. Winchester, UK.
• Quebec Mega Trail: 5th – 7th July 2024. 160K, +6500m. Quebec, Canada.
• RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town: 22nd – 24th November 2024. 166K, +7516m. Cape Town, South Africa.

Bryon Powell, back from his sabbatical has the announcement on iRunFar:

In contrast to various tours owned and operated by global corporations, Coury shares, “The league itself is run collectively by the member races on a very democratic level. There is not one single race that owns the series. There will be some shared staff members and resources to oversee series-wide communications, marketing, and coordination.”

There will be a lot more information and details coming out in the coming days and of course it will be very interesting how this series position itself against the giant in the room, the UTMB World Series.