Vertical Kilometer is the 7.3km vertical kilometre at Transvulcania adidas TERREX 2025 (Los Llanos de Aridane, Spain). The race starts on May 8, 2025.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 1160m+. With 160m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 93% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 7% flat. The longest climb runs 7.3km at an average 15.7% grade (1145m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 28.0% over 0.5km. Surface: 61% trail, 23% road, 7% technical, and 7% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 16.0 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 4.4km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
177 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Luca Del Pero (Italy) in 47:59. Women's winner: Maude Mathys (Switzerland) in 56:40.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Vertical Kilometer.
Other distances of Transvulcania adidas TERREX 2025Ultramarathon (73.0km)·Marathon adidas TERREX (43.2km)·Half Marathon (24.8km)
Other editions of Vertical Kilometer2026
Official websitetransvulcania.com/en
