Vertical race

For the 1983 Soviet film, see Vertical Race (film).

A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are part of all international ski mountaineering competitions of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions as well as at many national competitions. The Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA)is working toward the goal of having vertical race become an Olympic discipline at the 2018 Winter Olympics, .^{[1][needs update]}

Championships

At World Championships of Skimountaineering a vertical race was firstly rated in 2004 an at the European Championships in 2005.

World championships
year	men				women
	1st rank	2nd rank	3rd rank		1st rank	2nd rank	3rd rank
2011[2][3]	Kílian Jornet Burgada	Yannick Buffet	William Bon Mardion		Mireia Miró Varela	Laëtitia Roux	Gemma Arró Ribot
2010[4]	Kílian Jornet Burgada	Dennis Brunod	Florent Perrier		Roberta Pedranzini	Laëtitia Roux	Francesca Martinelli
2008	Florent Perrier	Dennis Brunod	Grégory Gachet		Roberta Pedranzini	Francesca Martinelli	Nathalie Etzensperger
2006	Patrick Blanc	Tony Sbalbi	Florent Perrier		Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	Roberta Pedranzini	Catherine Mabillard
2004[5]	Patrick Blanc	Florent Perrier	Sébastien Epiney		Cristina Favre-Moretti	Isabella Crettenand-Moretti	Gloriana Pellissier

European championships
year	men				women
	1st rank	2nd rank	3rd rank		1st rank	2nd rank	3rd rank
2012	Kílian Jornet Burgada	Yannick Buffet	Martin Anthamatten		Laëtitia Roux	Mireia Miró Varela	Gemma Arró Ribot
2009	Kílian Jornet Burgada	Tony Sbalbi	Yannick Buffet		Roberta Pedranzini	Mireia Miró Varela	Francesca Martinelli
2007	Florent Perrier	Agustí Roc Amador	Manuel Pérez Brunicardi		Laëtitia Roux	Roberta Pedranzini	Gloriana Pellissier
2005	Agustí Roc Amador	Florent Perrier	Mirco Mezzanotte		Cristina Favre-Moretti	Gloriana Pellissier	Barbara Gruber

References

1. Die Sportart Skibergsteigen Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (German) in Dachstein Xtreme 2008: Streckenänderungen beschlossen, mountains2b.com, March 2008.
2. 6. ISMF World Championships - men's vertical race, ISMF.
3. 6. ISMF World Championships - women's vertical race, ISMF.
4. 5. ISMF World Championships - vertical race (AD) Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, skimountaineering.org
5. II UIAA World Ski Mountaineering Championships Val d'Aran 2004 Archived July 7, 2004, at the Wayback Machine, UIAA.