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Hilliest half marathons

The hilliest 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 total ascent (1,509 m).

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

#RaceTotal ascentClimb densityDescentNet elevationMax absolute gradeAs of
1Dolomiti di Brenta Trail (Molveno) Half Marathon - italy1,509 m71.9 m/km1,511 m-2 mUnavailable
2Chudy Wawrzyniec (Rajcza) Half Marathon - poland1,324 m63.9 m/km1,264 m59 m53.1%
3Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon Half Marathon - switzerland1,284 m58.4 m/km315 m970 m26.2%
4Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon Half Marathon - virginia1,127 m53.4 m/km1,002 m125 mUnavailable
5Aletsch Halbmarathon (Bettmeralp) Half Marathon - switzerland1,123 m53.2 m/km398 m725 m40.4%
6Dolomiti Extreme Trail Half Marathon - italy1,122 m52.2 m/km1,122 m0 m48.4%
7Zagori Mountain Running (ZMR) Half Marathon - greece1,107 m52.7 m/km1,092 m14 m39.9%
8Endurancelife Peak District (Castleton) Half Marathon - east-midlands1,097 m52.0 m/km1,097 m-0 m39.5%
9Tatra SkyMarathon (Zakopane) Half Marathon - poland1,090 m51.9 m/km1,089 m1 m39.9%
10Mohawk Mountain Race (Cornwall) Half Marathon - connecticut996 m47.2 m/km995 m1 m37.0%
11Arrowhead Half Marathon & 5K (Vail/Edwards) - colorado939 m44.5 m/km939 m0 m32.8%
12Escape from Prison Hill (Carson City) Half Marathon - nevada841 m38.2 m/km819 m23 m30.6%
13Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary Half Marathon - hungary716 m32.5 m/km1,048 m-332 m48.1%
14Wild Duluth Races Half Marathon - minnesota687 m32.6 m/km659 m29 m33.3%
15Plitvički maraton (Plitvice Marathon) Half Marathon - croatia645 m30.6 m/km645 m-0 m40.9%
16Carson Canyons Super-K Trail Runs Half Marathon - nevada603 m27.4 m/km590 m13 m15.2%
17Mount Rushmore Half Marathon - south-dakota603 m28.6 m/km516 m87 m26.3%
18Endurancelife Pembrokeshire Half Marathon - wales570 m26.4 m/km581 m-11 m28.9%
19Silver State 50/50 (Reno) Half Marathon - nevada546 m25.9 m/km546 m-0 m22.9%
20Tollymore Extreme (Tollymore Trail Marathon), Newcastle Half Marathon - northern-ireland538 m25.5 m/km545 m-7 m28.1%
21Golden Leaf Half Marathon (Aspen) - colorado533 m24.9 m/km759 m-226 m25.2%
22Lakeland Trails Coniston Marathon, Half, Mini-10k & 5k Half Marathon - north-west503 m23.8 m/km503 m0 m23.9%
23Tecumseh Trail Marathon (Tecumseh Trail Challenge), Nashville Indiana Half Marathon - indiana490 m23.2 m/km490 m0 m25.1%
24Two Tunnels Railway Races Half Marathon - south-west489 m23.2 m/km487 m2 m18.1%
25Beachy Head Marathon Half Marathon - south-east468 m22.2 m/km469 m-1 m24.2%
26Three Forts Challenge Half Marathon - south-east463 m21.9 m/km463 m0 m16.4%
27Adamant Half Marathon - vermont459 m21.8 m/km472 m-13 m15.6%
28Trondheim Skogsmaraton Half Marathon - norway453 m21.5 m/km453 m0 m17.0%
29Columbia Gorge Marathon Half Marathon - oregon434 m20.6 m/km434 m0 m25.6%
30Telekom Vivicittá (Budapest) Half Marathon - hungary429 m20.4 m/km430 m-0 m23.4%
31Juneteenth Half Marathon & 10K (Washington DC) - dc396 m18.7 m/km398 m-2 m16.0%
32Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon Half Marathon - norway389 m18.5 m/km388 m1 m24.1%
33Spring Dash (Coeur d'Alene) Half Marathon - idaho368 m17.4 m/km367 m0 m16.9%
34Portland Coastal Marathon Half Marathon - south-west364 m17.3 m/km363 m0 m33.5%
35Flying Pig Marathon Half Marathon - ohio340 m16.1 m/km342 m-2 m33.9%
36Otter Creek Trail Run (Mandan) Half Marathon - north-dakota323 m15.4 m/km321 m2 m18.2%
37Haulin' Aspen Trail Race Half Marathon - oregon322 m15.2 m/km344 m-22 m14.2%
38Acadia Half Marathon & 10K - maine321 m15.2 m/km325 m-5 m23.6%
39The Skippo Trail Race Half Marathon - missouri319 m15.1 m/km319 m0 m21.1%
40Jack & Jill's Downhill Marathon & Half Half Marathon - washington311 m14.7 m/km574 m-264 m31.2%
41La Jolla Half Marathon, 10K & 5K - california304 m14.4 m/km297 m7 m26.6%
42Διεθνής Ημιμαραθώνιος Κρήτης (Crete Half Marathon), Arkalochori - greece300 m14.2 m/km331 m-31 m40.6%
43Run Woodstock Half Marathon - michigan281 m13.3 m/km280 m0 m12.7%
44Norfolk Festival of Running (King's Lynn) Half Marathon - east-of-england278 m13.2 m/km279 m-1 m9.8%
45Cambridge Half Marathon + 5K at CambridgeSide (Cambridge, MA) - massachusetts273 m12.9 m/km270 m3 m26.7%
46Maidstone Half Marathon - south-east269 m12.8 m/km261 m9 m12.5%
47Boston's Run to Remember Half Marathon - massachusetts269 m12.8 m/km270 m-1 m26.2%
48Queen Bee Half Marathon (Cincinnati) - ohio266 m12.6 m/km284 m-17 m34.1%
49Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon Half Marathon - ireland265 m12.6 m/km274 m-8 m12.6%
50Stavanger Marathon Half Marathon - norway264 m12.5 m/km281 m-17 m48.8%
51TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival Half Marathon - massachusetts262 m12.4 m/km262 m0 m17.5%
52The Asheville Marathon & Half Half Marathon - north-carolina260 m12.3 m/km322 m-61 m12.1%
53Mount Desert Island Marathon, Half & Relay Half Marathon - maine253 m12.0 m/km250 m4 m14.3%
54HiTOPS Princeton Half Marathon - new-jersey250 m11.8 m/km252 m-3 m11.2%
55Run Madtown Half Marathon, 10K & 5K - wisconsin245 m11.6 m/km244 m1 m10.8%
56Maui Oceanfront Marathon Half Marathon - hawaii242 m11.5 m/km249 m-7 m20.5%
57Isle of Skye Half Marathon - scotland241 m11.4 m/km243 m-2 m9.9%
58Connemara International Marathon (Connemarathon) Half Marathon - ireland239 m11.3 m/km210 m29 m19.4%
59Midwest Financial Group Madison Mini Marathon Half Marathon - wisconsin235 m11.2 m/km237 m-1 m9.2%
60Ice Age Trail 50 Half Marathon - wisconsin235 m11.1 m/km234 m1 m11.3%
61The Nebraska Half (Omaha) Half Marathon - nebraska230 m10.9 m/km230 m-0 m9.0%
62Cedar Rapids Marathon Half Marathon - iowa229 m10.9 m/km232 m-2 m13.9%
63Helvetia Half Marathon - oregon228 m10.8 m/km227 m1 m14.9%
64Greene & Schultz Hoosier Half Marathon, 5 & 10K - indiana227 m10.8 m/km227 m0 m16.5%
65Run the Rainbow for Children's Half Marathon - mississippi226 m10.7 m/km226 m-0 m8.9%
66The Kauai Marathon & Half Marathon - hawaii225 m10.6 m/km229 m-4 m18.5%
67Bend Marathon and Half Half Marathon - oregon224 m10.6 m/km225 m0 m18.8%
68St Albans Half Marathon - east-of-england220 m10.4 m/km221 m0 m8.8%
69Middlebury Maple Run Half Marathon - vermont213 m10.1 m/km213 m-0 m15.6%
70Tobacco Road Marathon and Half Marathon - north-carolina209 m9.9 m/km208 m1 m11.4%
71FirstEnergy Akron Marathon Half Marathon - ohio209 m9.9 m/km215 m-6 m25.8%
72Naptown Half Marathon & 10K/5K - maryland208 m9.8 m/km208 m0 m11.1%
73Sparkassen-Phoenix-Halbmarathon Dortmund Half Marathon - germany205 m9.7 m/km205 m-1 m8.8%
74Richmond Park Marathon (London) Half Marathon - london204 m9.6 m/km201 m3 m13.2%
75Mississippi Blues Marathon Half Marathon - mississippi201 m9.5 m/km199 m1 m10.2%
76Rochester Regional Health Flower City Half Marathon - new-york200 m9.5 m/km201 m-0 m16.6%
776 sjöar (Uppsala) Half Marathon - sweden200 m9.5 m/km201 m-0 m15.8%
78Arctic Marathon (Rovaniemi) Half Marathon - finland196 m9.3 m/km196 m-0 m11.8%
79Fayetteville Half Marathon - arkansas194 m9.2 m/km194 m0 m10.5%
80Lift Bridge Road Races Half Marathon - minnesota194 m9.2 m/km182 m11 m17.3%
81Marshall University Marathon Half Marathon - west-virginia187 m8.9 m/km189 m-2 m18.8%
82The Race Half Marathon & 5K (Atlanta) - georgia186 m8.8 m/km186 m0 m7.4%
833-Sjøersløpet (Stavanger) Half Marathon - norway177 m8.4 m/km180 m-3 m15.5%
84Bay of Fundy International Marathon Half Marathon - maine176 m8.3 m/km203 m-27 m12.0%
85TUI Μαραθώνιος Ρόδου (TUI Rhodes Marathon) Half Marathon - greece169 m8.0 m/km167 m2 m10.4%
86Phoenix 10k & Half Marathon - arizona169 m8.0 m/km169 m0 m7.3%
87Montpellier Run Festival Half Marathon - france166 m7.9 m/km154 m12 m9.7%
88The Original Las Vegas Marathon Half Marathon - nevada164 m7.8 m/km164 m0 m11.9%
89Milton Keynes Marathon Half Marathon - south-east162 m7.7 m/km165 m-3 m8.1%
90Thames Meander Marathon (London) Half Marathon - london159 m7.6 m/km159 m0 m6.5%
91Albany COMBOS Marathon & Half Marathon - georgia154 m7.3 m/km160 m-7 m5.7%
92Lake Monona 20K & 5K (Monona) Half Marathon - wisconsin153 m7.7 m/km153 m0 m9.9%
93DNB Oslo Marathon Half Marathon - norway153 m7.2 m/km153 m-0 m6.5%
94Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon Half Marathon - texas151 m7.2 m/km150 m1 m9.4%
95Southampton Marathon Half Marathon - south-east151 m7.1 m/km136 m15 m12.4%
96Hyundai Meia Maratona Internacional do Porto Half Marathon - portugal150 m7.1 m/km150 m0 m50.0%
97Omaha Marathon Half Marathon - nebraska150 m7.1 m/km151 m-1 m11.5%
98Sioux Falls Marathon Half Marathon - south-dakota149 m7.1 m/km151 m-2 m8.0%
99Midnattssolmaraton (Midnight Sun Marathon), Tromsø Half Marathon - norway148 m7.0 m/km147 m2 m7.5%
100PeaceHealth Appletree Marathon Half Marathon - washington147 m7.0 m/km147 m1 m8.0%
17
Mount Rushmore Half Marathonsouth-dakota
Total ascent
603 m
Climb density
28.6 m/km
Descent
516 m
Net elevation
87 m
Max absolute grade
26.3%

As of

27
Adamant Half Marathonvermont
Total ascent
459 m
Climb density
21.8 m/km
Descent
472 m
Net elevation
-13 m
Max absolute grade
15.6%

As of

38
Acadia Half Marathon & 10Kmaine
Total ascent
321 m
Climb density
15.2 m/km
Descent
325 m
Net elevation
-5 m
Max absolute grade
23.6%

As of

43
Run Woodstock Half Marathonmichigan
Total ascent
281 m
Climb density
13.3 m/km
Descent
280 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
12.7%

As of

46
Maidstone Half Marathonsouth-east
Total ascent
269 m
Climb density
12.8 m/km
Descent
261 m
Net elevation
9 m
Max absolute grade
12.5%

As of

57
Isle of Skye Half Marathonscotland
Total ascent
241 m
Climb density
11.4 m/km
Descent
243 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
9.9%

As of

63
Helvetia Half Marathonoregon
Total ascent
228 m
Climb density
10.8 m/km
Descent
227 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
14.9%

As of

68
St Albans Half Marathoneast-of-england
Total ascent
220 m
Climb density
10.4 m/km
Descent
221 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
8.8%

As of

79
Fayetteville Half Marathonarkansas
Total ascent
194 m
Climb density
9.2 m/km
Descent
194 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
10.5%

As of

86
Phoenix 10k & Half Marathonarizona
Total ascent
169 m
Climb density
8.0 m/km
Descent
169 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
7.3%

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97
Omaha Marathon Half Marathonnebraska
Total ascent
150 m
Climb density
7.1 m/km
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 Total ascent. 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 hilliest half marathons?

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