The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit was an annual international circuit of vertical kilometer (a skyrunning discipline) run between 2017 and 2019 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series. In its final season in 2019, the circuit featured eighteen races across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, highlighting the growing global reach of vertical kilometer competitions before the series was discontinued.
2017 edition The winners of the first edition were the Norwegian Stian Angermund and the Spanish Laura Orgué.
Results The circuit consists of 17 races that are held from May to October.
#DateRaceVenueCountryMen's winnerWomen's winner1 7 May Trentapassi Vertical Race Marone, Brescia Davide Magnini Valentina Belotti2 11 May Transvulcania Vertical Kilometer Tazacorte, La Palma Stian Angermund Yuri Yoshizumi3 26 May Zegama-Aizkorri Kilometro Vertical Basque Country Stian Angermund Laura Orgué4 4 June Santana Vertical Kilometer Madeira Ferran Teixido Ekaterina Mityaeva5 11 June KM Vertical Fuente Dé Cantabria Ferran Teixido Maite Maiora6 16 June Santa Caterina Vertical Kilometer Sondrio Michele Boscacci Valentina Belotti7 7 July Kilomètre Vertical Face De Bellevarde Val d’Isère Xavier Gachet Jessica Pardin8 9 July Vertical Cabanera Capdella Jan Margarit Laura Orgué9 20 July Dolomites Vertical Kilometer Canazei Patrick Facchini Axelle Mollaret10 29 July Red Bull K3 Rocciamelone, Susa Martin Anthamatten Camilla Magliano11 4 August Blåmann Vertical Tromsø Stian Angermund Eli Anne Dvergsdal12 1 September Lone Peak Vertical Kilometer Montana JP Donovan Laura Orgué13 15 September Salomon Mamores VK Glen Coe Stian Angermund Laura Orgué14 1 October Verticale du Grand Serre Cholonge Martin Anthamatten Christel Dewalle15 6 October Pico Mountain VK Azores Xavier Gachet Christel Dewalle16 13 October Grèste de la Mughera Vertical Kilometer Limone sul Garda Philip Goetsch Christel Dewalle17 21 October Kilomètre Vertical de Fully Fully Philip Goetsch Christel Dewalle
Men's final standings RankAthleteCountryPoints1 Stian Angermund 5562 Patrick Facchini 514.83 Nejc Kuhar 468.4
Women's final standings RankAthleteCountryPoints1 Laura Orgué 5542 Victoria Kreuzer 553.23 Stephanie Jimenez 456.3
2018 edition
See also Skyrunner World Series
References
External links International Skyrunning Federation Vertical Kilometer World Circuit