Welcome to Súlur VerticalThe trail running event Súlur Vertical takes place in Akureyri, July 30th 2022.
The event contains three races of 55km, 28km and 18km, where participants run in the spectacular surroundings of Akureyri. All the races start in Kjarnaskógur og finish downtown Akureyri. The longest race includes 3000 m of elevation gain and provides 3 ITRA points. Participants run some of the mountains surrounding Akureyri, Mt Súlur and Mt Hlíðarfjall.
The organisation Súlur Vertical was established in 2020. The purpose of the organisation is, among other things, to promote physical and outdoor activities, host events, increase and improve trails and trail markings in Akureyri and the surrounding areas, increase the popularity of trail running, mountain running and other outdoor physical activities.
The program of the race day will be introduced later on the event’s
website.
Gift from 66°North66°N will give a limited number of Straumnes base/ or mid-layer (Polartec® Power Grid™ Zipneck).
Fyrst 150 participant in 55K will get Straumnes mid-layer, fyrst 200 participant in 28K and first 400 participant in 18K.
Those participants who miss the registration gift can buy the sweater for 5000 ISK.