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Most climbing per km marathons

The most climbing per km marathons, ranked from trusted raw-elevation route profiles across 138 qualifying races.

Ranking current as of

Which race ranks first — and why is it Olympus Marathon (Litochoro)?

Olympus Marathon (Litochoro) leads this ranking on climbing per km (78.7 m/km).

Compare Olympus Marathon (Litochoro) vs Podbrdo Trail Running Festival

#RaceClimbing per kmAscentDescentNet elevationMax absolute gradeAs of
1Olympus Marathon (Litochoro) - greece78.7 m/km3,465 m3,192 m273 m84.1%
2Podbrdo Trail Running Festival Marathon - slovenia75.9 m/km3,081 m3,104 m-24 m55.7%
3Unicaja Ultra Sierra Nevada Marathon - spain64.6 m/km2,694 m1,406 m1,288 m49.7%
4Zegama-Aizkorri Mendi Maratoia Marathon - spain61.4 m/km2,591 m2,591 m-0 m62.0%
5Garda Trentino Trail Marathon - italy56.8 m/km2,497 m3,063 m-565 m49.1%
6adidas Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival Marathon - austria54.5 m/km2,366 m2,738 m-371 m59.1%
7Ultra Trail Učka Marathon - croatia53.0 m/km2,224 m2,227 m-3 m52.8%
8Sljemenski Maraton (Zagreb) Marathon - croatia52.1 m/km2,187 m2,188 m-1 m54.7%
9Tatra SkyMarathon (Zakopane) Marathon - poland50.3 m/km2,011 m1,675 m336 m41.9%
10Mohawk Mountain Race (Cornwall) Marathon - connecticut47.2 m/km1,991 m1,990 m1 m37.1%
11Jungfrau-Marathon Interlaken - switzerland46.5 m/km1,960 m200 m1,761 m35.4%
12Var Verdon Trail Canyon Marathon - france45.2 m/km1,807 m1,807 m-0 m41.7%
13Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon - switzerland44.5 m/km1,876 m404 m1,473 m26.2%
14Endurancelife Peak District (Castleton) Marathon - east-midlands39.5 m/km1,665 m1,665 m-0 m42.6%
15Catalina Island Marathon - california36.3 m/km1,530 m1,526 m4 m44.6%
16Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon - virginia36.1 m/km1,523 m1,523 m0 m92.0%
17Davos X-Trails Marathon - switzerland35.2 m/km1,513 m1,513 m0 m37.7%
18MIUT - Madeira Island Ultra-Trail Marathon - portugal34.8 m/km1,392 m1,984 m-592 m64.2%
19Moab Trail Marathon - utah33.3 m/km1,404 m1,405 m-2 m53.1%
20Plitvički maraton (Plitvice Marathon) - croatia31.1 m/km1,313 m1,314 m-1 m38.9%
21Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary Marathon - hungary31.0 m/km1,303 m1,633 m-330 m60.3%
22Beachy Head Marathon - south-east27.1 m/km1,144 m1,143 m1 m31.2%
23Tollymore Extreme (Tollymore Trail Marathon), Newcastle - northern-ireland25.7 m/km1,084 m1,092 m-7 m28.1%
24Girdwood Marathon - alaska25.5 m/km1,076 m1,073 m4 m34.7%
25Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series - North York Moors (Ravenscar) Marathon - yorkshire24.2 m/km1,032 m1,032 m0 m40.6%
26Tecumseh Trail Marathon (Tecumseh Trail Challenge), Nashville Indiana - indiana23.7 m/km998 m998 m1 m24.5%
27Mohican Trail 100 Mile Run Marathon - ohio23.5 m/km993 m980 m13 m33.1%
28Endurancelife Pembrokeshire Marathon - wales23.1 m/km1,015 m1,015 m-0 m28.8%
29Trondheim Skogsmaraton Marathon - norway21.5 m/km907 m907 m0 m17.0%
30Lakeland Trails Coniston Marathon, Half, Mini-10k & 5k - north-west21.3 m/km900 m899 m0 m21.8%
31Three Forts Challenge Marathon - south-east21.1 m/km922 m922 m-0 m13.5%
32NipMuck Trail Marathon - connecticut20.7 m/km878 m863 m15 m29.4%
33Stavanger Marathon - norway20.4 m/km862 m887 m-25 m87.3%
34Balaton Szupermaraton (Siófok) Marathon - hungary19.0 m/km803 m823 m-20 m24.3%
35Snowdonia Marathon - wales18.6 m/km786 m801 m-15 m25.2%
36Jack & Jill's Downhill Marathon & Half - washington18.5 m/km783 m1,051 m-268 m31.0%
37Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon - norway18.5 m/km781 m779 m1 m24.1%
38Haulin' Aspen Trail Race Marathon - oregon17.7 m/km747 m780 m-33 m19.7%
39Lake Tahoe Marathon - nevada17.5 m/km737 m733 m4 m46.1%
40Portland Coastal Marathon - south-west16.9 m/km715 m715 m-0 m33.0%
41Columbia Gorge Marathon - oregon16.5 m/km696 m778 m-82 m25.5%
42Internationaler Schwarzwald-Marathon Bräunlingen - germany16.1 m/km681 m688 m-7 m27.8%
43The Kauai Marathon & Half Marathon - hawaii14.4 m/km607 m612 m-5 m24.0%
44Norfolk Festival of Running (King's Lynn) Marathon - east-of-england13.2 m/km558 m558 m-0 m9.8%
45Run Woodstock Marathon - michigan13.0 m/km547 m546 m1 m13.5%
46Mount Desert Island Marathon, Half & Relay - maine12.5 m/km526 m527 m-1 m18.7%
47The Hawk Hundred (Lawrence) Marathon - kansas11.7 m/km495 m487 m8 m14.3%
48Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon - ireland11.7 m/km493 m497 m-4 m13.0%
49Cedar Rapids Marathon - iowa10.8 m/km454 m455 m-1 m15.8%
50Bay of Fundy International Marathon - maine10.8 m/km456 m484 m-27 m12.5%
51Connemara International Marathon (Connemarathon) - ireland10.7 m/km451 m443 m8 m19.5%
526 sjöar (Uppsala) Marathon - sweden10.1 m/km426 m427 m-1 m22.4%
53Richmond Park Marathon (London) - london10.0 m/km423 m417 m6 m15.3%
54Flying Pig Marathon - ohio10.0 m/km424 m427 m-4 m32.4%
55Two Tunnels Railway Races Marathon - south-west9.8 m/km415 m413 m2 m21.0%
56The New Hampshire Marathon at Newfound Lake - new-hampshire9.8 m/km412 m408 m4 m12.0%
57Run the Rainbow for Children's Marathon - mississippi9.7 m/km407 m407 m0 m10.6%
58Mississippi Blues Marathon - mississippi9.5 m/km401 m399 m2 m10.2%
59Arctic Marathon (Rovaniemi) - finland9.3 m/km392 m391 m-0 m11.9%
60Maui Oceanfront Marathon - hawaii9.3 m/km392 m413 m-21 m17.4%
61Reims Champagne Run Marathon - france9.3 m/km389 m551 m-161 m17.4%
62Bend Marathon and Half - oregon9.2 m/km388 m388 m0 m16.6%
63Maine Marathon (Portland) - maine8.5 m/km357 m358 m0 m15.5%
64FirstEnergy Akron Marathon - ohio8.3 m/km350 m355 m-6 m13.8%
65Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Marathon - spain7.9 m/km335 m362 m-26 m8.7%
66Albany COMBOS Marathon & Half Marathon - georgia7.9 m/km333 m337 m-4 m13.0%
67Athens Marathon. The Authentic - greece7.9 m/km333 m274 m59 m7.6%
68Marshall University Marathon - west-virginia7.8 m/km330 m332 m-2 m18.7%
69The Original Las Vegas Marathon - nevada7.8 m/km331 m331 m0 m11.9%
70Milton Keynes Marathon - south-east7.5 m/km318 m320 m-2 m7.8%
71The Asheville Marathon & Half - north-carolina7.4 m/km312 m374 m-61 m8.9%
72DNB Oslo Marathon - norway7.3 m/km307 m308 m-0 m6.7%
73Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes - france7.3 m/km308 m310 m-2 m11.8%
74Sioux Falls Marathon - south-dakota7.2 m/km305 m307 m-2 m13.6%
75Montpellier Run Festival Marathon - france7.2 m/km303 m290 m12 m9.7%
76TUI Μαραθώνιος Ρόδου (TUI Rhodes Marathon) - greece7.0 m/km296 m294 m3 m10.1%
77Southampton Marathon - south-east6.6 m/km279 m265 m14 m9.7%
78Rimi Riga Marathon - latvia6.5 m/km273 m272 m1 m20.5%
79Thames Meander Marathon (London) - london6.5 m/km274 m274 m0 m6.1%
80The Great Bangor Marathon & Half (Bangor, Maine) - maine6.4 m/km269 m280 m-10 m9.9%
81Amica Newport Marathon & Half Marathon - rhode-island6.4 m/km270 m271 m-0 m8.1%
82Estes Park Marathon and Half Marathon - colorado6.1 m/km256 m735 m-479 m15.1%
83Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon - texas6.1 m/km256 m255 m1 m12.5%
84Trondheim Maraton Marathon - norway6.0 m/km253 m252 m1 m10.7%
85Regensburg Marathon - germany5.9 m/km247 m247 m-0 m9.3%
86Tupelo Marathon - mississippi5.8 m/km243 m242 m1 m7.1%
87Garmin New Forest Marathon - south-east5.8 m/km246 m247 m-1 m5.5%
88Midnattssolmaraton (Midnight Sun Marathon), Tromsø - norway5.7 m/km242 m241 m2 m7.5%
89Madison Marathon (Madison, Wisconsin) - wisconsin5.7 m/km243 m236 m6 m12.1%
90Allianz Richmond Marathon - virginia5.6 m/km236 m272 m-36 m16.1%
91Cleveland Marathon - ohio5.5 m/km232 m233 m0 m31.4%
92Energa Gdańsk Maraton Marathon - poland5.4 m/km227 m228 m-1 m7.8%
93Windermere Marathon (Spokane) - washington5.4 m/km226 m304 m-78 m13.4%
94Helsinki City Marathon - finland5.4 m/km226 m220 m6 m8.3%
95Chester Marathon - north-west5.2 m/km220 m217 m3 m7.8%
96Maine Coast Marathon - maine5.2 m/km219 m217 m1 m8.6%
97Copenhagen Marathon - denmark5.2 m/km220 m219 m-0 m5.4%
98Endurancelife Suffolk (Dunwich) Marathon - east-of-england5.1 m/km219 m218 m0 m7.7%
99Omaha Marathon - nebraska5.1 m/km215 m216 m-1 m11.5%
100Toulouse Métropole Run Experience Marathon - france5.0 m/km209 m219 m-10 m8.5%
1
Olympus Marathon (Litochoro)greece
Climbing per km
78.7 m/km
Ascent
3,465 m
Descent
3,192 m
Net elevation
273 m
Max absolute grade
84.1%

As of

7
Ultra Trail Učka Marathoncroatia
Climbing per km
53.0 m/km
Ascent
2,224 m
Descent
2,227 m
Net elevation
-3 m
Max absolute grade
52.8%

As of

11
Jungfrau-Marathon Interlakenswitzerland
Climbing per km
46.5 m/km
Ascent
1,960 m
Descent
200 m
Net elevation
1,761 m
Max absolute grade
35.4%

As of

13
Gornergrat Zermatt Marathonswitzerland
Climbing per km
44.5 m/km
Ascent
1,876 m
Descent
404 m
Net elevation
1,473 m
Max absolute grade
26.2%

As of

15
Catalina Island Marathoncalifornia
Climbing per km
36.3 m/km
Ascent
1,530 m
Descent
1,526 m
Net elevation
4 m
Max absolute grade
44.6%

As of

17
Davos X-Trails Marathonswitzerland
Climbing per km
35.2 m/km
Ascent
1,513 m
Descent
1,513 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
37.7%

As of

19
Moab Trail Marathonutah
Climbing per km
33.3 m/km
Ascent
1,404 m
Descent
1,405 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
53.1%

As of

22
Beachy Head Marathonsouth-east
Climbing per km
27.1 m/km
Ascent
1,144 m
Descent
1,143 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
31.2%

As of

24
Girdwood Marathonalaska
Climbing per km
25.5 m/km
Ascent
1,076 m
Descent
1,073 m
Net elevation
4 m
Max absolute grade
34.7%

As of

32
NipMuck Trail Marathonconnecticut
Climbing per km
20.7 m/km
Ascent
878 m
Descent
863 m
Net elevation
15 m
Max absolute grade
29.4%

As of

33
Stavanger Marathonnorway
Climbing per km
20.4 m/km
Ascent
862 m
Descent
887 m
Net elevation
-25 m
Max absolute grade
87.3%

As of

35
Snowdonia Marathonwales
Climbing per km
18.6 m/km
Ascent
786 m
Descent
801 m
Net elevation
-15 m
Max absolute grade
25.2%

As of

39
Lake Tahoe Marathonnevada
Climbing per km
17.5 m/km
Ascent
737 m
Descent
733 m
Net elevation
4 m
Max absolute grade
46.1%

As of

40
Portland Coastal Marathonsouth-west
Climbing per km
16.9 m/km
Ascent
715 m
Descent
715 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
33.0%

As of

41
Columbia Gorge Marathonoregon
Climbing per km
16.5 m/km
Ascent
696 m
Descent
778 m
Net elevation
-82 m
Max absolute grade
25.5%

As of

45
Run Woodstock Marathonmichigan
Climbing per km
13.0 m/km
Ascent
547 m
Descent
546 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
13.5%

As of

49
Cedar Rapids Marathoniowa
Climbing per km
10.8 m/km
Ascent
454 m
Descent
455 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
15.8%

As of

52
6 sjöar (Uppsala) Marathonsweden
Climbing per km
10.1 m/km
Ascent
426 m
Descent
427 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
22.4%

As of

54
Flying Pig Marathonohio
Climbing per km
10.0 m/km
Ascent
424 m
Descent
427 m
Net elevation
-4 m
Max absolute grade
32.4%

As of

58
Mississippi Blues Marathonmississippi
Climbing per km
9.5 m/km
Ascent
401 m
Descent
399 m
Net elevation
2 m
Max absolute grade
10.2%

As of

59
Arctic Marathon (Rovaniemi)finland
Climbing per km
9.3 m/km
Ascent
392 m
Descent
391 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
11.9%

As of

60
Maui Oceanfront Marathonhawaii
Climbing per km
9.3 m/km
Ascent
392 m
Descent
413 m
Net elevation
-21 m
Max absolute grade
17.4%

As of

61
Reims Champagne Run Marathonfrance
Climbing per km
9.3 m/km
Ascent
389 m
Descent
551 m
Net elevation
-161 m
Max absolute grade
17.4%

As of

62
Bend Marathon and Halforegon
Climbing per km
9.2 m/km
Ascent
388 m
Descent
388 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
16.6%

As of

63
Maine Marathon (Portland)maine
Climbing per km
8.5 m/km
Ascent
357 m
Descent
358 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
15.5%

As of

64
FirstEnergy Akron Marathonohio
Climbing per km
8.3 m/km
Ascent
350 m
Descent
355 m
Net elevation
-6 m
Max absolute grade
13.8%

As of

68
Marshall University Marathonwest-virginia
Climbing per km
7.8 m/km
Ascent
330 m
Descent
332 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
18.7%

As of

70
Milton Keynes Marathonsouth-east
Climbing per km
7.5 m/km
Ascent
318 m
Descent
320 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

71
The Asheville Marathon & Halfnorth-carolina
Climbing per km
7.4 m/km
Ascent
312 m
Descent
374 m
Net elevation
-61 m
Max absolute grade
8.9%

As of

72
DNB Oslo Marathonnorway
Climbing per km
7.3 m/km
Ascent
307 m
Descent
308 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
6.7%

As of

74
Sioux Falls Marathonsouth-dakota
Climbing per km
7.2 m/km
Ascent
305 m
Descent
307 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
13.6%

As of

77
Southampton Marathonsouth-east
Climbing per km
6.6 m/km
Ascent
279 m
Descent
265 m
Net elevation
14 m
Max absolute grade
9.7%

As of

78
Rimi Riga Marathonlatvia
Climbing per km
6.5 m/km
Ascent
273 m
Descent
272 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
20.5%

As of

84
Trondheim Maraton Marathonnorway
Climbing per km
6.0 m/km
Ascent
253 m
Descent
252 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
10.7%

As of

85
Regensburg Marathongermany
Climbing per km
5.9 m/km
Ascent
247 m
Descent
247 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
9.3%

As of

86
Tupelo Marathonmississippi
Climbing per km
5.8 m/km
Ascent
243 m
Descent
242 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
7.1%

As of

87
Garmin New Forest Marathonsouth-east
Climbing per km
5.8 m/km
Ascent
246 m
Descent
247 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
5.5%

As of

90
Allianz Richmond Marathonvirginia
Climbing per km
5.6 m/km
Ascent
236 m
Descent
272 m
Net elevation
-36 m
Max absolute grade
16.1%

As of

91
Cleveland Marathonohio
Climbing per km
5.5 m/km
Ascent
232 m
Descent
233 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
31.4%

As of

94
Helsinki City Marathonfinland
Climbing per km
5.4 m/km
Ascent
226 m
Descent
220 m
Net elevation
6 m
Max absolute grade
8.3%

As of

95
Chester Marathonnorth-west
Climbing per km
5.2 m/km
Ascent
220 m
Descent
217 m
Net elevation
3 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

96
Maine Coast Marathonmaine
Climbing per km
5.2 m/km
Ascent
219 m
Descent
217 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
8.6%

As of

97
Copenhagen Marathondenmark
Climbing per km
5.2 m/km
Ascent
220 m
Descent
219 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
5.4%

As of

99
Omaha Marathonnebraska
Climbing per km
5.1 m/km
Ascent
215 m
Descent
216 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
11.5%

As of

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What is the most climbing per km marathons?

Olympus Marathon (Litochoro) ranks first by climbing per km, from 138 qualifying races compared under our published methodology.