The ZacUP Skyrace del Grignone (also known as Sentiero delle Grigne), is 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 2013. It runs every year along the mountain path of the

Grigna The Grigna is a mountain massif in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, northern Italy, with an elevation of . It is part of the Bergamo Alps, and it has two peaks, Grignone or Grigna settentrionale, the higher, and the lower Grignetta or Grigna me ...

(

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

) in September. Previously this race, for eleven editions from 2002 to 2012, was called the Sentiero delle Grigne (43km / 3,200m D +), and was the race of 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 ...

circuit. ZacUP is the heir, shorter and less demanding, still keeping the spirit of the previous, so much to award the ''Trofeo Scaccabarozzi'' (the full name of the race was in fact the ''Trofeo Scaccabarozzi-Sentiero delle Grigne'') to transit on the Grand Prize of mountain in the summit of the

(2410 m).

ZacUP Skyrace del Grignone

Sentiero delle Grigne

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Official web site
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ZacUP Skyrace del Grignone

Sentiero delle Grigne

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