Royal Ultra Sky Marathon

20221223
2023-07-30

Jul 30, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Gran Paradiso

Italy

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Entry Fee $30
(Lowest or Early Registration)

Entry Fee 2 $100
(Highest or Late Registration)

Prize Money: yes

Distance(s):

Series: Skyrunner World Series

Type: Skyrunning

Starting Elevation: 1587m

High Point: 3002m

Percent of the course on un-paved trails: 90%

First Year of the Event: 2008

Description:

The Royal Ultra Sky Marathon, is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2008. It runs every two years in Ceresole Reale in July and consists of two races, the Ultra is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.

Set in the ex-Royal hunting grounds of the Gran Paradiso National Park near Turin, the course is 55 km long and boasts a severe 4,141m vertical climb crossing seven cols – common feature shared with the legendary Kima Trophy with which it alternates as a biennial event. Amid turquoise lakes and towering peaks, the course touches on moraine and snow fields to an altitude of 3,002m.