Maddalene Sky Marathon

The Maddalene mountain range is in northern Italy, in an area known as Sud Tirol. In 2023, the race organization altered the race formats and for 2024, there is a single 23 km route available called the Maddalene Sky Race. The highest point in the route is Monte Pin, reaching 2420m.

Before 2023, there were two races, 30 km and 50 km, though each course is slightly longer than the designated distance. Both races started and finished in the small village of Rumo. The 50km had two significant climbs, the first of which was Monte Pin, reaching 2420m, and the second Monte Zoccolo, which was the race’s high point at 2561m. The 30km race followed the first part of the 50km route, its high point being Monte Pin. There is a wide range of flora and fauna in this area, including recent sightings of bears, which are normally quite uncommon in the Alps.