Mountain running below the Pale di San Martino, Saturday 3 July 2027: routes of 42, 26 and 16 kilometres plus a 6.5 km Family Trail, all finishing in Fiera di Primiero.
The Primiero Dolomiti Marathon is a mountain running race held between San Martino di Castrozza and the Primiero valley, below the Pale di San Martino. There are four routes, they start from different places and they all finish in Fiera di Primiero.
The twelfth edition is Saturday 3 July 2027. The 42K starts at 8:30 from Villa Welsperg, in Val Canali: 1,243 metres of climbing and 1,543 of descent. The 26K starts at 10:15 from San Martino di Castrozza, with 448 metres up and 1,198 down. The 16K, called the Vanoi Trail, starts at 11:00 from Zortea in the Lozen valley, with 389 metres up and 703 down. The 6.5 km Family Trail starts at 9:45 from Fiera di Primiero and is not competitive.
Most of the running is off tarmac: on the 42K, 36 per cent is forest road, 29 per cent asphalt, 20 per cent trail and 15 per cent mule track. The time limit is 8 hours for the 42K, with cut-offs at San Martino di Castrozza by 12:45, Lago di Calaita by 13:45 and Passo Gobbera by 15:15. For the 26K the limit is 5 hours. Aid stations come every four or five kilometres and the kilometre markers count down, showing how many are left.
Where Primiero Dolomiti Marathon falls in the Dolomites year, and what happens in the other weeks: When to Go to the Dolomites: A Month-by-Month Guide.
Good to know
- Admission: Watching is free. The entry fees for the 2027 edition are not published yet: the site only says that online registration opens in November.
- When: Saturday 3 July 2027. Staggered starts: 42K at 8:30, Family Trail at 9:45, 26K at 10:15, 16K at 11:00.
- Finish: all routes end in Fiera di Primiero. Signed parking is in the finish area; for the 26K it is in the start area instead, at San Martino di Castrozza.
- The 42K start, in Val Canali, can only be reached with the organisers' shuttles: they leave the Fiera di Primiero bus station between 6:30 and 7:30 and are for competitors only. For the 16K, shuttles towards Zortea run from 8:30 to 10:00.
- After the race there are free buses from Fiera di Primiero to San Martino di Castrozza, from 13:00 to 16:30 every twenty minutes, for competitors only.
- Bib collection is at the Event Center in the Fossi sports centre, in Transacqua, on Friday from 15:00 to 22:00; on race morning you collect it near the start, up to half an hour before the gun.
- Watching is free. The busiest spots are San Martino di Castrozza, where the 26K starts and the 42K passes around midday, and the finish in Fiera di Primiero.
- Entry fees: not published yet. The site says online registration opens in November, on the ENDU platform.
Official website (tickets & info) ↗
Dates, times and prices change every year: always check the official pages before you go.