Skyline Scotland is a set of annual skyrunning races which take place on consecutive days in the mountains around Kinlochleven in Lochaber.
The main races are the Mamores VK, the Ring of Steall Skyrace, the Ben Nevis Ultra and the Glen Coe Skyline.
The Glen Coe Skyline in particular has significant sections of scrambling and it was selected to be the final race in the Skyrunner World Series Extreme in 2016, following the Tromsø SkyRace in Norway and the Kima Trophy in Italy.
[9] The event was won by Alexis Sévennec of France, his time of 42:17 being eight seconds quicker than that of runner-up Stian Angermund-Vik of Norway.
A new course record was also set in the women's race, with Laura Orgué victorious in a time of 51:35, followed by Lina El Kott Helander in second and Hillary Gerardi in third.
The woman's race was won by Victoria Wilkinson in 52:49, with Aoife Quigly and Claire Gordon taking second and third positions.
In 2017, the Ultra ran from the southern shore of Loch Ness, through glens and over the summit of Ben Nevis before finishing in Kinlochleven.
[15] In 2018, the planned route was 52 kilometres (32 mi) in length with 3,820 metres (12,530 ft) of ascent but bad weather conditions meant that the alternative route avoiding some of the higher ground and technical sections was used instead, giving a distance of 47 kilometres (29 mi) with 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) of climbing.
[16] Good weather in 2019 allowed the 52 km course to be used, with runners traversing the Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête to Ben Nevis before joining the Ring of Steall route later in the race.
The race starts and finishes in Kinlochleven and visits checkpoints including Sgùrr a' Mhàim, Steall Waterfall, An Gearanach, Stob Coire a' Chàirn and Am Bodach.
[26] In 2016, four runners featured prominently at the front of the race for much of the way: Tom Owens, Jonathan Albon, Marc Lauenstein and Finlay Wild.
Albon and Owens lost a few minutes in low cloud locating the checkpoint on Stob Coire Sgreamhach but were still leading together with Lauenstein at the start of the long climb up to the Aonach Eagach.
By the top of the climb, Albon had pulled ahead and he held the lead on the crossing of the exposed ridge and the descent to the finish, winning in a time of 6:33:52.
[28] The 2017 edition was won by Kilian Jornet in a course record of 6:25:39, with Jonathan Albon second in 6:31 and Alexis Sévennec third in 6:40.
There was a close finish in the women's Glen Coe Skyline, with Hillary Gerardi winning in 4:17:48, seven seconds ahead of Jasmin Paris.
[30] The men's race was close in the 2019 edition, with Erik Johannes Husom taking the victory in 7:55, followed by Andy Berry in 7:58 and Greg Vollet in 8:03.