The Tromsø SkyRace was an international

skyrunning Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above 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 hands may ...

competition held from 2014 until 2023. It ran every year in

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

(

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

) in August and consisted of four races both 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 ...

Races

* ''Hamperokken Skyrace'', a SkyMarathon across and up the

Hamperokken or is a mountain in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. At tall, it is the highest mountain peak on the mainland peninsula west of the Ullsfjorden. Hamperokken has the 6th most prominent peak in Norway with a prominence of . The mo ...

ridge (57 km / 4800 m elevation) ** an official race of the

* ''Tromsdalstind SkyRace'', a

SkyRace Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above 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 hands may ...

to the summit of Tromsdalstinden (28 km / 2000 m elevation) * ''Blåmann Vertical'', a

Vertical Kilometer In skyrunning, a vertical kilometer is an uphill mountain running race with an elevation gain of 1,000 metres. The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit also defines it as covering less than 5 km. Trekking poles, which are allowed as optional acces ...

to the summit of Store Blåmann (2.7 km / 1044 m elevation) ** an official race of the Skyrunner World Series in 2014, 2015 ** an official race of the

Vertical Kilometer World Circuit The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit is an annual international circuit of vertical kilometer (a skyrunning discipline) born in 2017 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series. The Vertical World Circuit announced the 2017 VWC calendar featuring ten r ...

since 2016 * ''Bønntuva tour-race'', a mini

to the summit of Bønntuva and back (15 km / 800 m elevation)

Hamperokken Skyrace

Tromsdalstind Skyrace

Blåmann Vertical

Bønntuva Tour-Race

References

External links

Official web site
{{Skyrunner World Series races Skyrunning competitions Skyrunner World Series Athletics competitions in Norway Sport in Tromsø Vertical kilometer running competitions