The North Face Transgrancanaria
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The North Face Transgrancanaria
The North Face Transgrancanaria is a multi-race trail running event on the island of Gran Canaria, held across late February and early March. The programme includes single-day races, a vertical kilometer, family and youth races, and a multi-day stages format.
Several distances and official characteristics listed by the organiser include:
- Classic : 125 km, +6,764 m, maximum time 30 hours
- Advanced : 81 km, +4,314 m, maximum time 21 hours
- Marathon : 46 km, +1,784 m, maximum time 11 hours
- Half : 23 km, +1,817 m, maximum time 6.5 hours
- Open Agáldar : 21 km, +613 m, maximum time 5.5 hours
- Promo : 12 km, +869 m, maximum time 6.5 hours
- Short : 5 km, +264 m, maximum time 1.5 hours
- Family Trail : 5 km, +264 m, maximum time 1.5 hours
- KV El Gigante : 5.5 km, +1,090 m, maximum time 1.5 hours
The Classic distance is part of the World Trail Majors circuit and the Marathon forms part of The Short Series by Gran Canaria World Trail Majors. The Stages option is a four-day format combining Open Agáldar, KV El Gigante, Promo and Advanced for a total of 120 km and +6,886 m, and is assigned 4 ITRA points.
Descriptions by the organiser highlight varied terrain across municipal areas such as Teror, Maspalomas, Agaete and Gáldar, and routes that pass natural and cultural sites including Pico Viento, El Juncal and the mountain of Amagro. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
