Olympus Ultra - Change route update

The new races Olympus Ultra and Olympus Vertical are here to complete the popular Olympus Marathon and create a race pattern similar to the big,foreign organizations.As it is already known,Olympus Mararthon is part of the world Skyrunner calendar since last year.The same thing happened for the Olympus Vertical race,that from the first year, belongs to the family of the world vertical circuit.

The routes of these races are under the premisses of the world Skyrunner  federation and are fully approved of it. After a lot of discuss with the executives of the federation and for the safety of the athletes,the organizational commitee announces a slightly,but crucial change in the route of Olympus Ultra.The atlhetes won`t go up to the Skolio pick from the "Rachi tu Skoliou",but through the Christaki refuge.The route through the valley that ends to the refugee is easy and safe,without increasing the total altitude that remains at 5200m.The kilometres increase from 66 to 70,so as the general inclination to be smaller.

All the information and the details of the route are in the website of the organization www.olympus-marathon.com.

Obligatory Olympus Ultra equipment

1. Flask for 1lit.liquid.
2. Mobile phone (emergency numbers 6982382156-Dionysis, 6932271106-Loukas and 122 European emergency number)
3. Windcheater
4. Head torch
5. Extra batteries
6. Aluminum blanket

Optional Olympus Ultra equipment

1. Gloves (in case of low temperatures)
2. Beanie(in case or low temperatures)
3. Second head torch.

There will be Drop bag in Chomatodromos station (K-36,8). It must be given one day earlier to the registry of the race,with the receiving of the bib number. The drop bag check will happen in middle station.An athlete that doesn`t have the obligatory equipment, will punished with exclusion from the race.

Stations and exclusion points

Olympus Ultra route with downloading the gps file ability.
https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=avxhkcugzljndcpe&language=en&client=summit