Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon (SkyMarathon 4th July Footpath) is a skyrunning event created in 1994 at Santicolo di Corteno Golgi by Giacomo Salvadori. Its main claim is "a real stairway to the sky".

History Three times trial world championship (2003, 2004, 2007), for a few years (1999, 2011, 2012 and 2013) was organized in collaboration with Aprica (SO); from 2014 is again organized only by Corteno Golgi (BS). It consists of two distances: classical marathon and half marathon (this last, since 2000).

Best male marathon racers year participant country total time(h:min:sec) 1994 Adriano Salvadori 4:27:59 1995 Fabio Meraldi 3:58:59 1996 Mauro Gatta 3:43:17 1997 Mauro Gatta 3:45:08 1998 Mauro Gatta 3:41:29 1999 Mauro Gatta 4:32:29 2000 Fabio Meraldi 4:22:43 2001 Bruno Brunod 4:11:39 2002 Dennis Brunod 4:17:02 2003 Mario Poletti 4:08:24 2004 Fabio Bonfanti 4:16:36 2005 Fabio Bonfanti 4:14:38 2006 Ettore Girardi 4:21:58 2007 Andrew Symonds 4:15:11 2008 Paolo Gotti 4:25:06 2009 Jessed Hernandez 4:20:48 2010not held 2011 Titta Scalet 4:21:56 2012 Paolo Gotti and Tadei Pivk 4:40:20 2013 Tadei Pivk 4:10:17 2014 Tadei Pivk 4:14:46 2015 Tadei Pivk 4:21:19 2016 Tadei Pivk 4:15:09 2017 Marco De Gasperi 4:16:46 2018 Cristian Minoggio 4:13:55

Best female marathon racers year participant country total time(h:min:sec) 1996 Gisella Bendotti 5:20:10 1997 Morena Paieri 5:19:04 1998 Morena Paieri 4:47:42 1999 Morena PaieriGloriana Pellissier 5:52:50 2000 Gloriana Pellissier 5:32:06 2001 Michela Benzoni 5:39:57 2002 Corinne Favre 5:24:30 2003 Corinne Favre 5:28:03 2004 Emanuela Brizio 5:29:44 2005 Emanuela Brizio 5:10:43 2006 Gloriana Pellissier 5:11:05 2007 Corinne Favre 5:18:21 2008 Corinne FavrePierangela Baronchelli 5:29:09 2009 Emanuela Brizio 5:12:37 2010not held 2011 Emanuela Brizio 5:14:59 2012 Emanuela Brizio 5:40:50 2013 Silvia Serafini 5:10:10 2014 Emanuela Brizio 5:25:00 2015 Emanuela Brizio 5:24:07 2016 Denisa Iolena Dragomir 5:27:13 2017 Denisa Iolena Dragomir 5:15:55 2018 Denisa Iolena Dragomir 5:14:03

References

Bibliography Proloco Corteno Golgi - Sentiero 4 Luglio, quando l'amore si fa corsa (photobook, 2003) Proloco Corteno Golgi - Sortilegi di Vallecamonica, arte cultura natura sport turismo sul versante soleggiato delle Alpi Centrali (yearly magazine, since 1999) Giacomo Salvadori (Liberedizioni) - Lassù, tra sogno e realtà - Genesi e realizzazione del Sentiero 4 Luglio, del Bivacco Davide e della Maratona del Cielo (photobook, 2017)

External links Maratona del cielo