The OSJ Ontake SkyRace was an international
skyrunning
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...
competition held for the first time in 2006 and till 2014. It rans every year in
Nagano Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Universi ...
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Mount Ontake
, also referred to as , is the 14th highest mountain and second highest volcano in Japan (after Mount Fuji) at . It is included in ''100 Famous Japanese Mountains''.
Description
Mt. Ontake is located around northeast of Nagoya, and around 200& ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) in August. The race was valid for the
Skyrunner World Series
The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ...
six times consecutively from 2006 to 2011.
Races
* ''OSJ Ontake SkyRace'', a
SkyRace
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...
(32 km / 1,800 m D+)
* ''OSJ Ontake Ultra Trail'', an
Ultra trail (100 km)
OSJ Ontake SkyRace
See also
*
Skyrunner World Series
The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ...
References
External links
Official web site
{{Skyrunner World Series races
Skyrunning competitions
Skyrunner World Series
Athletics competitions in Japan
Sports competitions in Nagano Prefecture