The Rut 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 in

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(

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) in September and consists of four races, a 50 K, a 25 K, a 11 K (from 2015, before was 12 K) and Vertical Kilometer both valid for the Skyrunner World Series.

50 K

28 K / 25 K

11 K / 12 K

Lone Peak Vertical Kilometer

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