KV Fanal – KV Vertical do Fanal

From sea to summit.
Literally!
KV do Fanal

2024 VK OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS GRAND FINALE

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Date

13 of October 2024

Location

Porto Moniz

Distance

3.98 kms 1000D+

VK OPEN 2024 Grand Finale

This year the KV do Fanal is the International Skyrunning Federation’s 2024 VK OPEN Championships Grand Finale. The first VK Final held in Portugal

Race Programme

August 20th – registration opening
September 25th – Registration closing
October 11th – 11h00-19h00 – Race check-in Edificio da cooperativa agricola @ Funchal
October 12th – Check in @ Porto Moniz 13h30 – 15h30 – Aquanatura Bay Hotel
October 12th – Race presentation – 15h30 – Aquanatura Bay Hotel

October 13th
7h30 – Event center opening – Posto Florestal do Fanal
8h30 – First shuttle departure – Posto Florestal do Fanal
9h00 – Second shuttle departure – Posto Florestal do Fanal
9h30 – Third shuttle departure – Posto Florestal do Fanal
9h50 – Start of first runners – Ribeira Funda, Seixal
12h30 – Arrival of last runners – Planalto do Fanal
13h30 – Prize giving – Posto Florestal do Fanal
13h30 – Lunch party for all runners – Posto Florestal do Fanal
14h30 – Family photo with all volunteers and runners

Find more about the course

KV do Fanal

12th 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.