Top 10 Most Ascent Races

Discover the races with the highest elevation gain

1

TOR450 - Tor Des Glaciers

TORX

Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy · 450.5 km · 32139 m ↑
Trail XXXL
max altitude 3299 m avg altitude 2118 m min altitude 316 m
32139 m elevation gain
2

TOR330 - Tor Des Geants

TORX

Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy · 345.5 km · 25774 m ↑
Trail XXXL
max altitude 3297 m avg altitude 1944 m min altitude 313 m
25774 m elevation gain
3

PTL

UTMB Mont-Blanc

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · 304.0 km · 25360 m ↑
Trail XXXL
max altitude 3200 m avg altitude 2089 m min altitude 876 m
25360 m elevation gain
4

Spine

The Spine Race

High Peak, Derbyshire, United Kingdom · 416.6 km · 11662 m ↑
Trail XXXL
max altitude 890 m avg altitude 371 m min altitude 108 m
11662 m elevation gain
5

La Diagonale des Fous

Grand Raid de la Reunion

Saint-Pierre, Reunion, France · 177.6 km · 11445 m ↑
Trail XXL
max altitude 2491 m avg altitude 1188 m min altitude 6 m
11445 m elevation gain
6

TOR130 - Tot Dret

TORX

Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Aosta Valley, Italy · 139.3 km · 10326 m ↑
Trail XXL
max altitude 2920 m avg altitude 2064 m min altitude 1227 m
10326 m elevation gain
7

100 Miles

KAT100

Fieberbrunn, Bezirk Kitzbühel, Austria · 168.2 km · 10182 m ↑
UTMB World Series Trail 100M XXL
max altitude 2150 m avg altitude 1290 m min altitude 655 m
10182 m elevation gain
8

UTS 100M

Ultra Trail Snowdonia

Gwynedd, United Kingdom · 164.3 km · 10181 m ↑
Trail 100M XXL
max altitude 1072 m avg altitude 475 m min altitude 14 m
10181 m elevation gain
9

UTMB

UTMB Mont-Blanc

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · 29 Aug 2025 · 177.1 km · 10105 m ↑
Trail XXL
max altitude 2570 m avg altitude 1711 m min altitude 810 m
10105 m elevation gain
10

TDS

UTMB Mont-Blanc

Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy · 148.6 km · 9880 m ↑
UTMB World Series Trail 100M XXL
max altitude 2600 m avg altitude 1710 m min altitude 724 m
9880 m elevation gain
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