Steps to join the Mustang Trail race

These are the steps you need to follow to complete administration for the Mustang Trail Race.

1. Register & pay a deposit

The pre-registration form is here. Let us know if you have any questions on this form too. We have spaces available (check entry list) so you will be accepted subject to a check of your running experience. Email directly if you have any pre-registration questions. info@mustangtrailrace.com.

Once accepted, then we will send you a link to another form to finalize your registration and pay a deposit. Thereafter.

2. Book your flight

Latest date to arrive in Kathmandu: by the evening (preferably earlier) of Saturday 29th March.

Earliest to leave: Friday 11th April.

We would recommend booking a day earlier or later so you can enjoy visiting amazing Kathmandu’s temples (and to have a margin of safety if a Jomsom flight should be delayed or cancelled).

Please give us your flight times via your runner page.

You can also reduce costs slightly by taking a bus from Kathmandu > Pokhara (or POK>KTM) instead of flying, but this requires more time (though not more days) as the journey takes around 7 hours rather than 25 minutes for a flight! Please enquire.

3. Arrange insurance

We’re not going to extreme altitudes (and we sleep below 4000m which is considered moderate altitude only) so special insurance is not necessary. You should ensure that your insurance covers helicopter evacuation. It is a full day by road to reach a local hospital, should it be necessary, making helicopter the preferred option.

Insurance details form is on your runner page too.

4. Accommodation requirements

Let us know if you need a single room so we can manage it for you. If you need to manage your accommodation yourself outside of the race dates, also let us know, we can help you!

5. Send a passport scan and photo

In order to process the paperwork for the permit Mustang and the Annapurna Conservation Area, we need a scan of the biodata page of your passport, and a passport photograph which we can print. Just send a photo of yourself that conforms a little bit to passport rules – white/plain background, head and shoulders in view, picture taken from eye level etc. It does not have to be perfect, just taken in a bright place, without a background and so similar to a passport photo.

Passport scan and photo form has moved to your runner page.

6. Medical form

We’ve replaced our 8-page paper medical form with an online form which should be much quicker to use and save time and paper. The medical questionnaire form is here and will be sent to our medical doctor by email and remain confidential and be deleted after the race.

7. Complete remaining balance payment!

We’ll send you the information you need to do this.

9. On arrival…

Tourist visa

You can buy a tourist visa on arrival. Information is here. You need a passport photo and $30 or $50 depending on how long you will stay.
We will be there to collect you at the airport, so no need to worry about local currency or taxi drivers. If you wish to get a local SIM card for making calls/SMS the couple of days before and after the race and around Jomsom (coverage map here), you can do in the airport. It costs just a couple of dollars and you need a photo and passport copy. Ask for NTC, not NCELL. We can also get your a SIM card if you can wait until briefing day.