Skymarathon

Course

The course climbs 3300 m+. With 72 m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 44% of the distance is uphill, 45% downhill and 11% flat. The longest climb runs 3.9 km at an average 13.9% grade (541 m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.2 km at 14.3% (741 m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 46.0% over 0.2 km. The steepest descent drops at 42.7% over 0.3 km. Surface: 67% trail, 26% smooth, and 6% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 79.0 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Smiljevac (1445 m), 9.0 km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Detelin (1326 m) and Galinik (1305 m).

Poles

Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 10.7 km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 39 of 100), with 48% of the load in the first half: 3 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control on the marked descents until km 22, target pace until km 35, free after that. Short descents not listed: target pace.
• #2 · 8.9–13.2 km · 475 m D−, -11.1% · 70% of the race ahead → control
• #3 · 14.5–16.1 km · 277 m D−, -17.3% · 63% of the race ahead → control
• #1 · 18.4–23.5 km · 741 m D−, -14.3% · 46% of the race ahead → target pace
• 32.5–35.6 km · 432 m D−, -13.9% · 18% of the race ahead → even, let go at the end
• 39.6–43.5 km · 698 m D−, -17.7% · 0% of the race ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 15°C to 23°C, around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 34%. Heavy rain of 10.0 mm or more falls on about 4% of days around this date.

Results

66 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Miloš Rajičević (Serbia) in 5:57:27. Women's winner: Ljiljana Krasic (Serbia) in 6:54:29.