1. Stage: Imst – Wenns
Distance: 26,0 km
Vertical ascent: 1,760 m
Vertical descent: 1.560 m
From Imst down to the Inn bridge at Imst station. Up to Ricutng Arzl and on to V1 in Arzlair. Via berggasthopf Plattenrain, the trail continues steadily uphill to V2 at the Venetalm. Continuing along the ridge, you soon reach the highest point at Wannenjöchl at around 2,500m. The panorama is impressive. To the north, the Inn valley and the peaks of the Lechtal and Verwall mountains. To the south, the 3000m peaks of the Ötztal mountains. The descent follows a technical trail through blueberry fields and an alpine high moor to the Galflunalm. The further descent to Wenns in the Pitztal valley leads through larch forests and across alpine meadows.
Course | Distance to finish (km) | Time fast | Time slow | Time limit |
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Start Imst Sportzentrum (at Glenthof) | 26,00 | 8:30 | 8:30 | |
V1 Arzlair | 17,60 | 9:28 | 10:40 | 10:45 |
V2 Venetalm | 11,50 | 10:22 | 12:34 | 14:30 |
Finish Wenns Musikpavillon (Unterdorf 62) | 0 | 11:25 | 16:42 | 16:00 |
2. Stage: Wenns – Ried im Oberinntal
Distance: 26,1 km
Vertical ascent: 1,510 m
Vertical descent: 1,600 m
The stage begins with a gentle climb up to the hamlet of Bichl and the Matzlewald forest, where a mix of wide forest dirt roads and narrow rails takes runners up to feed station 1 at the Kielbergalm hut. From there, the route continues upwards towards the Aifnerspitze mountain and reaches the highest point of the day at 2,319 metres above sea level. This ascent is then followed by an attractive downhill section to the Aifner Alm hut, including fabulous views of the Kaunertal Valley. Runners continue down through the Braunebenwald forest to feed station 2 in Schnadigen. From here through to the finish in Ried im Oberinntal it is a mixture of singletrails, forest dirt roads and sections of tarmac road.
Course | Distance to finish (km) | Time fast | Time slow | Time limit |
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Start Wenns Musikpavillon (Unterdorf 62) | 26,10 | 06:30 | 06:30 | |
V1 Kielberg Alm | 16,70 | 07:46 | 09:15 | 09:20 |
V2 Schnadigen | 7,60 | 08:41 | 11:35 | 11:45 |
Finish H2O Adventure – Ried im Oberinntal | 0 | 09:20 | 13:18 | 14:00 |
3. Stage: Ried im Oberinntal – Pfunds
Distance: 28,6 km
Vertical ascent: 1,530 m
Vertical descent: 1,400 m
It begins with a rolling section along the eastern slopes of the Inn Valley to feed station 1 in St. Christina. Runners then follow the valley floor until they reach the start of the long climb up onto the Früdiger mountain. Leaving from Ganden, the participants run above the impressive gorges traversed by the Tösenerbach and Platzbach rivers all the way to feed station 2 below the peak of the Tösener Frudiger. It is here that the most beautiful section of the Salomon 4 Trails begins. Fantastic trails, knotted larch trees and pine bushes, high alpine moors and truly breathtaking 360° views make even this challenging terrain a real pleasure. The mountain ridge eventually leads up to the top of the Pfundser Frudiger (2149 m), the highest point of the stage. All that then remains is a technical downhill section leading past feed station 2 on the Tscheyjöchl ridge and along dirt roads and trails all the way to the finish line in Pfunds.
Course | Distance to finish (km) | Time fast | Time slow | Time limit |
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Start H2O Adventure – Ried im Oberinntal | 28,60 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
V1 Tösens Ganden | 19,60 | 9:59 | 11:15 | 11:30 |
V2 Tscheyjöchl | 6,70 | 11:31 | 14:52 | 15:15 |
Finish Ensplatz Pfunds | 0 | 12:08 | 16:22 | 16:30 |
4. Stage: Pfunds – Nauders
Distance: 28,0 km
Vertical ascent: 1,680 m
Vertical descent: 1,280 m
Leaving Pfunds from the village road to the power station at the entrance to the gorge. Until here you have to find your position in the field of runners. Follow the imposing but narrow gorge trail into the Radurschltal valley to the Kaltenwirt. From here, head down the valley to V1 Labaunalm. A steep, long but also impressive ascent leads to the highest point at Zadresjoch (2,397m). A fabulous panorama opens up on the subsequent descent to the Labaunalm. Via the Nauderer Höhenweg (high trail) on the west side of the “plain” to the V2 at the Valdafouralm. From here via the Brandwald forest and the Stables settlement to the finish in Nauders.
Course | Distance to finish (km) | Time fast | Time slow | Time limit |
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Start Ensplatz Pfunds | 28,00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
V1 Labaunalm | 14,50 | 10:46 | 12:57 | 13:15 |
V2 Valdafouralpe | 6,00 | 11:39 | 15:00 | 15:15 |
Finish Nauders School (Nauders 310) | 0 | 12:08 | 16:20 | 17:00 |