The Golden Trail World Series
The Mont-Blanc Marathon, a legendary race in the Golden Trail World Series
The Golden Trail World Series have been created to celebrate and develop trail running as a sport, promoting values such as parity, fairness, transparency and honesty. Thus, the GTWS races have been chosen to highlight the most emblematic events in the trail running world today.
It aims to promote professional trail runners as the world-class athletes they are, to enhance and protect the inspiring natural environments where they run and compete, and to recognize the incredible and passionate fans as an essential ingredient of the sport. Each one of the races has been specifically selected for landscapes, challenge, history and atmosphere they offer to both racers and spectators.
In 2024, the top 30 men and women within the overall ranking at the end of the 8th race will be invited to the Grand Final. The location has not be revealed yet.
Official Golden Trail World Series 2024 calendar:
- April 20: Kobe Trail, Japan - 21.km / 2063m D+ (6.5 miles / 2063m D+)
- April 27 : Four Sisters Moutain Trail, China - 22km/1530m D+ (6.5 miles/1530m D+)
- May 26 : Zegama-Aizkorri Trail, Spain - 42km/ 2736m D+ (over 30,000ft)
- June 30: Mont-Blanc Marathon, France - 42km/2540m D+ (over 12,000ft)
- August 10: Trail de Sierre-Zinal, Switzerland - 31km/2200m D+ climb
- August 17: Tatra Sky Race, Poland - 28km/1750m D+ (6.5 miles/1750m D+)
- September 15: Headlands Race, U.S.A. - 27km/1280m D+ climb
- September 22: Mammoth Trail Fest, U.S.A. - 26km/1400m D+ (6.5 miles/1400m D+)
Distances and elevation gains are only indicative and may be modified by race directors before the event.