Vertical Prat
Sat 05 Sep 2026 · Fígols, Lleida
a pure lung-buster — ~751 m of gain packed into 5.5 km, 360° pre-Pyrenean summit payoff, shared start area with paragliders · Our read
13.1Easy13.1 km-effort · 139 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 2h 18m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sat 05 Sep 2026
Distances
5.5 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
5.5 km · ↑764 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5 km | ↑764 m | 13.1 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
it's all climb — 13–14% average gradient means no recovery; wrong race for anyone who hates sustained steep ascents
Who it's for · Our read
for uphill specialists and VK fans; not for those who want runnable flat or a descent to enjoy
Also nice · Our read
sub-13 km-esforç but one of the steepest efforts in the batch; over in ~1 h for fast runners
In a word · Our read
a vertical-kilometre in all but name — like a VK but 250 m short of the full 1000 m
Character
- Setting
- alpine/pre-Pyrenean — "al cor del Prepirineu", "panorama espectacular 360º". Fígols is in the Berguedà, ex-mining high country · Organizer
- Course
- point-to-point uphill (valley → summit) — standard for a vertical; page doesn't state it explicitly · Our guess
- Championship
- part of Circuit FER (the site itself) · Organizer
- Tradition
- 4th edition (2026) · Organizer
- Season & heat
- early Sept at altitude in the Prepirineu → mild; short duration limits heat exposure · 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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