Ladakh Marathon

Location: Leh, Ladakh, India

Date: 13 September, 2026

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The Ladakh Marathon is the highest and amongst the toughest marathons. Out of the six races, the event offers two ultra races – the 72 km Khardung La Challenge (5370 m) which is presently the World’s Highest Ultra Marathon and the 122 km Silk Route Ultra which will be the epitome of high altitude running, testing the limits of human endurance.

Unlike other marathons, the Ladakh Marathon requires participants to arrive in Leh at least a week in advance to acclimatise for race day. You are running at 3500 m above sea level so it is imperative that you get acclimatised to the high altitude.

The various races take place in and around Leh, the historic capital of Ladakh and offer participants the unique opportunity to run with local people of Ladakh through the most beautiful landscape offering stunning vistas of mountains, rivers and valleys. It will leave you with lifelong memories and a chance to say you ran the Ladakh Marathon.

If you would prefer to search on hotels located closer to the start/finish area, click on the Event Website button to find these details. You can then type the address information into the location field of the map below, to find accommodation closer to the start finish. The location field is the top red bar on the map below.