On Saturday, June 13, the 2026 Muju Granfondo will be held in Muju, North Jeolla Province.
Below is the course table posted by the organisers..
[Granfondo/Mediofondo]
You can download the course files at the bottom of the 2026 Muju Granfondo website above.
Below, I drew the courses myself on Strava to obtain accurate climb data for each section.
[Granfondo]
[Mediofondo]
I also looked through the climbs on the course that are worth noting.
1) Hantijae, north side
- Starts about 15.13 km after the start
- Length 1.28 km, average gradient 6.5%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 4. (1.28*1000*6.5=8,320)
* Equivalent to 7★ on my own climb scale.
2) Norujae, north side
- Starts about 32.02 km after the start
- Length 2.04 km, average gradient 6.3%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 4. (2.04*1000*6.3=12,852)
* Equivalent to 8★ on my own climb scale.
3) Chimok Tunnel, west side
- Starts about 50.18 km after the start
- Length 1.99 km, average gradient 5.5%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 4. (1.99*1000*5.5=10,945)
* Equivalent to 7★ on my own climb scale.
4) Chimajae
- Starts about 55.24 km after the start
- Length 3.61 km, average gradient 5.9%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 3. (3.61*1000*5.9=21,299)
* Equivalent to 8★ on my own climb scale.
5) Ssarijae, north side
- Starts about 80.20 km after the start
- Length 2.64 km, average gradient 6.8%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 3. (2.64*1000*6.8=17,952)
* Equivalent to 8★ on my own climb scale.
6) Odujae, north side
- Starts about 91.70 km after the start
- Length 3.60 km, average gradient 11.3%
* Equivalent to UCI climb Cat. 2. (3.60*1000*11.3=40,680)
* Equivalent to 14★ on my own climb scale.
For this Granfondo, the six climbs above are the main climbs.
For details on the climbs, please refer to the content at the link below.
In particular, I recently built an app that lets you quickly look up information on 650 well-known climbs across the country.
If you bookmark it or put a shortcut on your home screen, you can check each climb’s distance, average gradient, elevation gain, start point and finish point from your phone anytime, anywhere.
https://blog.naver.com/scvhwan/224306194433
The text above is content I keep posting on my blog; I am sharing it here as well since many people here seem to be taking part in the Granfondo.
Wishing you a safe ride.
