Skyrace

Course

The course climbs 1700 m+. With 71 m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 48% downhill and 11% flat. The longest climb runs 3.9 km at an average 13.7% grade (541 m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.2 km at 14.2% (744 m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 46.1% over 0.2 km. The steepest descent drops at 29.2% over 0.4 km. Surface: 66% trail and 33% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 43.1 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Smiljevac (1445 m), 9.0 km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Galinik (1305 m) and Velika stena (1140 m).

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 6.0 km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 24 of 100), with 26% of the load in the first half: 1 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control on the marked descents until km 12, target pace until km 19, free after that. Short descents not listed: target pace.
• #1 · 9.0–13.3 km · 489 m D−, -11.3% · 44% of the race ahead → target pace
• 14.6–16.2 km · 275 m D−, -17.1% · 32% of the race ahead → target pace
• 18.5–23.8 km · 744 m D−, -14.2% · 0% of the race ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 18°C to 28°C, around 20°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

25 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Jovan Mitrović (Serbia) in 3:22:34. Women's winner: Ivana Tadić (Serbia) in 3:20:54.