Olla de Núria vertical
Sat 19 Sep 2026 · Vall de Núria, Girona
a vertical that finishes on the Puigmal summit (2909m) and can only be reached by the Núria rack railway — logistics are half the adventure · Our read
44Moderate44 km-effort · 83 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
FAR 3h 45m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sat 19 Sep 2026
Distances
3.7 · 12.5 · 24 km
Official site & registration ↗
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Distances
24 km · ↑2000 m · Moderate · Olla de Núria
12.5 km · ↑1085 m · Easy · Olla de Núria
3.7 km · ↑949 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 24 km ↳ Olla de Núria | ↑2000 m | 44 Moderate |
| 12.5 km ↳ Olla de Núria | ↑1085 m | 23.4 Easy |
| 3.7 km | ↑949 m | 13.2 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
altitude + summit weather + a hard 12:30 cutoff on a lung-busting 25% grade; getting to the start requires the cremallera timetable
Who it's for · Our read
strong climbers and VK specialists. Not for anyone who dislikes uphill-only or high altitude
Also nice · Our read
949 m straight up to one of the Pyrenees' iconic frontier peaks; short enough to redline the whole way
In a word · Our read
like a classic ISF vertical km but with 900+ m and a real 2900m alpine summit
Character
- Setting
- high alpine, above 2000m to a 2900m peak. Tags: alpine·high-mountain·national-park·monastery/historic · Organizer
- Technicality
- high-alpine summit push to 2909m; upper section rocky/exposed · Our read
- Tradition
- vertical born 2016; parent Olla de Núria since 2007 · Organizer
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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