Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon (SkyMarathon 4th July Footpath) is a

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 ...

event created in 1994 at Santicolo di

Corteno Golgi Corteno Golgi (; Camunian: ) is an Italian village and ''comune'' in the central Alps, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is in the Val Camonica. There is a museum dedicated to scientist Camillo Golgi who was born in Cort ...

by Giacomo Salvadori. Its main claim is "a real stairway to the sky".

History

Three times trial world championship (2003, 2004, 2007), for a few years (1999, 2011, 2012 and 2013) was organized in collaboration with

Aprica Aprica ( lmo, Abriga) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica. Its main source of income is tourism, using t ...

(SO); from 2014 is again organized only by

(BS). It consists of two distances: classical

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

and half marathon (this last, since 2000).

Best male marathon racers

Best female marathon racers

References

Bibliography

* Proloco Corteno Golgi - ''Sentiero 4 Luglio, quando l'amore si fa corsa'' (photobook, 2003) * Proloco Corteno Golgi - ''Sortilegi di Vallecamonica, arte cultura natura sport turismo sul versante soleggiato delle Alpi Centrali'' (yearly magazine, since 1999) * Giacomo Salvadori (Liberedizioni) - ''Lassù, tra sogno e realtà - Genesi e realizzazione del Sentiero 4 Luglio, del Bivacco Davide e della Maratona del Cielo'' (photobook, 2017)

External links

Maratona del cielo
{{Skyrunner World Series races Skyrunning competitions Sport in Lombardy Province of Brescia 1994 in Italian sport Skyrunner World Series Athletics competitions in Italy