Saturday, 27th September 2025
The Medium Delicious Trail Dolomiti is a running race along the paths of the Dolomites UNESCO Heritage Site of around 35 km. with an elevation gain of 1900 metres; the start is on Saturday 27th September 2025 at 9 a.m. in the centre of La Villa in front of the tourist office (via Colz 75, La Villa, BZ). Time limit: 9 hours.
The race, now in its fouthh edition, starts in the centre of the village La Villa, reaches the beginning of the “Path of the Artists”, and then proceeds uphill on the final section of the Altin ski track. Shortly after entering the forest, participants follow a path that leads directly to the Gran Risa slope, next to the start of the Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom races. The route continues up the Gran Risa slope and reaches the Club Moritzino Refuge. On the plateau, the route continues towards the Ütia de Bioch Refuge and then joins the path leading to the Pralongiá area and the Störes meadows. Then begins the descent to the Armentarola district, on the edge of the Fanes-Senes-Braies Nature Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. From there, an all-uphill trail takes the runners to the Scotoni Refuge, before reaching the summit of the Piccolo Lagazuoi at 2778m. Here begins the all-downhill trail to the finish line at Pocol.
Along the Val Badia route section, participants have the opportunity to replenish their energy levels with delicious local snacks at refreshment stations at the following refreshment points: Club Moritzino Refuge - Ütia de Bioch Refuge - Pralongià Refuge - Scotoni Refuge. The route then continues in the municipality of Cortina and leads to the refreshment points Lagazuoi Refuge and Baita Resch.
A paid shuttle service to and from the venues - from Cortina to Badia and from Pocol to Badia - is available by reservation when registering for the Medium Delicious Trail.
The trail running race Medium Delicious Trail Dolomiti is listed on the ITRA (International Trail Running Association National League) race calendar and in the UTMB Index Race Calendar* and assigned points as follows:
2 ITRA POINTS and UTMB INDEX EVENT 50K
* From 2022 onwards, UTMB WORLD is using a new system: races will no longer be awarded "Qualifying Points". All races will now be placed into 1 of the 4 UTMB Distance Categories, which are 20K, 50K, 100K and 100M.
Participants who finish their race will receive a UTMB Performance Index in the race category. The Performance Index is used similarly as the "Qualifying Points" to show a runner’s experience at different distances and can be used to enter the UTMB® World Series Events and combined with Running Stones to enter the UTMB® Finals.
UTMB Index races do not give Running Stones to finishers as these are only available to finishers at UTMB® World Series Events and UTMB® World Series Majors.
This year the photoshoot of the Delicious Trail Dolomiti was once again entrusted to the Sportograf team. Sportograf’s photographers are equipped with top apparatus, are sports enthusiasts themselves and offer a precise service with high-quality digital images.