Course
The Kokava Trail race course with start and finish place in Kokava nad Rimavicou is located in the Veporské and Stolické vrchy mountains in Slovakia. The course is certified by ITRA (3 points).
Course parameters, course map, GPX file and course profile:
78 km (distance) / +3330 m (total elevation gain)
Online course map on TuristickaMapa.sk
(use this link for Freemap.sk)
GPX file for download (please use this file, not an export from the online course map)
Course description (including tourist marking colours):
Green tourist mark:
Kokava nad Rimavicou, námestie (square) => Slopovo, Laz => Sedlo Langovo
Local yellow tourist mark:
Sedlo Langovo => Utekáč => Sedlo Kvandovo
Blue tourist mark and own course marking:
Sedlo Kvandovo => Pod Grúňom => Kokava - Línia => connection to the red tourist mark close to the Drahová summit
Red tourist mark:
Connection to the red tourist mark close to the Drahová summitn => Drahová, vrchol => Čierťaž, rázcestie => Prameň Ipľa (odbočka) => switch to the blue tourist mark
Blue tourist mark:
Switch to the blue tourist markodrú TZ => Bratkovica => Pod Lipovým vŕškom
Local tourist marking and own course marking:
Pod Lipovým vŕškom => connection to the road nr. 526 => turn right to the yellow tourist mark => connection to the yellow tourist mark
Local yellow tourist mar and own course marking:
Connection to the yellow tourist mark => Chocholná
Red tourist mark:
Chocholná => Smolno => Táňovo, rázcestie => Sedlo Prieraz
Green tourist mark:
Blue tourist mark:
Šutova jama => Pod Soliskom => Málinec
Red tourist mark:
Málinec => Brložno => Jasenina => Sedlo nad Ďubákovom => Ďubákovo
Local tourist marking and own course marking:
Ďubákovo => Ďubákovo, aid station => Ďubákovo
Red tourist mark:
Ďubákovo => Diel => Kokava nad Rimavicou, námestie
Aid stations:
There will be aid stations with refreshments placed on the course. In the same places there will be also the checkpoints with electronic timekeeping. Here is the list of Kokava Trail race aid stations/checkpoints including the link for online map, distance from start and time limit information.
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K1 Utekáč - next to the Hostinec v horách pub (8. km) - time limit: Saturday 6. September until 09:00 CET
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K2 Kokava - Línia - Family boarding house (16,5. km) - time limit: Saturday 6. September until 11:00 CET
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K3 Bratkovica (33. km) - time limit: Saturday 6. September until 14:45 CET
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K4 Táňovo - cabin (44. km) - time limit: Saturday 6. September until 17:00 CET
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K5 Málinec - culture house (55,5. km)- time limit: Saturday 6. September until 19:30 CET
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K6 Ďubákovo - Informačné centrum (68,5. km) - time limit: Saturday 6. September until 23:15 CET
Terrain:
The course, as it is usual by mountain ultramarathons, is a multi-terrain one. Significant are the large meadows. Forest paths and trails are making another part of the course. The tarmac (asphalt roads) makes about 10% of the 78 km course, the longest tarmac passage with 1,2 km is the course beginning in Kokava nad Rimavicou. There are no really technically difficult passages, but please, calculate with several steep ascents and descents.
The race organizer reserves the right to change the course, time limits of the checkpoints. In such case the registered participants will be informed via e-mail.
Course profile (for zoom - click on the picture):
Warning - course changes:
1. In the ascent to Slopovo, Laz (this means in the first part of the course between the race start in Kokava nad Rimavicou and K1 Utekáč) there is a short section, where the tourist path has been changed - SEE THE MAP. The new tourist path with green tourist marking is right from the cancelled one. The reason for this change is avoiding a short steep and in wet conditions slippery path. The map links as well as GPX link on this website include this change.
2. In the passage between K1 Utekáč and K2 Kokava-Línia (locality Močiar) there are two parallel paths - one gravel and one on the meadow (distance between the paths is approx. 30 meters). The course, race marking and GPX goes via the path on the meadow (cca 600 meters distance).
3. In the descent on the meadow from Táňovo to K4 Táňovo - cabin there is a wooden gate (barrier) with Súkromný pozemok sign. The course continues behind the wooden gate towards K4.
4. In the descent to the village Málinec, where the aid station K5 is located, the blue marked tourist path is changed in a short part due to a new build fence. The new path and course is on the left side from the cancelled one - SEE THE MAP. After a while the new path joins the original one and continues to the village Málinec. The map links as well as GPX link on this website include this change.
