RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town

Trail running · Cape Peninsula, Cape Town · 20–22 Nov 2026

Six trail distances on the Cape Peninsula over one November weekend, from 15.8 km to 163 km, each finishing in Cape Town.

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PT5556.7 kmKS1615.8 kmUTCT Miler163 kmUT10099.1 kmEX2323.5 kmTM3534.5 km

Weather, along the route

What TM35 · 34.5 km looks like right now.

  1. km 0

    16°C

    6-hour block 20:00–02:00

    rain

    12 NW · head

    2.3 mm

  2. km 4

    12°C

    6-hour block 20:00–02:00

    rain

    12 NW · tail

    2.3 mm

  3. km 8

    10°C

    6-hour block 20:00–02:00

    rain

    12 NW · tail

    2.3 mm

  4. km 12

    11°C

    6-hour block 20:00–02:00

    rain

    12 NW · cross

    2.3 mm

  5. km 15

    13°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    13 NNW · tail

    3.0 mm

  6. km 19

    15°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    13 NNW · cross

    3.0 mm

  7. km 23

    16°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    9 NNW · cross

    4.0 mm

  8. km 27

    15°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    9 NNW · cross

    4.0 mm

  9. km 31

    11°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    13 NNW · head

    3.0 mm

  10. finish

    15°C

    6-hour block 02:00–08:00

    rain

    13 NNW · head

    3.0 mm

Real forecast data along the route, re-timed at a 12:10 /km pace starting now — not race day (36 days away), just today's conditions mapped onto the course.

Start · Cape Town

Fri 23:16 · km 0

Race start

Start

16°C

6-hour block 20:00–02:00

rain

Wind
12 km/h NW · headwind
Rain
2.3 mm
Cloud
100%

→ Platteklip Gorge · 7 km · ↑984 ↓54 m · big climbs

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Finish · Cape Town

Sat 06:16 · km 35

Finish line

Finish

15°C

6-hour block 02:00–08:00

rain

Wind
13 km/h NNW · headwind
Rain
3.0 mm
Cloud
100%
See the full charts ↓

Right now, drawn like the planner

temp °Cfeels likerainafter dark
10°12°14°16°00:0003:00
cloud %rainafter dark
0%50%100%00:0003:00
wind km/hhead/tailwindafter dark
-15-551500:0003:00

Below 0 the wind pushes you along; above 0 it pushes back.

tailwind headwindafter dark
107m593m1079m0 kmStart · Cape TownPlatteklip GorgeTable MountainNursery RavineNewlands PicnicDead Man's TreeFinish · Cape Town

The profile is painted with the wind at the hour you'd pass each point — deeper colour, stronger wind. Notches mark the checkpoints.

tailwindcrosswindheadwindcheckpointstartfinish
Platteklip Gorge · km 7Table Mountain · km 14Nursery Ravine · km 17Newlands Picnic · km 24Dead Man's Tree · km 3223:16 · 12 km/h NW · head00:16 · 12 km/h NW · tail01:16 · 12 km/h NW · cross02:16 · 13 km/h NNW · tail03:16 · 13 km/h NNW · cross04:16 · 9 km/h NNW · head05:16 · 13 km/h NNW · cross06:16 · 13 km/h NNW · head

Wind at your position on the route — arrows point where the wind blows, longer means stronger. Green dots are checkpoints.

Drawn at 12:10 /km starting now, shaded where it's dark — the same charts the paid planner draws, just re-timed from today instead of race day.

This is current weather, not a race-day forecast. We'll switch to the full re-timed route forecast 10 days before the start.

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