THE EVENT
The third European Skyrunning Championship will be hosted this year in Canazei in the fabulous Italian Dolomites where some of the world’s best skyrunners will battle for the European title. Previous Championships were held in Poschiavo, Switzerland and last year, in Zegama, Spain, where 15 European nations participated.

The Vertical Kilometer® and SkyRace® courses selected for the Championship are the same spectacular races courses celebrated in last year’s “high altitude Olympics”, the SkyGames®.

The Dolomites Vertical Kilometer and Skyrace are open to individual athletes and national teams but only those belonging to ISF national member federations or associations will be ranked in European Skyrunning Championship. Men’s and women’s individual titles will be assigned in each of the two disciplines while national team titles will be based on the combined results.

THE RACES
Vertical Kilometer®, Friday, July 17
Alba di Canazei, 1,485m Crepa Neigra, 2,485m
One thousand vertical metres over 2.1 km, the course travels along the Crepa Neigra trail - some stretches with a 50% incline, or more. The world record, established by Manfred Reichegger on this course last year, stands at 33’519.

Dolomites SkyRace® Sunday, July 19
Canazei, Passo Pordoi, Piz Boè 3,152m.
This spectacular race, embodies the skyrunning concept to perfection: the quickest way from a town to the summit of a mountain and back – artificial means excluded!
The men’s record on this course stands at 2h04’53” and the women’s at 2h30’17” – amazing accomplishments that would be hard to beat even with cars and lifts!

Course
The course is 22 km long with over 1,750m vertical climb. From Canazei, 1,450m, to the Piz Boè, 3,152m the course features some very steep climbs and the descent, through even steeper gorges, finishes at the starting point in the centre of town.