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Hilliest relays

The hilliest relays, ranked from trusted raw-elevation route profiles across 65 qualifying races.

Ranking current as of

Which race ranks first — and why is it Vltava Run?

Vltava Run leads this ranking on total ascent (5,230 m).

Compare Vltava Run vs Unicaja Ultra Sierra Nevada

#RaceTotal ascentClimb densityDescentNet elevationMax absolute gradeAs of
1Vltava Run Relay - czechia5,230 m13.9 m/km6,136 m-906 m25.9%
2Unicaja Ultra Sierra Nevada Relay - spain3,953 m39.5 m/km2,529 m1,423 mUnavailable
3Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB Relay - spain2,437 m51.8 m/km3,185 m-748 m70.4%
4Sljemenski Maraton (Zagreb) Relay - croatia2,187 m52.1 m/km2,188 m-1 m54.7%
5NN Ultrabalaton Relay - hungary2,073 m9.9 m/km2,074 m-1 m25.0%
6Highland Fling Race (Milngavie) Relay - scotland1,939 m22.8 m/km1,758 m181 m29.5%
7Endurancelife Classic Quarter (Cornwall Coastal Ultra) Relay - south-west1,916 m27.1 m/km1,884 m31 m45.0%
8Lake Tahoe Marathon Relay - nevada1,912 m16.5 m/km1,939 m-27 m44.7%
9Lean Horse Ultra Marathon Relay - south-dakota1,791 m11.1 m/km1,781 m10 m26.2%
10Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon Relay - virginia1,523 m36.1 m/km1,523 m0 m92.0%
11Reims Champagne Run Relay - france1,343 m15.4 m/km1,333 m9 m21.0%
12Tecumseh Trail Marathon (Tecumseh Trail Challenge), Nashville Indiana Relay - indiana1,196 m23.9 m/km1,195 m0 m24.5%
13Kettle Moraine 100 Endurance Runs Relay - wisconsin1,034 m6.4 m/km1,034 m-0 m16.3%
14Palmetto Relay /200 (Columbia) - south-carolina993 m3.1 m/km1,106 m-112 m16.1%
15Spokane River Run Relay - washington925 m18.5 m/km925 m0 m25.9%
16NipMuck Trail Marathon Relay - connecticut878 m20.7 m/km863 m15 m29.4%
17Haulin' Aspen Trail Race Relay - oregon747 m17.7 m/km780 m-33 m19.7%
18Mount Desert Island Marathon, Half & Relay - maine526 m12.5 m/km527 m-1 m18.7%
19Adamant Half Marathon Relay - vermont459 m21.8 m/km472 m-13 m15.6%
20Cedar Rapids Marathon Relay - iowa454 m10.8 m/km455 m-1 m15.8%
21Columbia Gorge Marathon Relay - oregon434 m20.6 m/km434 m0 m25.6%
22Flying Pig Marathon Relay - ohio424 m10.0 m/km427 m-4 m32.4%
23Mankato Marathon Relay - minnesota423 m10.0 m/km484 m-61 m20.3%
24Mississippi Blues Marathon Relay - mississippi401 m9.5 m/km399 m2 m10.2%
25Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon Relay - norway389 m18.5 m/km388 m1 m24.1%
26Maine Marathon (Portland) Relay - maine357 m8.5 m/km358 m0 m15.5%
27FirstEnergy Akron Marathon Relay - ohio350 m8.3 m/km355 m-6 m13.8%
28Med City Marathon, presented by ActivePT (Rochester, MN) Relay - minnesota319 m7.6 m/km397 m-78 m14.3%
29Milton Keynes Marathon Relay - south-east318 m7.5 m/km320 m-2 m7.8%
30Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Relay - france308 m7.3 m/km310 m-2 m11.8%
31Rimi Riga Marathon Relay - latvia273 m6.5 m/km272 m1 m20.5%
32Helsinki City Marathon Relay - finland226 m5.4 m/km220 m6 m8.3%
33Energa Gdańsk Maraton Relay - poland224 m5.3 m/km226 m-1 m7.8%
34Toulouse Métropole Run Experience Relay - france209 m5.0 m/km219 m-10 m8.5%
35Sparkassen-Phoenix-Halbmarathon Dortmund Relay - germany205 m9.7 m/km205 m-1 m8.8%
36Rochester Regional Health Flower City Half Marathon Relay - new-york200 m9.5 m/km201 m-0 m16.6%
37Mercy Health Glass City Marathon Relay - ohio195 m4.6 m/km191 m4 m6.9%
38Marathon Vert Rennes Relay - france192 m4.6 m/km191 m1 m7.8%
39SPAR Budapest Marathon Relay - hungary188 m4.5 m/km182 m5 m15.5%
40Generali Genève Marathon Relay - switzerland183 m4.3 m/km236 m-53 m9.0%
41TBK Bank Quad Cities Marathon Relay - iowa180 m4.3 m/km185 m-5 m9.0%
42Belfast City Marathon Relay - northern-ireland177 m4.2 m/km198 m-22 m5.4%
43YMCA Harrisburg Marathon, Half, and Relay Presented by Enders Insurance - pennsylvania176 m4.2 m/km176 m-0 m11.8%
44Haspa Marathon Hamburg Relay - germany155 m3.7 m/km155 m0 m5.5%
45DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Relay - pennsylvania154 m3.6 m/km154 m0 m12.0%
46Queen Bee Half Marathon (Cincinnati) Relay - ohio146 m22.7 m/km164 m-17 m16.8%
47Wizz Air Milano Marathon Relay - italy145 m3.4 m/km136 m9 m6.2%
48Büchl Éjszakai Félmaraton (Győr) Relay - hungary144 m6.8 m/km143 m1 m7.2%
49Capital City River Run Relay - michigan140 m6.7 m/km141 m-1 m7.3%
50Run Rome The Marathon Relay - italy135 m3.2 m/km144 m-9 m9.9%
51JSRC RunAPalooza (Asbury Park Half Marathon) Relay - new-jersey130 m3.1 m/km128 m2 m9.5%
52Vienna City Marathon Relay - austria118 m2.8 m/km108 m11 m6.6%
53Telekom Vivicittá (Budapest) Relay - hungary114 m19.0 m/km113 m1 m14.3%
54Greifenseelauf Uster Relay - switzerland108 m5.1 m/km90 m18 m7.8%
55Mein Freiburg Marathon Relay - germany105 m5.0 m/km104 m1 m6.2%
56Stuttgart-Lauf Relay - germany100 m4.7 m/km100 m-1 m9.8%
57Bari Med Marathon Relay - italy97 m4.6 m/km99 m-3 m6.3%
58Course de l'Escalade (Genève) Relay - switzerland91 m11.8 m/km96 m-4 m10.9%
59Red, White and Blue Half Marathon - Shreveport Relay - louisiana61 m4.7 m/km61 m0 m7.7%
60ZeroWind Romeo&Giulietta Run Half Marathon (Verona) Relay - italy55 m2.6 m/km42 m12 m7.3%
61NN Night Run Ostrava Relay - czechia51 m5.1 m/km54 m-3 m4.9%
62Tirol läuft (Innsbruck) Relay - austria50 m3.3 m/km52 m-2 m5.6%
63Spurs Austin International Half (fka 3M Half Marathon) Relay - texas42 m2.0 m/km143 m-101 m8.1%
64Daytona 100 Ultramarathon (Jacksonville Beach to Ponce Inlet) Relay - florida39 m0.2 m/km40 m-1 m1.7%
65Mississippi River Marathon Relay - mississippi36 m1.7 m/km36 m0 m6.1%
1
Vltava Run Relayczechia
Total ascent
5,230 m
Climb density
13.9 m/km
Descent
6,136 m
Net elevation
-906 m
Max absolute grade
25.9%

As of

5
NN Ultrabalaton Relayhungary
Total ascent
2,073 m
Climb density
9.9 m/km
Descent
2,074 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
25.0%

As of

8
Lake Tahoe Marathon Relaynevada
Total ascent
1,912 m
Climb density
16.5 m/km
Descent
1,939 m
Net elevation
-27 m
Max absolute grade
44.7%

As of

9
Lean Horse Ultra Marathon Relaysouth-dakota
Total ascent
1,791 m
Climb density
11.1 m/km
Descent
1,781 m
Net elevation
10 m
Max absolute grade
26.2%

As of

11
Reims Champagne Run Relayfrance
Total ascent
1,343 m
Climb density
15.4 m/km
Descent
1,333 m
Net elevation
9 m
Max absolute grade
21.0%

As of

14
Palmetto Relay /200 (Columbia)south-carolina
Total ascent
993 m
Climb density
3.1 m/km
Descent
1,106 m
Net elevation
-112 m
Max absolute grade
16.1%

As of

15
Spokane River Run Relaywashington
Total ascent
925 m
Climb density
18.5 m/km
Descent
925 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
25.9%

As of

16
NipMuck Trail Marathon Relayconnecticut
Total ascent
878 m
Climb density
20.7 m/km
Descent
863 m
Net elevation
15 m
Max absolute grade
29.4%

As of

19
Adamant Half Marathon Relayvermont
Total ascent
459 m
Climb density
21.8 m/km
Descent
472 m
Net elevation
-13 m
Max absolute grade
15.6%

As of

20
Cedar Rapids Marathon Relayiowa
Total ascent
454 m
Climb density
10.8 m/km
Descent
455 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
15.8%

As of

22
Flying Pig Marathon Relayohio
Total ascent
424 m
Climb density
10.0 m/km
Descent
427 m
Net elevation
-4 m
Max absolute grade
32.4%

As of

23
Mankato Marathon Relayminnesota
Total ascent
423 m
Climb density
10.0 m/km
Descent
484 m
Net elevation
-61 m
Max absolute grade
20.3%

As of

29
Milton Keynes Marathon Relaysouth-east
Total ascent
318 m
Climb density
7.5 m/km
Descent
320 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

31
Rimi Riga Marathon Relaylatvia
Total ascent
273 m
Climb density
6.5 m/km
Descent
272 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
20.5%

As of

32
Helsinki City Marathon Relayfinland
Total ascent
226 m
Climb density
5.4 m/km
Descent
220 m
Net elevation
6 m
Max absolute grade
8.3%

As of

33
Energa Gdańsk Maraton Relaypoland
Total ascent
224 m
Climb density
5.3 m/km
Descent
226 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

38
Marathon Vert Rennes Relayfrance
Total ascent
192 m
Climb density
4.6 m/km
Descent
191 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

39
SPAR Budapest Marathon Relayhungary
Total ascent
188 m
Climb density
4.5 m/km
Descent
182 m
Net elevation
5 m
Max absolute grade
15.5%

As of

42
Belfast City Marathon Relaynorthern-ireland
Total ascent
177 m
Climb density
4.2 m/km
Descent
198 m
Net elevation
-22 m
Max absolute grade
5.4%

As of

44
Haspa Marathon Hamburg Relaygermany
Total ascent
155 m
Climb density
3.7 m/km
Descent
155 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
5.5%

As of

49
Capital City River Run Relaymichigan
Total ascent
140 m
Climb density
6.7 m/km
Descent
141 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
7.3%

As of

50
Run Rome The Marathon Relayitaly
Total ascent
135 m
Climb density
3.2 m/km
Descent
144 m
Net elevation
-9 m
Max absolute grade
9.9%

As of

52
Vienna City Marathon Relayaustria
Total ascent
118 m
Climb density
2.8 m/km
Descent
108 m
Net elevation
11 m
Max absolute grade
6.6%

As of

54
Greifenseelauf Uster Relayswitzerland
Total ascent
108 m
Climb density
5.1 m/km
Descent
90 m
Net elevation
18 m
Max absolute grade
7.8%

As of

55
Mein Freiburg Marathon Relaygermany
Total ascent
105 m
Climb density
5.0 m/km
Descent
104 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
6.2%

As of

56
Stuttgart-Lauf Relaygermany
Total ascent
100 m
Climb density
4.7 m/km
Descent
100 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
9.8%

As of

57
Bari Med Marathon Relayitaly
Total ascent
97 m
Climb density
4.6 m/km
Descent
99 m
Net elevation
-3 m
Max absolute grade
6.3%

As of

61
NN Night Run Ostrava Relayczechia
Total ascent
51 m
Climb density
5.1 m/km
Descent
54 m
Net elevation
-3 m
Max absolute grade
4.9%

As of

65 qualifying races in this ranking; use the distance catalogue to search the full distance 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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Vltava Run Relay ranks first by total ascent, from 65 qualifying races compared under our published methodology.