TENERIFE BLUETRAIL 47k
A route among pine trees, heather, and laurel forests
Race Category
Running Stones
2
Finals Access
Nature in its purest form
This is a real adventure through nature in its purest form, starting from the Pinolere Ethnographic Park in a small village nestled in the lush mountains of La Orotava.
The TENERIFE BLUETRAIL 47K by UTMB is a real adventure. You'll be amazed by the 47 kilometres route across a landscape of pine forests, heather and laurel forests, where you can catch a glimpse of the sea, leading you to the finish line in Puerto de la Cruz.
The course has 2,600 metres of positive elevation gain and 3,200 metres of negative elevation gain and features one of the most attractive and magical challenges in the ascent to the Asomadero, a sheer wall of more than 600 metres in just over 2 kilometres, which the participants in the other long distance races will also have to overcome.
Athletes must wear the mandatory equipment at all times during the race and be prepared for random checks along the course. Any missing items will result in a time penalty or disqualification.
The appropriate closed-toe shoe for trail running.
Pack (or similar) destined to transport mandatory equipment throughout the race.
Mobile phone (smartphone MANDATORY): the runner must be reachable at any time before, during and after the race:
- Mobile phone with international roaming allowing for its use in Spain (load into its memory the organization's security numbers, don't mask your number, and don't forget to start the race with the battery fully charged).
- Keep the phone on, airplane mode is prohibited and can be penalized.
- Livetrail application installed and activated.
- An external battery is highly recommended.
- Mobile phone with international roaming allowing for its use in Spain (load into its memory the organization's security numbers, don't mask your number, and don't forget to start the race with the battery fully charged).
Personal beaker 15 cl minimum (bottles or flasks with lids are not accepted).
Supply of water of 1 litre minimum.
One torch in good working order with spare cells/batteries. Recommendation: 200 lumens or more.
Survival blanket of 1.40m x 2m minimum.
Whistle.
Food reserve. Recommendation: 800kcal (2 gels + 2 energizing bars). If nutritional products are used, they must be identified with the race number and they may be disqualified during the material check if that identification is not provided.
Jacket with hood which will withstand bad weather in the mountains and made of a waterproof* and breathable** membrane with a minimum 10 000 mm water column (recommended RET less than 13). The jacket must have an integrated hood attached by the original system designed for that purpose by the manufacturer. The seams must be heat-sealed. The jacket must not have any parts made of non-waterproof fabric, only the vents provided by the manufacturer (under the arms, on the back) and as long as they do not obviously alter the waterproofing, are accepted. It is the responsibility of the runner to judge, according to these criteria, whether his jacket is adapted to the regulations and therefore to bad weather in the mountains. At the checkpoints, the judgement of the person in charge of the checkpoint or the commissaire shall prevail.
Cap or bandana or Buff®.
All clothing items must fit the runner - in terms of size - and they must not be altered in any way after leaving the factory. The mandatory equipment must be carried in a running pack for the duration of the whole race and is not interchangeable during the race. All equipment will be properly packed to prevent it from getting wet inside the backpack in rainy conditions.
Other recommended equipment (list non exhaustive):
- Spare warm clothing, indispensable in the case of cold or wet weather or in the case of injury.
- Plates and cutlery to eat. At the aid stations, no material is provided to be able to eat.
- Water purification tablets or drums with filter.
- Poles in the case of rain or snow for your security on slippery ground.
- Vaseline or anti-heat cream.
- Sunscreen protection.
- GPS watch.
- Adhesive elastic band that allows bandaging or strapping (min. 100 cm x 6 cm).
- Knife or scissors for cutting elasticated bandage.
- Emergency sewing kit...
If you choose to take poles, it is for the duration of the race. It is forbidden to start without poles and recuperate them during the course of the race. No poles are authorized in the drop bags.
Music: Listening to music using earphones only, is tolerated, so long as it is safe to do so. Any earphones MUST be removed when crossing any roads, as well as on approach to, and whist at, any checkpoints and when approaching and passing any Safety Team members.
At the race-pack collection, each participant of this race receives one 30-liter bag. After filling it with the items of their choice and closing them, they can drop it in a place close to the starting line. This bag will will be taken by the organisation to the finish line in PUERTO DE LA CRUZ.
How to get your bag back? Each bag will be given to runners or their relatives only upon the presentation of the race bib. They must be collected at the finish line no later than 1 hour after the end of the race. After that time, the runner must come, in person, to retrieve their bag at the organization headquarters in the Pabellón Insular de Tenerife Santiago Martín.
The organization will take the bags of runners who drop out, on condition that their withdrawal is registered. Because of logistical matters, the organization cannot guarantee that all bags are brought to el Puerto de la Cruz before the end of the race.
Only bags supplied by the organization will be transported.
Poles are not allowed in these bags. As the items in the bags are neither checked nor controlled, we will accept no claims on that matter. We recommend not to put any valuable items in the bags.
We advise you to keep toiletries and spare clothes in Puerto de la Cruz.
For logistics reasons, UTMB® World series events only accept the UTMB® World series spare bags that are distributed during the check-In. Those bags are reusable, so we ask the runners who already have received one of those bags to reuse it each time they take part in a UTMB® World Series event.
Assistance is NOT allowed in the race, at any point of the course.
Pacers are not allowed to set the pace in the race.
