KV Fanal – KV Vertical do Fanal

From sea to summit.
Literally!
KV do Fanal

11 October 2025

Registrations

Date

11 of October 2025

Location

Porto Moniz

Distance

3.98 kms 1000D+

KV Fanal 2025

Sunday, August 24, 2025
10:00 – Opening of Registrations

Tuesday, September 23, 2025
23:59 – Closing of Registrations

Thursday, October 9, 2025
11:00–19:00 – Check-in and Bib Collection

Friday, October 10, 2025
11:00–14:00 – Check-in and Bib Collection

Saturday, October 11, 2025
08:30 – Fanal – Shuttle departure to the starting area (Ribeira Funda)
09:50 – Ribeira Funda – Start of the first athlete
11:30 – Ribeira Funda – Start of the last athlete
12:00 – Fanal – Estimated arrival of the last athlete
13:00 – Fanal – Awards Ceremony
13:30 – Fanal – After race lunch for all runners

KV do Fanal

13th edition |

The race course has an approximate distance of 3.980 meters and 1.000 of climbing. The course starts at the village of Ribeira Funda at the entry of the second tunel and it finishes by the Fanal lagoon at 1.078 meters above sea level.

The KM Vertical do Fanal takes place in the West part of the island, in the council of Porto Moniz, a place of rare beauty mainly highlighted by its natural lava pools but also by a well preserved forest like the one where the race ends, the Fanal.

KM Vertical do Fanal had its debut in 2010. It was a new challenge and a complement to the few trail running races organized at that time in Madeira Island. Since then it was always organized by Clube de Montanha do Funchal.

Madeira Island Archipelago is found in the North Atlantic around 900 kms of Mainland Portugal and 600 km of the coast of Morocco. Fanal has a rich natural heritage enriched by a great concentration of tis, “Ocotea Foetens”, century old trees of big dimensions that belong to the Laurel Forest family.