Congost Trail Challenge
Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Aiguafreda, Barcelona
a Saturday-night vertical up Tagamanent that doubles as the linchpin leg of a 2-day stage challenge · Our read
40Moderate40 km-effort · 60 m/km climb
EasyModHardV.hardExtremeBrutal
Endurance load on ITRA's km-effort scale — not steepness or technical terrain.
How we measure
km-effort = distance + climb/100, ITRA's published scale: every 100 m of climb counts like ~1 km of distance. Six levels, Easy → Brutal, from the hardest distance of the event. The climb figure (m/km) shows how vertical the course is.Drive
NEAR 47 min
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sat 24 Oct 2026
Distances
5.2 · 10.6 · 11 · 15 · 25 km
Official site & registration ↗
Ask anything the page doesn't show — “can I walk it?”, “good first trail race?”
Dates, start times and registration change — always confirm on the official site.
Distances
25 km · ↑1500 m · Moderate
15 km · ↑610 m · Easy
11 km · ↑545 m · Easy
10.6 km · ↑265 m · Easy
5.2 km · ↑630 m · Easy · Congost Trail Challenge vertical
| Distance | Climb | Effort | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 km | ↑1500 m | 40 Moderate | 30 € |
| 15 km | ↑610 m | 21.1 Easy | 25 € |
| 11 km | ↑545 m | 16.5 Easy | 23 € |
| 10.6 km | ↑265 m | 13.3 Easy | 21 € |
| 5.2 km ↳ Congost Trail Challenge vertical | ↑630 m | 11.5 Easy | 17 € |
Our take
The catch · Our read
night + steep + cold summit; mandatory reusable cup; entries capped by natural-park access limits, so it sells out
Who it's for · Our guess
vertical/night-race fans and stage-challenge hunters. Not for first-timers wary of a dark steep climb
Also nice · Our read
19:00 headtorch climb, park-restricted small field, reusable-cup zero-waste ethos
In a word · Our read
a nocturnal Tagamanent VK — like a Copa Catalana vertical but run in the dark, as leg 1 of a weekend
Character
- Setting
- forest · ridgeline (Tagamanent, Cingles de Bertí / Congost del Congost, Osona) · Our guess
- Course
- vertical (climb format), toward Tagamanent · Organizer
- Night race
- YES — nocturna · Organizer
- Aid
- "un o més avituallaments sòlids i líquids"; "no hi haurà vasos d'un sol ús" → bring-your-own reusable cup · Organizer
- Season & heat
- late-Oct night start, ~600 m gain to ridge — cold at the top, headtorch + layers essential · Derived
Labels show how we know each thing: Organizer (from the race’s own site) · Derived · Our read · Our guess · Dima (ran it).
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