SkyRunning World series on 2015!

/ Kilian Jornet

We are really proud to be part of the Skyrunning World series on 2015 on Ultra and Vertical Km distances!!

2015 Skyrunner® World Series & Continental Championships

The big news for 2015 is that the Skyrunner® Series goes global – more races, more places and, now, the chance to count an extra race in the ranking.  The successful 5 SKY / 5 ULTRA / 5 VK formula stays where three results out of five are scored, but now you can choose a fourth race from the Continental Championships of your choice to complete the ranking.

Twenty-seven races in nine countries stretch across five continents. Africa, Australia and China make their first appearance on a global scale, together with the rugged mountains north of the Arctic Circle in Norway.

New Skyrunner® National Series will be announced throughout the year, so skyrunning closer to home becomes a tangible reality in: Africa, North & South America, Andorra, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Oceania, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Spain.

Benefits in the Series and Championships include 1,700 race slots, 450 free entries, 250 accommodation and 80 travel slots. The Series final $ 25,000 is redistributed to offer more to the Ultra champions and, additional prizes, not just for the winners, are on the way.

We are proud to reconfirm and thank our partners Salomon, Active Patch 4U, Compressport, Scott Sports, inov-8, Arc’teryx and La Sportiva for their support and look forward to announcing new ones for 2015.

* Scoring: 3 Skyrunner® World Series races + 1 Continental Championship race in each discipline

SKY

July 19 – Dolomites SkyRace® – 22 km, Canazei – Italy
August 22 – Matterhorn Ultraks 46K – Zermatt – Switzerland
September 5 – The Rut 25K – Big Sky Montana – USA
October 4 – Suunto Lantau 2 Peaks – 21 km, Hong Kong – China
October 18 – Skyrunning Extreme – 23 km, Limone sul Garda – Italy

ULTRA

May 9 – Transvulcania Ultramarathon – 75 km, La Palma – Spain
June 27 – Mont Blanc 80K – Chamonix – France
August 2 – Tromsø SkyRace® – 45 km, Tromsø – Norway
September 6 – The Rut 50K – Big Sky,  Montana – USA
September 19 – Ultra Pirineu – 103 km, Bagà – Spain

VK

July 10 – Kilomètre Vertical Face De Bellevarde – Val d’Isère – France
July 17 – Dolomites Vertical Kilometer® – Canazei – Italy
August 1 – Tromsø Vertical Kilometer® – Tromsø – Norway
September 4 – Lone Peak Vertical Kilometer® – Big Sky, Montana – USA
October 16 – Limone Extreme Vertical Kilometer® – Limone sul Garda – Italy

Skyrunning Continental Championships

EUROPE

May 17 –  SKY: Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri – 42 km, Zegama – Spain
July 12 – ULTRA: Ice-Trail Tarentaise – 65 km, Val d’Isère – France
June 26 – VERTICAL: KM Vertical, Chamonix – France

AFRICA

July 12 – SKY: Ti DoDo Trail – 25 km, Black River Gorge – Mauritius
July 12 – ULTRA: Xtreme DoDo Trail – 50 km, Le Morne – Mauritius

ASIA

February 7 – SKY: Sai Kung – 26 km- Hong Kong – China
February 7 – ULTRA: Sai Kung – 50 km, Hong Kong – China

N AMERICA

July 19 – ULTRA: Audi Power of 4 50k – 50 km, Aspen – Colorado
October 3 – SKY: Flagstaff SkyRace® – 39 km, Flagstaff – Arizona
October 4 – VERTICAL: Flagstaff Vertical Kilometer®, Flagstaff – Arizona

OCEANIA

11 April – ULTRA: Buffalo Stampede Ultra SkyMarathon®– 75 km – Australia
12 April – SKY: Buffalo Stampede SkyMarathon® – 41 km – Australia

Skyrunner® World Series prize

$25,000 will be awarded to each Series M/F champion at the finals.

SKY: $ 3,000 / 1,500 / 750.  ULTRA: $ 3,000 / 1,500 / 750. VERTICAL: $1,000 / 700 / 300.

Skyrunning Continental Championships

Medals and titles will be awarded in each discipline to M/F champions. More prizes to be announced

Skyrunner® World Series ranking

* Scoring: 3 Skyrunner® World Series races + 1 Continental Championship race in each discipline

Ranking points in the final races of all three Series will be increased by 20%.

Ranking points breakdown: 100-88-78-72-68-66-64-62-60-58-56-54-52-50 down to 2 points to 40th position for men and 15thposition for women.