- Net elevation
- -592 m
- Ascent
- 1,392 m
- Climb density
- 34.8 m/km
- Descent
- 1,984 m
- Max absolute grade
- 64.2%
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The net downhill marathons, ranked from trusted raw-elevation route profiles across 138 qualifying races.
Ranking current as ofMIUT - Madeira Island Ultra-Trail leads this ranking on net elevation (-592 m).
Compare MIUT - Madeira Island Ultra-Trail vs Garda Trentino Trail
| # | Race | Net elevation | Ascent | Climb density | Descent | Max absolute grade | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIUT - Madeira Island Ultra-Trail Marathon - portugal | -592 m | 1,392 m | 34.8 m/km | 1,984 m | 64.2% | |
| 2 | Garda Trentino Trail Marathon - italy | -565 m | 2,497 m | 56.8 m/km | 3,063 m | 49.1% | |
| 3 | Estes Park Marathon and Half Marathon - colorado | -479 m | 256 m | 6.1 m/km | 735 m | 15.1% | |
| 4 | adidas Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival Marathon - austria | -371 m | 2,366 m | 54.5 m/km | 2,738 m | 59.1% | |
| 5 | Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary Marathon - hungary | -330 m | 1,303 m | 31.0 m/km | 1,633 m | 60.3% | |
| 6 | Jack & Jill's Downhill Marathon & Half - washington | -268 m | 783 m | 18.5 m/km | 1,051 m | 31.0% | |
| 7 | Montana Marathon (Billings) - montana | -253 m | 193 m | 4.6 m/km | 446 m | 15.6% | |
| 8 | Reims Champagne Run Marathon - france | -161 m | 389 m | 9.3 m/km | 551 m | 17.4% | |
| 9 | Columbia Gorge Marathon - oregon | -82 m | 696 m | 16.5 m/km | 778 m | 25.5% | |
| 10 | Windermere Marathon (Spokane) - washington | -78 m | 226 m | 5.4 m/km | 304 m | 13.4% | |
| 11 | The Asheville Marathon & Half - north-carolina | -61 m | 312 m | 7.4 m/km | 374 m | 8.9% | |
| 12 | Generali Genève Marathon - switzerland | -53 m | 183 m | 4.3 m/km | 236 m | 9.0% | |
| 13 | Maratona do Funchal (Funchal Marathon) - portugal | -46 m | 134 m | 3.2 m/km | 181 m | 6.2% | |
| 14 | Allianz Richmond Marathon - virginia | -36 m | 236 m | 5.6 m/km | 272 m | 16.1% | |
| 15 | Haulin' Aspen Trail Race Marathon - oregon | -33 m | 747 m | 17.7 m/km | 780 m | 19.7% | |
| 16 | Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival - california | -32 m | 182 m | 4.3 m/km | 214 m | 8.7% | |
| 17 | Bay of Fundy International Marathon - maine | -27 m | 456 m | 10.8 m/km | 484 m | 12.5% | |
| 18 | Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Marathon - spain | -26 m | 335 m | 7.9 m/km | 362 m | 8.7% | |
| 19 | Stavanger Marathon - norway | -25 m | 862 m | 20.4 m/km | 887 m | 87.3% | |
| 20 | Podbrdo Trail Running Festival Marathon - slovenia | -24 m | 3,081 m | 75.9 m/km | 3,104 m | 55.7% | |
| 21 | Belfast City Marathon - northern-ireland | -22 m | 177 m | 4.2 m/km | 198 m | 5.4% | |
| 22 | Maui Oceanfront Marathon - hawaii | -21 m | 392 m | 9.3 m/km | 413 m | 17.4% | |
| 23 | Balaton Szupermaraton (Siófok) Marathon - hungary | -20 m | 803 m | 19.0 m/km | 823 m | 24.3% | |
| 24 | Snowdonia Marathon - wales | -15 m | 786 m | 18.6 m/km | 801 m | 25.2% | |
| 25 | The Great Bangor Marathon & Half (Bangor, Maine) - maine | -10 m | 269 m | 6.4 m/km | 280 m | 9.9% | |
| 26 | Toulouse Métropole Run Experience Marathon - france | -10 m | 209 m | 5.0 m/km | 219 m | 8.5% | |
| 27 | Run Rome The Marathon - italy | -9 m | 135 m | 3.2 m/km | 144 m | 9.9% | |
| 28 | Internationaler Schwarzwald-Marathon Bräunlingen - germany | -7 m | 681 m | 16.1 m/km | 688 m | 27.8% | |
| 29 | Tollymore Extreme (Tollymore Trail Marathon), Newcastle - northern-ireland | -7 m | 1,084 m | 25.7 m/km | 1,092 m | 28.1% | |
| 30 | FirstEnergy Akron Marathon - ohio | -6 m | 350 m | 8.3 m/km | 355 m | 13.8% | |
| 31 | TBK Bank Quad Cities Marathon - iowa | -5 m | 180 m | 4.3 m/km | 185 m | 9.0% | |
| 32 | The Kauai Marathon & Half Marathon - hawaii | -5 m | 607 m | 14.4 m/km | 612 m | 24.0% | |
| 33 | Flying Pig Marathon - ohio | -4 m | 424 m | 10.0 m/km | 427 m | 32.4% | |
| 34 | Albany COMBOS Marathon & Half Marathon - georgia | -4 m | 333 m | 7.9 m/km | 337 m | 13.0% | |
| 35 | Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon - ireland | -4 m | 493 m | 11.7 m/km | 497 m | 13.0% | |
| 36 | Ultra Trail Učka Marathon - croatia | -3 m | 2,224 m | 53.0 m/km | 2,227 m | 52.8% | |
| 37 | The Woodlands Marathon - texas | -2 m | 86 m | 2.0 m/km | 88 m | 3.6% | |
| 38 | Marshall University Marathon - west-virginia | -2 m | 330 m | 7.8 m/km | 332 m | 18.7% | |
| 39 | Milton Keynes Marathon - south-east | -2 m | 318 m | 7.5 m/km | 320 m | 7.8% | |
| 40 | Zürich Marathon - switzerland | -2 m | 66 m | 1.6 m/km | 68 m | 5.9% | |
| 41 | Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes - france | -2 m | 308 m | 7.3 m/km | 310 m | 11.8% | |
| 42 | SwissCityMarathon – Lucerne Marathon - switzerland | -2 m | 162 m | 3.8 m/km | 163 m | 7.8% | |
| 43 | Sioux Falls Marathon - south-dakota | -2 m | 305 m | 7.2 m/km | 307 m | 13.6% | |
| 44 | Paavo Nurmi Marathon - finland | -2 m | 179 m | 4.2 m/km | 181 m | 10.9% | |
| 45 | Moab Trail Marathon - utah | -2 m | 1,404 m | 33.3 m/km | 1,405 m | 53.1% | |
| 46 | Cedar Rapids Marathon - iowa | -1 m | 454 m | 10.8 m/km | 455 m | 15.8% | |
| 47 | Sljemenski Maraton (Zagreb) Marathon - croatia | -1 m | 2,187 m | 52.1 m/km | 2,188 m | 54.7% | |
| 48 | Poznań Maraton im. Macieja Frankiewicza Marathon - poland | -1 m | 156 m | 3.7 m/km | 157 m | 3.9% | |
| 49 | Energa Gdańsk Maraton Marathon - poland | -1 m | 227 m | 5.4 m/km | 228 m | 7.8% | |
| 50 | Plitvički maraton (Plitvice Marathon) - croatia | -1 m | 1,313 m | 31.1 m/km | 1,314 m | 38.9% | |
| 51 | Mount Desert Island Marathon, Half & Relay - maine | -1 m | 526 m | 12.5 m/km | 527 m | 18.7% | |
| 52 | Padova Marathon - italy | -1 m | 96 m | 2.3 m/km | 97 m | 7.2% | |
| 53 | Garmin New Forest Marathon - south-east | -1 m | 246 m | 5.8 m/km | 247 m | 5.5% | |
| 54 | Omaha Marathon - nebraska | -1 m | 215 m | 5.1 m/km | 216 m | 11.5% | |
| 55 | NLB Ljubljana Marathon - slovenia | -1 m | 112 m | 2.7 m/km | 113 m | 7.0% | |
| 56 | 6 sjöar (Uppsala) Marathon - sweden | -1 m | 426 m | 10.1 m/km | 427 m | 22.4% | |
| 57 | Endurancelife Peak District (Castleton) Marathon - east-midlands | -0 m | 1,665 m | 39.5 m/km | 1,665 m | 42.6% | |
| 58 | Stockholm Marathon - sweden | -0 m | 166 m | 3.9 m/km | 166 m | 5.2% | |
| 59 | Endurancelife Pembrokeshire Marathon - wales | -0 m | 1,015 m | 23.1 m/km | 1,015 m | 28.8% | |
| 60 | DNB Oslo Marathon - norway | -0 m | 307 m | 7.3 m/km | 308 m | 6.7% | |
| 61 | YMCA Harrisburg Marathon, Half, and Relay Presented by Enders Insurance - pennsylvania | -0 m | 176 m | 4.2 m/km | 176 m | 11.8% | |
| 62 | Arctic Marathon (Rovaniemi) - finland | -0 m | 392 m | 9.3 m/km | 391 m | 11.9% | |
| 63 | Norfolk Festival of Running (King's Lynn) Marathon - east-of-england | -0 m | 558 m | 13.2 m/km | 558 m | 9.8% | |
| 64 | Amica Newport Marathon & Half Marathon - rhode-island | -0 m | 270 m | 6.4 m/km | 271 m | 8.1% | |
| 65 | Novant Health Wilmington Marathon - north-carolina | -0 m | 109 m | 2.6 m/km | 110 m | 6.8% | |
| 66 | Zegama-Aizkorri Mendi Maratoia Marathon - spain | -0 m | 2,591 m | 61.4 m/km | 2,591 m | 62.0% | |
| 67 | MountainOne Steel Rail Races (Adams) Marathon - massachusetts | -0 m | 128 m | 3.0 m/km | 128 m | 6.8% | |
| 68 | Three Forts Challenge Marathon - south-east | -0 m | 922 m | 21.1 m/km | 922 m | 13.5% | |
| 69 | Var Verdon Trail Canyon Marathon - france | -0 m | 1,807 m | 45.2 m/km | 1,807 m | 41.7% | |
| 70 | Sunrise Marathon | Halfmarathon Brno - czechia | -0 m | 176 m | 4.2 m/km | 176 m | 6.4% | |
| 71 | Copenhagen Marathon - denmark | -0 m | 220 m | 5.2 m/km | 219 m | 5.4% | |
| 72 | Portland Coastal Marathon - south-west | -0 m | 715 m | 16.9 m/km | 715 m | 33.0% | |
| 73 | Regensburg Marathon - germany | -0 m | 247 m | 5.9 m/km | 247 m | 9.3% | |
| 74 | Trieste Spring Run Marathon - italy | 0 m | 205 m | 4.9 m/km | 204 m | 21.0% | |
| 75 | Endurancelife Suffolk (Dunwich) Marathon - east-of-england | 0 m | 219 m | 5.1 m/km | 218 m | 7.7% | |
| 76 | Davos X-Trails Marathon - switzerland | 0 m | 1,513 m | 35.2 m/km | 1,513 m | 37.7% | |
| 77 | The Original Las Vegas Marathon - nevada | 0 m | 331 m | 7.8 m/km | 331 m | 11.9% | |
| 78 | Cleveland Marathon - ohio | 0 m | 232 m | 5.5 m/km | 233 m | 31.4% | |
| 79 | Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series - North York Moors (Ravenscar) Marathon - yorkshire | 0 m | 1,032 m | 24.2 m/km | 1,032 m | 40.6% | |
| 80 | Bend Marathon and Half - oregon | 0 m | 388 m | 9.2 m/km | 388 m | 16.6% | |
| 81 | Trondheim Skogsmaraton Marathon - norway | 0 m | 907 m | 21.5 m/km | 907 m | 17.0% | |
| 82 | Thames Meander Marathon (London) - london | 0 m | 274 m | 6.5 m/km | 274 m | 6.1% | |
| 83 | Martian Invasion of Races Marathon - michigan | 0 m | 124 m | 2.9 m/km | 124 m | 6.6% | |
| 84 | Maine Marathon (Portland) - maine | 0 m | 357 m | 8.5 m/km | 358 m | 15.5% | |
| 85 | Naturosa Catania Marathon - italy | 0 m | 12 m | 0.3 m/km | 12 m | 2.0% | |
| 86 | Debrecen Maraton Marathon - hungary | 0 m | 119 m | 2.8 m/km | 119 m | 2.9% | |
| 87 | Haspa Marathon Hamburg - germany | 0 m | 155 m | 3.7 m/km | 155 m | 5.5% | |
| 88 | DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon - pennsylvania | 0 m | 154 m | 3.6 m/km | 154 m | 12.0% | |
| 89 | Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon - new-jersey | 0 m | 68 m | 1.6 m/km | 69 m | 4.9% | |
| 90 | Lakeland Trails Coniston Marathon, Half, Mini-10k & 5k - north-west | 0 m | 900 m | 21.3 m/km | 899 m | 21.8% | |
| 91 | Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon - virginia | 0 m | 1,523 m | 36.1 m/km | 1,523 m | 92.0% | |
| 92 | Run the Rainbow for Children's Marathon - mississippi | 0 m | 407 m | 9.7 m/km | 407 m | 10.6% | |
| 93 | Mein Freiburg Marathon - germany | 1 m | 211 m | 5.0 m/km | 210 m | 6.2% | |
| 94 | Run Woodstock Marathon - michigan | 1 m | 547 m | 13.0 m/km | 546 m | 13.5% | |
| 95 | Bath & Bristol Railway Races Marathon - south-west | 1 m | 98 m | 2.3 m/km | 97 m | 6.7% | |
| 96 | Mercy Health Glass City Marathon - ohio | 1 m | 177 m | 4.2 m/km | 176 m | 6.7% | |
| 97 | Mohawk Mountain Race (Cornwall) Marathon - connecticut | 1 m | 1,991 m | 47.2 m/km | 1,990 m | 37.1% | |
| 98 | Marathon Vert Rennes - france | 1 m | 192 m | 4.6 m/km | 191 m | 7.8% | |
| 99 | Tupelo Marathon - mississippi | 1 m | 243 m | 5.8 m/km | 242 m | 7.1% | |
| 100 | Maine Coast Marathon - maine | 1 m | 219 m | 5.2 m/km | 217 m | 8.6% |
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Showing the top 100 of 138 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.
Races are ranked by Net elevation. 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.
MIUT - Madeira Island Ultra-Trail Marathon ranks first by net elevation, from 138 qualifying races compared under our published methodology.