HK VERTICAL RACE is the 5.9km vertical kilometre at Hochkönig Ultraks 2027 (Maria Alm, Austria). The race starts on June 4, 2027 at 05:00 PM.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 1080m+. With 183m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 95% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 5% flat. The longest climb runs 5.8km at an average 18.6% grade (1083m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 42.7% over 0.5km. Surface: 65% trail, 27% road, and 8% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 13.6 FlatKM.
The highest summit on the course is 1. Lauskopf (2072m), 5.6km from the start.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 3.8km 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.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 10°C to 22°C, with around 8°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 72%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 19% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for HK VERTICAL RACE.
Other distances of Hochkönig Ultraks 2027HK70 (71.5km)·HK48 (48.0km)·HK30 EXTREME (34.0km)·HK30 PANORAMA (30.7km)·HK20 (20.5km)·HK SPRINT (10.0km)
Other editions of HK VERTICAL RACE2026
Official websitewww.hochkoenig-ultraks.at/en
