The festival's headline ultra distance, run every edition since 2016, with a course that links the Mittelgebirge villages, Hall in Tirol and the Nordkette balcony trails.
Distance
85.5km
Elevation Gain
3,870m+
Race History
Winners and podiums of K85 Heart of the Alps Ultra
2026
(May 2)
85km
Men
1st
Andreas Rieder🇦🇹
7:59:22
2nd
Patrick Kühn🇩🇪
8:35:53
3rd
Lukas Malgay🇩🇪
8:43:52
Women
1st
Andrea Vlasáková🇨🇿
9:44:168th
overall
2nd
Lina Kabsch🇩🇪
9:48:239th
overall
3rd
Lara Emmrich🇩🇪
10:20:3618th
overall
2025
(May 3)
85km
Men
1st
Alexander Hutter🇦🇹
8:44:51
2nd
Federico Ganassi Spallanzani🇮🇹
8:52:53
3rd
Lorenz Gruenerbel🇩🇪
9:26:174th
overall
Women
1st
Miria Meinheit🇩🇪
9:22:323rd
overall
2nd
Simone Schwarz🇩🇪
10:04:5612th
overall
3rd
Wonny Keil🇦🇹
10:09:3313th
overall
2024
(May 4)
85km
Men
1st
Marcel Höche🇩🇪
8:11:08
2nd
Lukas Sommer🇦🇹
8:43:25
3rd
Timon Günther🇩🇪
8:45:38
Women
1st
Lena Laukner🇩🇪
9:00:127th
overall
2nd
Silvia Durigon🇧🇷
10:55:2127th
overall
3rd
Kerstin Dusch🇨🇭
11:48:0641st
overall
2023
(June 3)
88km
Men
Women
1st
Sandra Saitner🇩🇪
12:33:5511th
overall
2nd
Helene Trapp🇫🇷
14:44:1125th
overall
3rd
Eszter Rozsavölgyi🇭🇺
14:51:5527th
overall
2022
(May 7)
79km
Men
1st
Alexander Hutter🇦🇹
7:54:49
2nd
Bo Hakan Nilsson🇸🇪
8:39:12
3rd
Bernhard Achhorner🇦🇹
8:47:58
Women
1st
9:01:364th
overall
2nd
Marta Wenta🇵🇱
9:22:107th
overall
3rd
Sonja Kinna🇩🇪
9:42:3211th
overall
2021
(September 10)
80km
Men
1st
Christian Gross🇩🇪
10:00:33
Women
1st
Cornelia Fasching🇦🇹
12:05:24
Sources:Official results
2020
(September 12)
87.0km
Men
1st
Philipp Ausserhofer🇮🇹
8:25:35
2nd
Jimmy Pellegrini🇮🇹
8:40:48
3rd
Theo Lothode🇫🇷
8:50:13
Women
1st
Michaela Mertová🇨🇿
10:45:2220th
overall
2nd
Cloe Prud'Homme🇫🇷
10:55:1121st
overall
3rd
Christina Kohl🇦🇹
11:57:1234th
overall
Held in September due to COVID-19
2019
(May 3)
85.4km
Men
1st
Hallvard Schjølberg🇳🇴
8:37:01
2nd
Jimmy Pellegrini🇮🇹
8:50:30
3rd
Benjamin Bublak🇩🇪
8:52:10
Women
1st
Kirra Balmanno🇦🇺
10:24:3315th
overall
2nd
Sophia Schnabl🇦🇹
10:47:4125th
overall
3rd
Denise Zimmermann🇨🇭
11:19:1633rd
overall
2018
(April 28)
85.5km
Men
1st
Matthias Krah🇩🇪
8:07:00
2nd
Florian Felch🇩🇪
8:10:46
3rd
Gerald Fister🇦🇹
8:23:59
Women
1st
Kathrin Schichtl🇩🇪
8:59:4011th
overall
2nd
Sophia Schnabl🇦🇹
10:06:0024th
overall
3rd
Florina Vasutiu🇷🇴
10:17:5329th
overall
2017
(April 29)
68km
Men
1st
Andreas Pfandlbauer🇦🇹
5:31:16
2nd
Urs Jenzer🇨🇭
5:35:11
3rd
Florian Grasel🇦🇹
5:46:13
Women
1st
Robin Young🇺🇸
7:15:2121st
overall
2nd
Corine Kagerer🇨🇭
7:18:3525th
overall
3rd
Nicky Spinks🇬🇧
7:49:5542nd
overall
2016
(April 30)
85km
Men
1st
Martin Schedler🇩🇪
8:32:46
2nd
Daniel Jung🇮🇹
8:48:53
3rd
Rene Langgartner🇦🇹
10:10:54
Women
1st
Ildikó Wermescher🇭🇺
11:26:3115th
overall
2nd
Daniela Karigl🇦🇹
11:38:4116th
overall
3rd
Bettina Freynhofer🇦🇹
11:51:3419th
overall
Inaugural edition