{"id":421,"date":"2018-02-08T10:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/take-to-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:53:16","slug":"take-to-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/en\/take-to-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Take to the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Monte-Rosa-SkyMarathon.-\u00a9actionmovie.it_-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Introducing Europe\u2019s highest race! The race where it all began back in 1993 celebrates <strong>25 years<\/strong> in the birthplace of skyrunning, the Italian Alps, retracing the original course to the <strong>summit of Monte Rosa<\/strong> at <strong>4,554m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The sport\u2019s founders present an exclusive new event, this time in teams of two, roped together to race in true skyrunning style across moraine, snow fields and glaciers for <strong>35 kilometres<\/strong> with an astonishing <strong>7,000m ascent and descent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capanna-Margherita.-\u00a9actionmovie.it_-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"708\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A shorter race for individual runners, the <strong>Alagna-Indren SkyRace<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> will also take place on the same day reaching <strong>3,260m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The events will attract top international athletes including skyrunning stars &#8211; past and present &#8211; and ski mountaineering champions aiming to challenge the incredible records set in 1994 by Italians <strong>Fabio Meraldi<\/strong> in <strong>4h24\u2019<\/strong> and <strong>Gisella Bendotti<\/strong> in <strong>5h34\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for the race of the century!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing Europe\u2019s highest race! 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