Vertikalm
Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Sant Privat d'en Bas, Girona
a true KV — ~989 m up in under 5 km, straight to Puigsacalm · Our read
14.8Easy14.8 km-effort · 195 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
MID 1h 40m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sun 18 Oct 2026
Distances
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 km · ↑975 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | ↑975 m | 14.8 Easy |
Our take
The catch · Our read
relentless climb, steep channel scramble near the top, no runnable relief; a Copa Catalana licence gate likely
Who it's for · Our guess
uphill specialists and VK racers. Not for anyone wanting a rolling trail or a long day
Also nice · Our read
Copa Catalana Vertical points + a summit-ridge payoff, for charity
In a word · Our read
harder than its "under 5 km" reads — one of the steeper VKs on the Catalan calendar
Character
- Setting
- alpine · forest (oak/beech/box) · ridgeline finish (Puigsacalm, Vall d'en Bas) · Organizer
- Course
- point-to-point ascent (village → summit) via Camí dels Matxos / Grau de les Eugues · Organizer
- Technicality
- steep scrambling on upper Grau de les Eugues channel , LOW confidence but genuinely steep · Organizer
- Championship
- 16a Copa Catalana de Curses Verticals (FEEC vertical cup). → FEEC-license/day-license gate almost certain · Organizer
- Tradition
- 11th VertiKalm; held annually 3rd Sunday of October · Organizer
- Season & heat
- mid-Oct, summit 1,514 m — cool to cold up top, exposure at the ridge · 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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