#erzbergadventuredays
Erzberg
Run
20.07.2024
Austria's biggest mountain running event: 21 years, 1.500 participants, 20 nations and thousands of spectators. The common goal is the summit of the Styrian Pyramid. In order to reach the summit, the floors of the mountain must be overcome. The all-round view of the magnificent mountain panorama of the Eisenerzer Alps - from the Eisenerzer Reichenstein over the Kaiserschild - compensates as a reward for the exertions.
Information
Hard Facts
13 kilometers
758 meters in altitude*
slope of about 6%
*Difference between starting point and highest point.
Team
Four or more people can form a team. All team members must be registered for the same distance.
The three fastest teams (male, female, mixed) will be scored.
Anmeldung
The earlier you register, the cheaper it is for you! More info about the entry fee jumps will follow! Online registration possible until 20.07.2024.
Late registration is possible online and at the event!
Funktionsshirt
Order your original "Krone Erzberg Adventure Days" sports shirt of the new collection at an exclusive special price until 07th of March 2024!
Order directly at the registration!
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This is what awaits you!
Unique ambience
"There is something special about the Erzberg" - connoisseurs know what they are talking about. Even the starting ritual at the Erzberg Run is anything but ordinary! To the sounds of the specially composed Erzberg symphony "26th floor - 7th horizon", everyone gets into the right mood for the run, until the deafening blast finally clears the course. By the way it opens only once in a year and exclusively for endurance athletes. The goal, which is the summit of the Erzberg, is usually a closed area. The Erzberg shuttle also takes visitors up to the summit and thus guarantees a finish line experience under thunderous applause!
Course with many highlights
Since last year, participants can look forward to a new course: with just over 13 kilometers and a total of 600 altitude difference, the new course is initially rather flat over very scenic passages up to about kilometer 2, from where the route then climbs continuously in a slight to medium gradient on paved roads and paths. A special highlight in the 2nd part of the route is the crossing of the Erzberg through the
1.2 km long illuminated practice tunnel of Europe's most modern tunnel research center "Zentrum am Berg". From about kilometer 11 the route then climbs even more sharply to the finish sprint, which demands everything again with about 200 meters of altitude up to the otherwise inaccessible summit point.
Exclusive summit experience
Erzberg is the largest active mining site in Central Europe and is (almost) 365 days a year dedicated to ore mining. On a few days, however, Erzberg is also a legendary film set and the scene of spectacular outdoor & extreme sports events, such as the world-famous Erzbergrodeo, the toughest off-road motorcycle race in the world, or the "Krone Erzberg Adventure Days", Austria's largest mountain running sports festival. The Styrian Pyramid, as the Erzberg is also called due to its shape, is embedded in an impressive alpine landscape. However, the 360° panorama is reserved for the participants of the Erzberg Run & Erzberg Walk, who are exclusively allowed to enter the highest point at an altitude of about 1,460 meters.
