Trail Marathon Heidelberg 2024

In the organizer's words:

Heidelberg provides the backdrop for one of the toughest and most beautiful marathons in Germany: the Heidelberg Trail Marathon.

The picturesque romance of Heidelberg's old town around Karlsplatz, numerous tourist highlights along the route and wonderful views of Heidelberg and the Rhine-Neckar Delta stand in stark contrast to an extreme challenge: on the 42-kilometre route, which mostly leads over uneven forest paths and trails, participants have to overcome 1,800 meters of altitude and climb three peaks. However, the ultimate challenge awaits our participants towards the end of the route: after 35 kilometers, the route leads over the Himmelsleiter, a natural sandstone staircase consisting of 850 steps, up to the Königstuhl.

Trail running for everyone

However, the Heidelberg Trail Marathon is not just for trail cracks. With shorter distances, such as the Twilight Trail on Saturday, we want to enable runners to gain their first experience in the trend sport of trail running - and experience unique emotions. You also have the opportunity to finish the Trail Cup by starting at the engelhorn sports Half-Trail and the Twilight Trail.

For particularly ambitious trail runners, we have gone one better with the Long Distance Trail. In addition to the marathon course, the 50-kilometre route, which involves conquering 2,200 meters of altitude, leads through the beautiful Felsenmeer nature reserve on Heidelberg's Königstuhl.