Frequently asked questions — from the first look to the days after

The Sonnenterrassen Trail is a trail running event on the Salzburg sun terrace in St. Veit im Pongau with three races — K11, K35 and K53 — on Saturday 22 May 2027. The Dorf-Run team race takes place the evening before, on Friday. Together the two days make up the 28th running festival. The organiser is Trailrunning Club Sonnenterrasse.

The 28th running festival runs from Friday 21 to Saturday 22 May 2027: the Sumsi children's races at 16:00 and the Dorf-Run at 19:00 on Friday, the trail races K11, K35 and K53 on Saturday. The current programme is on the event page.

The start, the finish and the event centre are at the market square in St. Veit im Pongau. The binding locations, including race number collection and the briefing venue, are in the programme on the event page.

There are three trail races on Saturday: K11 (11.1 km, 407 m), K35 (34.3 km, 1,566 m) and K53 (53.4 km, 2,808 m). The courses are fixed: you will find the GPX download, elevation profile, map and aid stations on the race pages. On Friday there are also the Sumsi children's races (16:00, classes by year of birth) and, in the evening, the Dorf-Run (19:00), a relay for teams of three with around 5 km and 100 m of ascent per runner.

It is the successor: from 2027 the established team behind the Schwarzach-Trail is putting on the event under a new name, with a new club and a new start and finish in St. Veit im Pongau. The results from the Schwarzach years remain available in the results archive.

Trailrunning Club Sonnenterrasse (register number 1890997058), based in St. Veit im Pongau. You can read more about the club on the club page, and reach it through the contact page.

For everyone: the K11 is a good way into trail running, while the K35 and K53 challenge ambitious runners. At the Dorf-Run on Friday evening, clubs, companies, families and groups of friends compete as teams of three — there it is mainly about the fun of doing it together. For children there are the Sumsi children's races on Friday afternoon. Watching at the market square is free.

Through the news and push notifications (switch them on using the bell icon at the top right). Important milestones such as the opening of registration are announced there first.

Online registration for the K11, K35, K53 and the village run has been open since Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 10:00 and runs until Wednesday, 19 May 2027 at 23:59. Pick your distance under the races, the button takes you straight to the form.

On the page for your race (K11, K35, K53) you fill in the registration form and pay directly online. After that your place is confirmed and you receive an email confirmation. Entries close at 23:59 on Wednesday 19 May 2027.

Payment is made directly during registration through a certified online payment provider — by credit card among other methods. You will see the exact payment methods at the payment step.

The entry fee is staggered by the date you register — enter early and you pay less:

On every race page you always see the price that currently applies. For the trail races the entry fee includes your race number, timing, food and drink at the aid stations, a finisher shirt and, at the finish, one drink for the K11 or two drinks and food for the K35 and K53 — more in runner services. The entry fee for the Dorf-Run is €35 per person, i.e. €105 per team.

You receive a confirmation, and as soon as the payment is complete you appear on the start list. If the payment is still open, your browser will remind you on the website to finish the purchase.

The entry fee cannot be refunded — whatever the reason for withdrawing. So please take your time over the decision to enter.

For questions about your registration you can reach us through the contact page; the binding rules are in the terms of participation.

Yes. Late entries are possible on site up to one hour before the respective start, as long as the limit of 133 places per race has not been reached. On site the late entry rate applies (K11 €60, K35 €110, K53 €115).

Your runner account is created automatically when you enter a race — there is no separate sign-up. Logging in works without a password: enter your email address in the runner area and click the login link in the email, then confirm on the page that opens. In your profile you will find your entries, your results and your settings.

Yes — during registration you can voluntarily add a supporting membership. You can also support us independently of that; all the options are on the club page.

All our recommendations are on the accommodation page: our partner house Hotel Metzgerwirt right in the village, and the booking site of the Salzburger Sonnenterrasse tourist board with everything the region has to offer.

St. Veit im Pongau lies on the Salzburg sun terrace above the Salzach valley; Schwarzach-St. Veit station (Tauern railway) is close by. We will publish detailed travel and parking information in good time before the event — the contact page will answer specific questions.

Your own cup is compulsory for every distance — there are no disposable cups at the aid stations. The rest of the compulsory kit for each race will be published on the race pages. Until then: trail shoes and equipment suited to mountain weather are a good idea in every race. The contact page will answer any open questions.

The courses for 2027 are fixed: the GPX download, elevation profile, map and aid stations are on the race pages for K11, K35 and K53. The courses are run clockwise.

On Friday from 17:00 to 20:00 and on Saturday from 06:00, staggered by race — you will find the binding times and the location in the programme.

Yes — before each race there is a compulsory briefing on Saturday morning with the latest information on the course, the weather and safety. The times for each race are in the programme.

Showers are available at the sports facility, and toilets in the municipal building and in the places around the market square. There is no bag store — please leave your things in your car or at your accommodation. Everything else is in runner services.

The main day is Saturday 22 May 2027: race number collection from 06:00 staggered by race, compulsory briefings, starts at 08:00 (K53), 10:00 (K35) and 11:00 (K11), the finish celebration at the market square, and in the evening the prize giving and the after-trail party. On the Friday before, there are the Sumsi children's races at 16:00, race number collection in the evening (17:00–20:00) and the Dorf-Run at 19:00. The full programme is updated continuously.

All races start at the market square: K53 at 08:00, K35 at 10:00 and K11 at 11:00. The compulsory briefings take place 30 minutes before each. The programme on the event page is what counts.

The K53 has a time limit of 11 hours. For every race the finish closes at 19:00. Cut-off times at individual points on the course are still to be published.

At the aid stations there is water, sports drink, cola, salt, fruit, bread as well as sausage and Landjäger. Aid stations with food and drink are at Goldegg (K35, K53), Ploibauer (K53), Althaus Alm (K35, K53, with Melasan as well) and at the finish. The Landesklinik St. Veit station (all three races) has Melasan drinks, bars and gels. There are water points (fountains) at Pfeiffenberger Hütte (K53) and at Hochleiten Alm and Stötzelberg Alm (K35). The longest section without food is around 17 km on the K53 (Goldegg to Ploibauer), with a water point in between. You can see where every station is on the race pages.

Your own cup is compulsory — there are no disposable cups at the aid stations. At the finish, the finish catering with music at the market square is waiting from midday onwards: one drink for the K11, two drinks and food for the K35 and K53.

As things stand: the prize giving at 19:30 on the market square stage for all races, followed from 20:00 by live music with Juvaranka to round off the day together.

The event centre at the market square with the finish, food and drink and music — plus the live results and the live runner tracking on every phone. Admission is free.

Safety comes first: if necessary, courses are adjusted or races changed — the rules for that are in the terms of participation. We communicate current decisions immediately through the website, push notifications and on site at the briefing.

Yes, photos and videos are taken at the event for reporting and for the review — the details are governed by the terms of participation and the privacy policy. The finest pictures end up in the gallery after the event.

On the results page for the event — it updates itself continuously on event day. Previous years are always available in the results archive.

Yes, that is firmly planned: the runner app sends the position to the live map on the website, so that family and fans can see at any time where their runners are. The live map will go online for the event — we will announce all the details in good time here and in the news.

The website can be installed on your phone as an app (“Add to Home Screen”) and can send you push notifications. A dedicated runner app with GPS tracking in the background is in development and will be announced in good time before the event.

Using the bell icon at the top right: open it, tap “Enable push” and confirm the browser prompt. After that, important news arrives straight on your device — you can unsubscribe at any time in your browser settings.

Yes, the start list shows who is confirmed for every race, with name, year of birth and place of residence. If you would rather not appear, get in touch.

You can change your phone number and profile picture (with a crop function) yourself in the runner area. Core details such as name, year of birth and nation are tied to the timing system, and your email address is your login — if something is wrong there, use the correction link in your profile or the contact page.

The complete results lists for every race remain permanently available in the results archive — filterable by event, race and category, including the earlier Schwarzach-Trail years. When you are logged in you see all your own results together in the runner area.

In the gallery — that is where we collect our photographers' albums after the event, as we have done for the previous trails. The aftermovie appears in the review.

A certificate is included in the entry fee for the trail races. The K35 and K53 are registered as UTMB Index Races (UTMB World Series) and listed with the ITRA: the K53 with 3 ITRA points, the K35 with 2 ITRA points. At under 21 km the K11 is too short for the UTMB Index and is not listed with the ITRA. You will find the overview with the distances per ITRA measurement on the event page. If you have questions about this, get in touch with us directly.

In both cases the contact page is the place to go: we collect lost property after the event, and objections to results are subject to the deadlines in the terms of participation.

On Friday 21 May 2027 at 16:00 the Sumsi children's races presented by Raiffeisenbank Pongau Mitte start at the market square in St. Veit — with goody bags and prizes from the bank. The children run in classes by year of birth:

• Mini: born 2020 and later, with small obstacles
• Class 1: born 2018–2019
• Class 2: born 2016–2017
• Class 3: born 2014–2015
• Class 4: born 2012–2013

We are currently agreeing the course with the municipality. All further details will be on the children's run page and in the news in good time. For specific questions in advance: contact.

The Raiffeisen Pongau Mitte Dorf-Run is a relay for teams of three on the eve of the trail races: it starts on Friday 21 May 2027 at 19:00 at the market square. The three runners go one after the other, each covering around 5 km and 100 m of ascent. After running through the finish, the race number is handed on to the next runner at a dedicated handover point; the team's time is the time of the whole relay. Clubs, companies, families, groups of friends and everyone else can take part.

The entry fee is €35 per person, i.e. €105 per team — and there is a starter bag from Raiffeisenbank Pongau Mitte with a drink at the Stiegl bar of Trailrunning Club Sonnenterrasse.

By the way: there is no team classification for the trail races on Saturday — if you want to compete as a team, the Dorf-Run is the place to be.

Membership is currently free of charge — everything you need to know, and how to join, is on the club page. If you want to do more, you can become a supporting member or back the club with a donation.

Wonderful — no helpers, no trail! Simply get in touch through the contact page and we will find the right job for you, from the aid station to the course.

We welcome support from the region and beyond: all the options — from sponsorship to supporting membership — are on become a supporter; for a conversation in person simply use the contact page. You can see our current partners on the partner page.

Directly to the club through the contact page — we are glad to provide material, figures and interview partners.