In skyrunning , a vertical kilometer is an uphill mountain running race with an elevation gain of 1,000 metres. The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit also defines it as covering less than 5 km. Trekking poles , which are allowed as optional accessories, are often used in vertical kilometer races.
2-698: Related events include the Double Vertical Kilometer and Triple Vertical Kilometer . The official vertical km record belongs to Italian Philip Götsch , who in 2017 won the Kilomètre vertical de Fully with a time of 28:53. In 2021, the men's FKT (Fastest Known Time) was set by Kilian Jornet at Vengetind , Norway with a time of 28:48. Up to 2017, the men's world record was 29:42, set in 2014 in Fully, Switzerland by Italian skyrunner Urban Zemmer (see Kilomètre vertical de Fully ). The women's world record
4-485: Is 34:44, set in Fully, Switzerland by French skyrunner Christel Dewalle . The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit is an annual international circuit. It was started in 2017 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series . The circuit consists of 17 races that are held annually from May to October. The Kilomètre vertical de Fully (Fully Vertical Kilometer) is one of the best-known vertical kilometer competitions. Philip G%C3%B6tsch Philip Götsch (born 20 July 1984)
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