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Most climbing per km half marathons

The most climbing per km half marathons, ranked from trusted raw-elevation route profiles across 191 qualifying races.

Ranking current as of

Which race ranks first — and why is it Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno)?

Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno) leads this ranking on climbing per km (71.9 m/km).

Compare Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno) vs Chudy Wawrzyniec (Rajcza)

#RaceClimbing per kmAscentDescentNet elevationMax absolute gradeAs of
1Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno) Half Marathon - italy71.9 m/km1,509 m1,511 m-2 mUnavailable
2Chudy Wawrzyniec (Rajcza) Half Marathon - poland63.9 m/km1,324 m1,264 m59 m53.1%
3Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon Half Marathon - switzerland58.4 m/km1,284 m315 m970 m26.2%
4Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon Half Marathon - virginia53.4 m/km1,127 m1,002 m125 mUnavailable
5Aletsch Halbmarathon (Bettmeralp) Half Marathon - switzerland53.2 m/km1,123 m398 m725 m40.4%
6Zagori Mountain Running (ZMR) Half Marathon - greece52.7 m/km1,107 m1,092 m14 m39.9%
7Dolomiti Extreme Trail Half Marathon - italy52.2 m/km1,122 m1,122 m0 m48.4%
8Endurancelife Peak District (Castleton) Half Marathon - east-midlands52.0 m/km1,097 m1,097 m-0 m39.5%
9Tatra SkyMarathon (Zakopane) Half Marathon - poland51.9 m/km1,090 m1,089 m1 m39.9%
10Mohawk Mountain Race (Cornwall) Half Marathon - connecticut47.2 m/km996 m995 m1 m37.0%
11Arrowhead Half Marathon & 5K (Vail/Edwards) - colorado44.5 m/km939 m939 m0 m32.8%
12Escape from Prison Hill (Carson City) Half Marathon - nevada38.2 m/km841 m819 m23 m30.6%
13Wild Duluth Races Half Marathon - minnesota32.6 m/km687 m659 m29 m33.3%
14Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary Half Marathon - hungary32.5 m/km716 m1,048 m-332 m48.1%
15Plitvički maraton (Plitvice Marathon) Half Marathon - croatia30.6 m/km645 m645 m-0 m40.9%
16Mount Rushmore Half Marathon - south-dakota28.6 m/km603 m516 m87 m26.3%
17Carson Canyons Super-K Trail Runs Half Marathon - nevada27.4 m/km603 m590 m13 m15.2%
18Endurancelife Pembrokeshire Half Marathon - wales26.4 m/km570 m581 m-11 m28.9%
19Silver State 50/50 (Reno) Half Marathon - nevada25.9 m/km546 m546 m-0 m22.9%
20Tollymore Extreme (Tollymore Trail Marathon), Newcastle Half Marathon - northern-ireland25.5 m/km538 m545 m-7 m28.1%
21Golden Leaf Half Marathon (Aspen) - colorado24.9 m/km533 m759 m-226 m25.2%
22Lakeland Trails Coniston Marathon, Half, Mini-10k & 5k Half Marathon - north-west23.8 m/km503 m503 m0 m23.9%
23Two Tunnels Railway Races Half Marathon - south-west23.2 m/km489 m487 m2 m18.1%
24Tecumseh Trail Marathon (Tecumseh Trail Challenge), Nashville Indiana Half Marathon - indiana23.2 m/km490 m490 m0 m25.1%
25Beachy Head Marathon Half Marathon - south-east22.2 m/km468 m469 m-1 m24.2%
26Three Forts Challenge Half Marathon - south-east21.9 m/km463 m463 m0 m16.4%
27Adamant Half Marathon - vermont21.8 m/km459 m472 m-13 m15.6%
28Trondheim Skogsmaraton Half Marathon - norway21.5 m/km453 m453 m0 m17.0%
29Columbia Gorge Marathon Half Marathon - oregon20.6 m/km434 m434 m0 m25.6%
30Telekom Vivicittá (Budapest) Half Marathon - hungary20.4 m/km429 m430 m-0 m23.4%
31Juneteenth Half Marathon & 10K (Washington DC) - dc18.7 m/km396 m398 m-2 m16.0%
32Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon Half Marathon - norway18.5 m/km389 m388 m1 m24.1%
33Spring Dash (Coeur d'Alene) Half Marathon - idaho17.4 m/km368 m367 m0 m16.9%
34Portland Coastal Marathon Half Marathon - south-west17.3 m/km364 m363 m0 m33.5%
35Flying Pig Marathon Half Marathon - ohio16.1 m/km340 m342 m-2 m33.9%
36Otter Creek Trail Run (Mandan) Half Marathon - north-dakota15.4 m/km323 m321 m2 m18.2%
37Acadia Half Marathon & 10K - maine15.2 m/km321 m325 m-5 m23.6%
38Haulin' Aspen Trail Race Half Marathon - oregon15.2 m/km322 m344 m-22 m14.2%
39The Skippo Trail Race Half Marathon - missouri15.1 m/km319 m319 m0 m21.1%
40Jack & Jill's Downhill Marathon & Half Half Marathon - washington14.7 m/km311 m574 m-264 m31.2%
41La Jolla Half Marathon, 10K & 5K - california14.4 m/km304 m297 m7 m26.6%
42Διεθνής Ημιμαραθώνιος Κρήτης (Crete Half Marathon), Arkalochori - greece14.2 m/km300 m331 m-31 m40.6%
43Run Woodstock Half Marathon - michigan13.3 m/km281 m280 m0 m12.7%
44Norfolk Festival of Running (King's Lynn) Half Marathon - east-of-england13.2 m/km278 m279 m-1 m9.8%
45Cambridge Half Marathon + 5K at CambridgeSide (Cambridge, MA) - massachusetts12.9 m/km273 m270 m3 m26.7%
46Boston's Run to Remember Half Marathon - massachusetts12.8 m/km269 m270 m-1 m26.2%
47Maidstone Half Marathon - south-east12.8 m/km269 m261 m9 m12.5%
48Queen Bee Half Marathon (Cincinnati) - ohio12.6 m/km266 m284 m-17 m34.1%
49Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon Half Marathon - ireland12.6 m/km265 m274 m-8 m12.6%
50Stavanger Marathon Half Marathon - norway12.5 m/km264 m281 m-17 m48.8%
51TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival Half Marathon - massachusetts12.4 m/km262 m262 m0 m17.5%
52The Asheville Marathon & Half Half Marathon - north-carolina12.3 m/km260 m322 m-61 m12.1%
53Mount Desert Island Marathon, Half & Relay Half Marathon - maine12.0 m/km253 m250 m4 m14.3%
54HiTOPS Princeton Half Marathon - new-jersey11.8 m/km250 m252 m-3 m11.2%
55Run Madtown Half Marathon, 10K & 5K - wisconsin11.6 m/km245 m244 m1 m10.8%
56Maui Oceanfront Marathon Half Marathon - hawaii11.5 m/km242 m249 m-7 m20.5%
57Isle of Skye Half Marathon - scotland11.4 m/km241 m243 m-2 m9.9%
58Connemara International Marathon (Connemarathon) Half Marathon - ireland11.3 m/km239 m210 m29 m19.4%
59Midwest Financial Group Madison Mini Marathon Half Marathon - wisconsin11.2 m/km235 m237 m-1 m9.2%
60Ice Age Trail 50 Half Marathon - wisconsin11.1 m/km235 m234 m1 m11.3%
61The Nebraska Half (Omaha) Half Marathon - nebraska10.9 m/km230 m230 m-0 m9.0%
62Cedar Rapids Marathon Half Marathon - iowa10.9 m/km229 m232 m-2 m13.9%
63Helvetia Half Marathon - oregon10.8 m/km228 m227 m1 m14.9%
64Greene & Schultz Hoosier Half Marathon, 5 & 10K - indiana10.8 m/km227 m227 m0 m16.5%
65Run the Rainbow for Children's Half Marathon - mississippi10.7 m/km226 m226 m-0 m8.9%
66The Kauai Marathon & Half Marathon - hawaii10.6 m/km225 m229 m-4 m18.5%
67Bend Marathon and Half Half Marathon - oregon10.6 m/km224 m225 m0 m18.8%
68St Albans Half Marathon - east-of-england10.4 m/km220 m221 m0 m8.8%
69Middlebury Maple Run Half Marathon - vermont10.1 m/km213 m213 m-0 m15.6%
70FirstEnergy Akron Marathon Half Marathon - ohio9.9 m/km209 m215 m-6 m25.8%
71Tobacco Road Marathon and Half Marathon - north-carolina9.9 m/km209 m208 m1 m11.4%
72Naptown Half Marathon & 10K/5K - maryland9.8 m/km208 m208 m0 m11.1%
73Sparkassen-Phoenix-Halbmarathon Dortmund Half Marathon - germany9.7 m/km205 m205 m-1 m8.8%
74Richmond Park Marathon (London) Half Marathon - london9.6 m/km204 m201 m3 m13.2%
75Mississippi Blues Marathon Half Marathon - mississippi9.5 m/km201 m199 m1 m10.2%
76Rochester Regional Health Flower City Half Marathon - new-york9.5 m/km200 m201 m-0 m16.6%
776 sjöar (Uppsala) Half Marathon - sweden9.5 m/km200 m201 m-0 m15.8%
78Arctic Marathon (Rovaniemi) Half Marathon - finland9.3 m/km196 m196 m-0 m11.8%
79Lift Bridge Road Races Half Marathon - minnesota9.2 m/km194 m182 m11 m17.3%
80Fayetteville Half Marathon - arkansas9.2 m/km194 m194 m0 m10.5%
81Marshall University Marathon Half Marathon - west-virginia8.9 m/km187 m189 m-2 m18.8%
82The Race Half Marathon & 5K (Atlanta) - georgia8.8 m/km186 m186 m0 m7.4%
833-Sjøersløpet (Stavanger) Half Marathon - norway8.4 m/km177 m180 m-3 m15.5%
84Bay of Fundy International Marathon Half Marathon - maine8.3 m/km176 m203 m-27 m12.0%
85Phoenix 10k & Half Marathon - arizona8.0 m/km169 m169 m0 m7.3%
86TUI Μαραθώνιος Ρόδου (TUI Rhodes Marathon) Half Marathon - greece8.0 m/km169 m167 m2 m10.4%
87Montpellier Run Festival Half Marathon - france7.9 m/km166 m154 m12 m9.7%
88The Original Las Vegas Marathon Half Marathon - nevada7.8 m/km164 m164 m0 m11.9%
89Milton Keynes Marathon Half Marathon - south-east7.7 m/km162 m165 m-3 m8.1%
90Lake Monona 20K & 5K (Monona) Half Marathon - wisconsin7.7 m/km153 m153 m0 m9.9%
91Thames Meander Marathon (London) Half Marathon - london7.6 m/km159 m159 m0 m6.5%
92Albany COMBOS Marathon & Half Marathon - georgia7.3 m/km154 m160 m-7 m5.7%
93Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon Half Marathon - texas7.2 m/km151 m150 m1 m9.4%
94DNB Oslo Marathon Half Marathon - norway7.2 m/km153 m153 m-0 m6.5%
95Omaha Marathon Half Marathon - nebraska7.1 m/km150 m151 m-1 m11.5%
96Hyundai Meia Maratona Internacional do Porto Half Marathon - portugal7.1 m/km150 m150 m0 m50.0%
97Southampton Marathon Half Marathon - south-east7.1 m/km151 m136 m15 m12.4%
98Sioux Falls Marathon Half Marathon - south-dakota7.1 m/km149 m151 m-2 m8.0%
99Cajun Country Run Half Marathon - louisiana7.0 m/km147 m147 m0 m9.5%
100Midnattssolmaraton (Midnight Sun Marathon), Tromsø Half Marathon - norway7.0 m/km148 m147 m2 m7.5%
16
Mount Rushmore Half Marathonsouth-dakota
Climbing per km
28.6 m/km
Ascent
603 m
Descent
516 m
Net elevation
87 m
Max absolute grade
26.3%

As of

27
Adamant Half Marathonvermont
Climbing per km
21.8 m/km
Ascent
459 m
Descent
472 m
Net elevation
-13 m
Max absolute grade
15.6%

As of

37
Acadia Half Marathon & 10Kmaine
Climbing per km
15.2 m/km
Ascent
321 m
Descent
325 m
Net elevation
-5 m
Max absolute grade
23.6%

As of

43
Run Woodstock Half Marathonmichigan
Climbing per km
13.3 m/km
Ascent
281 m
Descent
280 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
12.7%

As of

47
Maidstone Half Marathonsouth-east
Climbing per km
12.8 m/km
Ascent
269 m
Descent
261 m
Net elevation
9 m
Max absolute grade
12.5%

As of

57
Isle of Skye Half Marathonscotland
Climbing per km
11.4 m/km
Ascent
241 m
Descent
243 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
9.9%

As of

63
Helvetia Half Marathonoregon
Climbing per km
10.8 m/km
Ascent
228 m
Descent
227 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
14.9%

As of

68
St Albans Half Marathoneast-of-england
Climbing per km
10.4 m/km
Ascent
220 m
Descent
221 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
8.8%

As of

80
Fayetteville Half Marathonarkansas
Climbing per km
9.2 m/km
Ascent
194 m
Descent
194 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
10.5%

As of

85
Phoenix 10k & Half Marathonarizona
Climbing per km
8.0 m/km
Ascent
169 m
Descent
169 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
7.3%

As of

95
Omaha Marathon Half Marathonnebraska
Climbing per km
7.1 m/km
Ascent
150 m
Descent
151 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
11.5%

As of

Showing the top 100 of 191 qualifying races; use the distance catalogue for the full searchable list. Scores are out of 100 when present; route, elevation and cost figures are shown in their natural units.

How we ranked these

Races are ranked by Climbing per km. Score metrics use methodology scoring-methodology-v1.0. Elevation rankings use only trusted raw-elevation course profiles. A ranking is only published when at least five races qualify, so the table is never padded with thin data.

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How we calculated this

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Common questions

What is the most climbing per km half marathons?

Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno) Half Marathon ranks first by climbing per km, from 191 qualifying races compared under our published methodology.