The Matterhorn Ultraks is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 1982. It runs every year in Zermatt (Switzerland) in August, race valid for the Skyrunner World Series till 2010. [1]
Angela Mudge is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid-1990s, and developed rapidly.
The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series presents a global Sky Racing calendar, attracting mountain running athletes from almost every country.
Ricardo Mejía Hernández is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was champion of the Skyrunner World Series in 2006 after winning four of the five races in which he participated. In 2009 he placed first in the Irazú SkyRace in Costa Rica.
Agustí Roc Amador is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is a three-time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2002 to 2004, European vertical race champion in 2005, and Spanish vertical race champion from 2005 to 2007.
Marc Lauenstein is a Swiss orienteering competitor and runner. He received a silver medal on the long distance at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, and again in Aarhus in 2006. He earned a bronze medal in 2005 as a member of the Swiss relay team.
Stéphanie Jiménez is an Andorran mountain runner and skyrunner naturalised Italian.
The 2017 Skyrunner World Series was the 16th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.
The Zegama-Aizkorri is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2002. It runs every year in Spain from Zegama up to Aizkorri and finish in Zegama in May and consists of two races, a SkyMarathon and from 2015 also a Vertical Kilometer both valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Rut is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2013. It runs every year in Big Sky, Montana in September and consists of four races, a 50 K, a 25 K, a 11 K and Vertical Kilometer both valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Tromsø SkyRace is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2014. It runs every year in Tromsø (Norway) in August and consists of four races both valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Yading Skyrun is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Yading (China) at the end of April or beginning of May. The race is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Livigno SkyMarathon is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Livigno (Italy) in June and is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The SkyRace Comapedrosa is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2014. It runs every year in Arinsal, La Massana (Andorra) in July and is a SkyRace part of the Skyrunner World Series.
The Buff Epic Trail is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Barruera (Spain) in July. The race is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2014. It runs every year in Madeira (Portugal) in July. The race is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The High Trail Vanoise is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Val d’Isère (france) at the end of July or beginning of May. The race is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The Devil’s Ridge Ultra, is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Gobi Desert (China) in September. The race is valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The ZacUP Skyrace del Grignone, is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2013. It runs every year along the mountain path of the Grigna (Italy) in September.
The SkyRace Internazionale Valmalenco Valposchiavo was an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2002 and for the last time in 2013. It is held every year in June from Lanzada to Poschiavo (Switzerland) and was valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
The OSJ Ontake SkyRace was an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2006 and till 2014. It rans every year in Nagano in August. The race was valid for the Skyrunner World Series six times consecutively from 2006 to 2011.
