84,459 routes by the numbers

Browse Routes

Over 84,459 routes from dozens of countries, analyzed by elevation, climb structure, and course shape. This is a snapshot of the nstride route database, updated periodically. Every figure below comes from nstride's own terrain analysis, not a third-party or scraped source.

Where the routes are

70.5% of every route in the database comes from five countries.

• United States: 33,465 routes
• Deutschland: 13,476 routes
• France: 4,700 routes
• Italia: 4,070 routes
• Österreich: 3,798 routes

Elevation profile shapes

• Steady Climb: 17,934 routes (21.3%)
• Steady Descent: 17,421 routes (20.7%)
• Flat: 11,120 routes (13.2%)
• Rolling: 10,954 routes (13%)
• Inverted V: 9,608 routes (11.4%)
• Front Loaded Climb: 7,811 routes (9.3%)
• Back Loaded Climb: 5,330 routes (6.3%)
• V Shape: 4,137 routes (4.9%)

Course shapes

• Point To Point: 63,235 routes (74.9%)
• Loop: 20,315 routes (24.1%)
• Lollipop: 471 routes (0.6%)
• Out And Back: 418 routes (0.5%)

Hardest marathons

1. Pikes Peak Marathon — El Paso County, Colorado, United States. 42.28 km · 2,411 m gain · difficulty 23.1
2. L'Olla Doble (Spain - France) — Ripollès, Catalunya, España. 42.04 km · 3,402 m gain · difficulty 20.1
3. Kurgiakh to Sarchu — Ladakh, India. 42.34 km · 1,868 m gain · difficulty 19.4
4. Nordalpenweg 01A — Gosau, Oberösterreich, Österreich. 42.24 km · 3,793 m gain · difficulty 19.1
5. Mount Ashland & PCT to Pilot Rock (OR) — Jackson County, Oregon, United States. 42.25 km · 2,290 m gain · difficulty 18.6

Easiest marathons

1. Maratona di Roma — Rome, Lazio, Italy. 42.20 km · 50 m gain · difficulty 0.6
2. Hamburg Marathon — Hamburg, Germany. 42.45 km · 74 m gain · difficulty 0.6
3. Beach from Seattle to Everett (WA) — Snohomish County, Washington, United States. 42.05 km · 47 m gain · difficulty 0.6
4. Lost Coast Trail: North (Mattole - Black Sands Beach) — CA, USA. 42.12 km · 6 m gain · difficulty 0.6
5. Generali Maraton Malaga — Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. 42.37 km · 101 m gain · difficulty 0.6

Longest sustained climbs

1. The heart of the Sawtooths! — Custer County, Idaho, United States. 40.61 km climb · 773 m gain · 31.0% grade
2. Lost Coast Trail (CA) — Mendocino County, California, United States. 37.01 km climb · 593 m gain · 31.1% grade
3. Gran Canaria (GR131, GR138) (Spain) — Canarias, España. 36.23 km climb · 1,936 m gain · 39.6% grade
4. Cime di Trento Trail (Italy) — Provincia di Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia. 35.13 km climb · 1,913 m gain · 52.3% grade
5. The Whites - Lakes-2-Lakes (NH) — Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. 34.93 km climb · 943 m gain · 52.9% grade
6. Alpamayo Circuit — Parque Nacional Huascarán, Ancash, Perú. 34.35 km climb · 1,631 m gain · 55.0% grade
7. Tour de Cairngorms (United Kingdom) — Highland, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom. 34.24 km climb · 338 m gain · 16.9% grade
8. Sawtooth Range Traverse — Boise County, Idaho, United States. 33.37 km climb · 996 m gain · 34.1% grade
9. Juneau 5 Peaks (AK) — Juneau, Alaska, United States. 32.95 km climb · 1,104 m gain · 51.3% grade
10. Cotopaxi 360 — Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador. 32.92 km climb · 682 m gain · 29.5% grade

Most vertical routes

1. Manaslu — गोरखा, गण्डकी प्रदेश, नेपाल. 470 m of gain per km · 16,305 m total gain · 34.67 km
2. Jobs Peak from Carson Valley (CA, NV) — Alpine County, California, United States. 327 m of gain per km · 1,767 m total gain · 5.41 km
3. Mt Shasta (CA) — Siskiyou County, California, United States. 326 m of gain per km · 1,828 m total gain · 5.61 km
4. Bold Peak Route — AK, United States. 323 m of gain per km · 1,923 m total gain · 5.95 km
5. El Misti via Route Chiguata — Arequipa, Perú. 321 m of gain per km · 2,255 m total gain · 7.02 km
6. Watzmann Ostwand (Germany) — Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Bayern, Deutschland. 318 m of gain per km · 2,054 m total gain · 6.47 km
7. Mount Owen Route — Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. 314 m of gain per km · 3,096 m total gain · 9.85 km
8. Vertical Jungfraumarathon — Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern/Berne, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra. 314 m of gain per km · 3,332 m total gain · 10.60 km
9. Aiguille de Midi (France) — Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. 304 m of gain per km · 2,838 m total gain · 9.33 km
10. Guiness Track — Parc National du Mont Cameroun, Southwest, Cameroun. 287 m of gain per km · 3,026 m total gain · 10.56 km