Podbrdo Trail Running Festival - PTRF 2019
14 June - 16 June 2019
UPT - (Ultra Puseljc Trail - 100 km), GM4O (Alpine Marathon - 42 km), GT (Graparski Trimcek - 12 km) and Mini GM4O for kids.
Podbrdo is an urban settlement of 750 inhabitants located in the narrow valley of the upper Baška Grapa, along the Jesenice-Nova Gorica railway line, a town surrounded by the mountains. Podbrdo Trail Running Festival, known as a PRTF, takes place once a year on either the third weekend in june and has become a three days event. Today, the races consist of the following trails:
UPT 100 (Ultra Puseljc Trail - 100 km)
Start: 15 June 2019, Podbrdo at 6 AM
Finish: Podbrdo, event area »na Bazenu«
Route: Its length is 106 km and have in total + 6800 m positive altitude.
Podbrdo (start line) – Kovce – Kobla – Črna Prst – Kal – Stržišče – Obloke – Hudajužna – Durnik –
Porezen – Vrše – Tuškov grič – Črni Vrh – Robidnca – Kopačnica – Leskovica – Blegoš – Črni Kal – Martinj vrh – Ojstri vrh – Železniki – Ratitovec – Dajnarska planina – Soriška planina – Lajnar – Kovce – Petrovo Brdo – Robar – Podbrdo (finish line)
GM4O (Alpine Marathon - 42 km)
Start: 15 June 2019, Podbrdo at 8 AM
Finish: Podbrdo, event area »na Bazenu«
Route: Its length is 42,195 km and have in total + 2800 m positive altitude.
Crossing the territory of four municipalities - Bohinj, Cerkno, Tolmin and Železniki – it takes the runners along First World War Italian mule tracks and mountain paths leading across the slopes of Črna prst and Porezen.
Mini GM4O
Start: 15 June 2019, at 10:30 AM, Podbrdo - event area »na Bazenu«
Finish: Podbrdo, at the event area »na Bazenu«
The length of the trail depends on a category. Competition is for under 18s.
GT (Graparski trimcek - 12 km)
Start: 16 June 2019, at 10:30 AM in Podbrdo - the old village center (near church)
Finish: Podbrdo, at the event area »na Bazenu«
Route: Its length is 12 km and have in total + 400 m positive altitude.
The route treads on mountain trails from Podbrdo to Petrovo Brdo's hill and then to Robar's hill and back to Podbrdo.