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Skytrail

16.0km·1000m+
September 5, 08:00 AM
Black lake,
Montenegro
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Skytrail — Race Profile

Distance
16.0km
Gain
1000m+
FlatKM
33.6
Max
2264m
Min
1423m

About Skytrail

Skytrail is a 16.0km trail race of Durmitor 2026 in Black lake, Montenegro. The race starts on September 5, 2026 at 08:00 AM. It starts and finishes in Black lake. The time limit is 6 h.

Course

The course climbs 1000m+. With 63m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 36% of the distance is uphill, 36% downhill and 28% flat. The longest climb runs 3.0km at an average 13.4% grade (402m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.6km at 11.9% (426m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 32.1% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 46.9% over 0.4km. Surface: 85% trail, 7% technical, and 7% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 33.6 FlatKM.

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 3.0km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 12 of 100): a few descents worth noticing, none that decides the result.

  • Control on the marked descents until km 8, target pace until km 13, free after that. Short descents not listed: target pace.
  • 8.8–13.7 km · 528 m D−, -10.8% · 17% of the race ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 8°C to 18°C, around 11°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 31%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 6% of days around this date.

Results

129 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Miloš Pavlović (Serbia) in 2:04:56. Women's winner: Lidija Radulović (Serbia) in 2:44:30.

This page has the full results and splits, interactive elevation profile, gradient matrix, pacing and nutrition planner and weather climatology for Skytrail.

Other distances of Durmitor 2026

Official websitedurmitorsky.run

SKYRACE (34.0km)