The Skyrunner World Series will be back for 2015 and, once again, it will have separate series in the Vertical Kilometer, Skyrace, and Ultra categories. There are lots of familiar races in the 2015 World Series, but also a few changes. Gone are the Speedgoat 50k and Trofeo Kima (only run every other year). In are the Mont Blanc 80k, Tromsø Skyrace, Suunto Lantau 2 Peaks, and Ultra Pirineu.
While 2014 saw the addition of a few Skyrunner national series, 2015 will see the addition of Skyrunning Continental Championships in the Sky and Ultra categories in three regions with the VK also being contested in Europe and North America. No longer in the World Series, the Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon and Ice Trail Tarentaise become European Championships instead.
In effect, the Continental Championships are mandatory for those going for a Skyrunner World Series title as the World Series scoring will now include three SWS races and a continental championship. It is unclear how this will be handled in the VK, where Continental Championships have not been announced for three regions.
2015 Skyrunner World Series
Vertical Kilometer
- July 10 — Kilomètre Vertical Face De Bellevarde — Val D’Isère, France
- July 17 — Dolomites Vertical Kilometer® — Canazei, Italy
- August 1 — Tromsø Vertical Kilometer® — Tromso, Norway
- September 4 — Lone Peak Vertical Kilometer® — Montana, USA
- October 16 — Skyrunning Extreme Vertical Kilometer® — Limone Sul Garda, Italy
Sky
- July 19 — Dolomites SkyRace® (22 km) — Canazei, Italy
- August 22 — Matterhorn Ultraks (46 km) — Zermatt, Switzerland
- September 5 — The Rut (25 km) — Big Sky, Montana, USA
- October 4 — Suunto Lantau 2 Peaks (21 km) — Hong Kong, China
- October 18 — Skyrunning Extreme (23 km) — Limone Sul Garda, Italy
Ultra
- May 9 — Transvulcania Ultramarathon (75 km) — La Palma, Spain
- June 27 — Mont Blanc (80 km) — Chamonix, France
- August 2 — Tromsø SkyRace® (45 km) — Tromso, Norway
- September 6 — The Rut (50 km) — Montana, USA
- September 19 — Ultra Pirineu (103 km) — Bagà, Spain
Skyrunning Continental Championships
Africa
- July 12 — SKY: Ti DoDo Trail (25 km) — Black River Gorges, Mauritius
- July 12 — ULTRA: Xtreme DoDo Trail (50 km) — Le Morne, Mauritius
Asia
- February 7 — SKY: Sai Kung (26 km) — Hong Kong, China
- February 7 — ULTRA: Sai Kung (50 km) — Hong Kong, China
Europe
- May 17 — SKY: Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri (42 km) — Zegama, Spain
- July 12 — ULTRA: Ice-Trail Tarentaise (65 km) — Val d’Isère, France
- June 26 — VK: KM Vertical (VK) — Chamonix, France
North America
- July 19 — ULTRA: Power of Four Trail (50 km) — Aspen, Colorado
- October 3 — SKY: Flagstaff SkyRace® (39 km) — Flagstaff, Arizona
- October 4 — VK: Flagstaff Vertical Kilometer® (VK) — Flagstaff, Arizona
Oceania
- April 11 — ULTRA: Buffalo Stampede Ultra SkyMarathon® (75 km) — Australia
- April 12 — SKY: Buffalo Stampede SkyMarathon® (41 km) — Australia
Call for Comments
- What do you think of the 2015 Skyrunner World Series schedule for 2015?
- What are your thoughts on the new Continental Championships?
