ABOUT THE STUBAI VALLEY

For more than 30 years, the Schlickeralmlauf in Telfes in the Stubai Valley has been attracting mountain runners from all over the world along with some of the scene’s top stars. The event has kept developing, new formats have been established and it has turned into a renowned international run.

From back then…

Back in 1988, when the first professionally organized mountain running event, the Pfarrachalmlauf, was held in the Stubai Valley, nobody would have guessed the turn of events that this would bring about. In the same year, Telfes was chosen to host the 1990 World Championships (or World Mountain Running Cup respectively World Cup, as it was called back then). The route, which was subsequently moved to the Sennjoch in the Schlick 2000 area, was kept with only minor moderations until 2013. For the general rehearsal for the Masters World Championships (in 2014), the finishing line was moved to the Kreuzjoch, meaning the Schlickeralmlauf now covers 11.5 kilometers in length and 1.100 meters in altitude.

…until today

33 years later, after two Mountain Running Championships (in 1990 and 1996), two Masters World Championships (in 2014 and 2021) and the Mountain Running European Championships (in 2009), the route keeps setting new standards; it will be part of the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships’ “Short Trail” route.

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The STUBAI ULTRATRAIL (SUT) is amongst the most stunning and spectacular trail running events in the Alps. The athletes take off at 1:00 AM in the Olympic city of Innsbruck, running 68 kilometers through the night to reach the finishing line at 3,000 meters above sea level on the Stubai Glacier. Three shorter races, all of them with the finishing line on the glacier, as well as the newly added STUBAI VERTICAL, round off the program.

Thanks to its unique routing, the STUBAI ULTRATRAIL is amongst the most spectacular trail running events ever. With the motto of “city2glacier”, the run starts at 1:00 in Innsbruck, covering 68 kilometers in length and more than 5,000 meters in altitude before culminating on the Stubai glacier; it includes a steep final ascent through snow just before reaching the final destination at the “Jochdohle”, located at 3,178 meters above sea level. Inclines of 20 to 30% are not uncommon. The fastest men take about 8:30 hours to complete the run, while the fastest women complete it in approx. 10 hours. Shorter but no less fascinating: The STUBAI K32, the STUBAI K20 and the STUBAI K9, all of which culminate in the step final ascent leading up the glacier.

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