Sunday 18 May 2025
With well over 1,000 finishers, the Kékes Csúcsfutás (Kekes Peak Run) is the biggest mountain running event in Hungary.
The route is 11.6 kilometres long and uphill. It includes 671 metres of elevation gain.
The course follows the road from the village of Mátrafüred (343m), which sits at the foot of the Mátra mountain range, to the summit of Kékes, Hungary's highest mountain (1,014m).
Since 2022, the event also offers a trail race from Mátrafüred to Kékes. The route is 11.54 kilometres long and includes 689 metres of ascent.
After the race, participants have to walk back to Mátrafüred but they can take a shorter hiking trail, which is approximately seven kilometres long.
Map of the venue:
28. Kékes Csúcsfutás + 4. Kékes Csúcsfutás Trail:
Date:
- 18 May 2025 (Sunday)
Start time:
- 10.50: trail race
- 11.15: road race
Event website:
- road race: www.futanet.hu/cikk/28-kekes-csucsfutas
- trail race: www.futanet.hu/cikk/4-kekes-csucsfutas-trail
Number of finishers:
| road race |
trail race |
∑ | |
| 2024 | 894 | 363 | 1,257 |
| 2023 | 781 | 324 | 1,105 |
| 2022 | 859 | 311 | 1,170 |
| 2021 | 1,012 | --- | 1,012 |
| 2020 | 1,111 | --- | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 2,016 | --- | 2,016 |
| 2018 | 1,746 | --- | 1,746 |
| 2017 | 1,509 | --- | 1,509 |
| 2016 | 1,534 | --- | 1,534 |
| 2015 | 1,741 | --- | 1,741 |
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