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thumb|220 px|A sky runner.

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  • History
  • International Skyrunning Federation
  • Skyrunning disciplines
  • Skyrunning competitions
  • See also
  • References
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thumb|220 px|A sky runner.

Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons, and hands may be used to aid progress. The governing body is the International Skyrunning Federation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “skyrunning” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.