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The Red Bull X-Alps is a paragliding adventure race in which athletes hike or fly approximately 1,200km across the Alps. It first launched in 2003 and has taken place every other year. Around 30 athletes take part, navigating their way via a predetermined set of turn points that vary with each race. Every kilometer must be covered either on foot or by paraglider – athletes either hike carrying their wing, or they fly, carried by their wing.

Teams consist of one athlete and one official supporter, whose role it is to provide strategic advice, weather reports, and psychological and nutritional support. In practise, many athletes have two or three supporters.

Originally the race followed a course from the Salzburg region to Monaco. (The exact start and finish has varied over the years.) Inherent in the race’s early appeal was the adventure of journeying from the mountains to the sea, following the length of the Alps from east to west.

The race last finished in Monaco in 2019. For the 2021 and 2023 editions the Red Bull X-Alps followed a circular route around the Alps finishing in Zell am See, Austria. The 2025 route is a figure-of-eight course, also finishing in Zell am See. The exact route is normally unveiled in March before the race start.

All editions of the race from 2009 to 2023 were won by Christian Maurer, while Aaron Durogati won the 2025 edition. Red Bull X-Alps is often credited with the revolution in lightweight paragliding equipment design, helping to kick-start "hike and fly" as its own paragliding discipline.

History

The concept for the Red Bull X-Alps was developed by Austrian pilot Hannes Arch who saw a TV documentary in which German pilot Toni Bender crossed the Alps from North to South by paraglider, carrying all his equipment, sleeping rough and hiking parts of the way.

"I thought it would be cool to base a paragliding competition on this format and developed a basic concept for it - and the idea was born! Together with Red Bull, we have developed it over the years to be the Red Bull X-Alps it is today - the toughest and most extreme endurance and outdoor race in the world. Its simplicity is what makes it most appealing. We start in Salzburg and whoever arrives in Monaco first wins. That's it. It's about body and soul, not about hundreds of rules and regulations," Arch has said.

When conditions are good, athletes use paragliders to fly, and when they are not they must run or hike, carrying their paraglider and other mandatory equipment. The use of tunnels and all other forms of transport are not permitted.

The first edition led from Austria's Dachstein Glacier to Monaco via Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, Mont Blanc and Mont Gros in France. Seventeen athletes and their support teams covered a distance of 800 kilometers as the crow flies.

Over the years the route and the turn points have changed. From 2009 to 2021 the race started from the Austrian city of Salzburg. During the Monaco years due to airspace restrictions, the clock officially stopped for athletes at the turn point above the city state, situated at Mt Gros, then later Peille. Athletes would then make a ceremonial flight to a landing float in the sea. This was situated off the beach of Le Larvotto. By 2019 it was becoming increasingly difficult to secure permissions and the landing float was moved to Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.

At 1,031 kilometers, the 2013 course was the longest in the history of the race and the race has steadily increased in distance. In 2019 the route was 1,138km, 2021 it was 1,238km and 2023 it was 1,223km. The 2025 route is 1,283km.

New to the 2015 race was the Powertraveller Prologue, a one-day hike and paragliding contest in the Salzburgerland region. Starting and finishing in Fuschl am See, athletes were required to hike or fly a 38km course around two turn points, the Zwölferhorn and Schafberg peaks. It was won by Paul Guschlbauer in 2h 21m. The Prologue has been a feature of the race ever since.

Thanks to GPS-Live Tracking, all athletes can be followed in real time on the official website throughout the race.

Rules

The first athlete to reach goal wins the race, which ends 48 hours later but not before a set finish time as defined by organizers. Athletes who have not reached the final destination within this time are ranked according to the distance left to the final destination.

Since the 2011 edition, athletes are forced to have a mandatory rest overnight and stay within a radius of 250m of their resting position for safety reasons. In 2013, the mandatory break was extended by 1.5 hours, from 22:30 to 05:00. In 2023 the rest period was increased by half-an-hour. Athletes had to rest for a minimum of seven consecutive hours everyday between 9pm and 6am. Between the hours of 9pm and 6am athletes are not allowed to fly.

New in 2013 was the so-called Night Pass, which allowed athletes to hike through the night. The idea behind the Night Pass was to allow athletes a chance to gain a strategic advantage. In reality, it can help an athlete reach a better overnight location, but using it to hike all the night comes at a cost of increased fatigue, which is not helpful to flight.

Since 2013, prototypes are banned from the competition and all equipment, including paragliders, harnesses, and helmets must comply with EN or LTF certifications.

X-Alps 2003

Route

The first course took the athletes from the Dachstein Glacier in Austria to Monaco. It was defined by two turn points, all of which had to be taken within a radius of 100 meters. Over the years the route and the turn points have changed.

#	Turnpoint
1	pass over Verbier
2	Mont Gros

Teams and results

Of the 17 competitors who started the race on July 14, 2003, on the Dachstein, only three made it to Monaco. All others completed between 30% and 90% of the course.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Time	Distance covered
1	SUI	Kaspar Henny	11 Days and 22:55:30 Hours
2	FRA	David Dagault	12 Days and 03:20 Hours
3	GER1	Stefan Bocks	12 Days and 08 Hours
4	GER2	Thomas Friedrich	672km
5	SUI2	Urs Lötscher	668km
6	SLO	Uros Rozic	657km
7	CAN	Will Gadd	656km
8	GER3	Holger Herfurth	648km
9	ROM	Toma Coconea	618km
10	AUT2	Walter Holzmüller	554km
11	TUR	Buhara Arif Kemal	525km
12	POL	Krzysztof Ziolkowski	522km
13	ITA	Andy Frötscher	511km
14	AUT1	Gerhard Gassner	486km
15	MEX	Carlos Carsolio	462km
16	BUL	Slavi Vasilev	357km
17	GBR	Jon Shaw	263km

X-Alps 2005

Route

Dachstein Glacier, Austria, to Monaco.

#	Turnpoint
1	Zugspitze
2	/	Mont Blanc
3	Mont Gros

Teams and results

17 athletes, two of which were women, competed in the second Red Bull X-Alps, starting on August 1, 2005. Four teams reached the final destination while three teams had to withdraw from the race due to injury. All others completed between 25% and 88% of the distance.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Time
1	SUI3	Alex Hofer	Heinz Haunschild	12 Days and 01:20 Hours
2	SUI2	Urs Lötscher	Andreas Wild	+ 1 Day, 1 Hour
3	SUI1	Kaspar Henny (defending champion)	Elio Baffioni	Finished, Time Unknown
4	AUT1	Helmut Eichholzer	Elisabeth Rauchenberger	Finished, Time Unknown
5	GER1	Stefan Bocks	Hansi Keim
5	GER2	Michael Gebert	Florian Schellheimer
7	AUS	Benn Kovco	Bryan Anderson
8	AUT2	Christian Amon	Lars Pongs	retired
9	ESP	David Castillejo Martinez	Magdalena Alcañiz Soriano
10	GBR	Aidan Toase	Jan Toase
11	GRE	Dimitris Bourazanis	Marina Zannara	retired
12	IRL	Niki Hamilton	Petra Knor	retired
13	ITA	Andy Frötscher	Florian Ploner
14	MEX	Santiago Baeza	Christian Fernandez del Valle
15	ROM	Toma Coconea	Cornel Doru Calutiu
16	TUR	Semih Sayir	Osman Grukan
17	USA	Kari Castle	Craig Goddard

X-Alps 2007

Route

Dachstein Glacier, Austria, to Monaco.

#	Turnpoint
1	Dachstein
2	Marmolada
3	Eiger
4	/	Mont Blanc
5	Mont Gros

Teams and results

30 teams started on July 23, 2007, for the third edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. 12 teams had to withdraw. Five teams made it to the final destination in Monaco.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Alex Hofer (defending champion)	Sandro Schnegg	14 Days and 1 Hour
2	ROM	Toma Coconea	Razvan Levarda	+ 04:35 Hours
3	SUI3	Martin Müller	Fabian Zuberer	+ 1 Day and 00:15 Hours
4	SUI2	Urs Lötscher	Nicole Willi	+ 1 Day and 05:50 Hours
5	JPN	Kaoru Ogisawa	Masaru Saso	+ 1 Day and 22:54 Hours
6	GBR1	Aidan Toase	Bhavna Patel	102km
7	ESP	Ramon Morillas	Oscar Atillo	124km
8	GBR2	Ulric Jessop	Ruth Jessop	130km
9	USA2	Honza Rejmanek	David Hanning	142km
10	ITA2	Leone Pascale	Roberto Maggi	152km
11	CZE	Jan Skrabalek	Jaroslav Jindra	159km
12	FRA2	Julien Wirtz	Adrien Vicier	185km
13	USA1	Nate Scales	Nick Greece	186km
14	GER2	Peter Rummel	Martin Walleitner	246km
AUT1	Christian Reinegger	Wolfgang Wimmer	246km
ITA1	Andy Frötscher	Michael Pezzi	246km
17	AUS	Lloyd Penicuik	John Binyon	283km
18	RUS	Dmitry Gusev	Viktor Yanchenko	325km
19	SLO	Simon Copi	Marina Istenic	351km, retired
20	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Eduouard Crespeigne	retired after 437km
21	VEN	Raul Penso	Eduardo Fuhrmeister	retired after 414km
22	AUT2	Gerald Ameseder	Thomas Weingartner	retired after 402km
23	SVK	Peter Vrabec	Frantisek Pavlousek	retired after 357km
24	FRA1	Vincent Sprüngli	Jerome Maupoint	retired after 318km
25	POL	Krzysztof Ziolkowski	Grazyna Cader-Ziolkowska	retired after 239km
26	GER1	Michael Gebert	Christian Maier	retired after 208km
27	CAN	Max Fanderl	Jeff Bellis	retired after 165km
28	COL	Hugo Jimenez	retired after 140km
29	GRE	Dimitris Bourazanis	Manos Kiriakakis	retired after 127km
30	TUR	Yurdaer Etike	Erdem Tuc	retired after 23km

Martin Müller was the fastest athlete, however, he was penalized with 36 hours due to an airspace violation in Sion, Switzerland. Müller was taken over by Alex Hofer and Toma Coconea at Mt Gros and only placed third. Winner Alex Hofer traveled 900km (61% of the distance) in the air and walked 588km (39%). In comparison, Coconea flew 24% of the distance and walked the other 76% (1,021km).

X-Alps 2009

Route

For the first time the race started from the Mozartplatz in the center of the city of Salzburg, the end goal however remained the same. The number of turnpoints was increased to seven.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Watzmann
3	Großglockner
4	Marmolada
5	Matterhorn
6	/	Mont Blanc
7	Mont Gros

Teams and results

The fourth edition was the first one to start from a new starting point. On July 19, 2009, 30 teams started from the Mozartplatz in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Only two teams made it all the way to the final destination in Monaco while 12 teams had to withdraw, were disqualified or taken out of the race.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	Thomas Theurillat	9 Days and 23:54 Hours
2	SUI2	Alex Hofer (defending champion)	Nicole Schlotterer	+ 1 Day, 09:24 Hours
3	USA	Honza Rejmanek	David Hanning	139km
4	GBR1	Aidan Toase	Charlie Merrett	164km
5	RUS	Evgeny Gryaznov	Dmitry Gusev	193km
6	GER	Michael Gebert	Florian Schellheimer	203km
7	FIN	Jouni Makkonen	Toni Leskelä	230km
8	HUN	Pal Takats	Mauritz Volkmer	231km
9	ESP	Ramon Morillas	Juan Morillas	237km
10	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Maxime van Dyck	238km
11	FRA2	Julien Wirtz	Adrien Vicier	245km
12	ITA2	Andy Frötscher	Raphael Murphy Graetz	288km
13	JPN1	Kaoru Ogisawa	Masaru Saso	297km
CAN	Max Fanderl	Penny Powers	297km
15	GBR2	Tom Payne	Alex Raymont	321km
CZE	Jan Skrabalek	David Bzirsky	321km
17	POL	Filip Jagla	Piotr Goc	423km
18	SVK	Peter Vrabec	Tomas Bernat	457km
19	AUT1	Helmut Eichholzer	Andreas Neubacher	disqualified for flying into forbidden zone
20	ROM	Toma Coconea	Vasile TrifanDaniel Pisica	disqualified for flying into forbidden zone
21	VEN	Raul Penso	Ismael Penso	disqualified for flying into forbidden zone
22	SUI2	Martin Müller	Fabien Zuberer	eliminated (injury)
23	FRA1	Vincent Sprüngli	David Bibier Cocatrix	eliminated (injury)
24	NED	Ronny Geijsen	Hugo Robben	eliminated (injury)
25	RSA	Pierre Carter	James Braid	eliminated (injury)
26	ITA1	Leone Antonio Pascale	Maurizio Dalla Valle	eliminated (injury)
27	AUT2	Christian Amon	Manuel Goller	eliminated (injury)
28	JPN2	Masayuki Matsubara	Tetsuo Kogai	eliminated
29	AUS	Lloyd Penicuik	Lewis Nott	eliminated
30	SLO	Primoz Susa	Igor Erzen	eliminated

Chrigel Maurer was the fastest athlete and the first to reach Monaco from the air (he landed at Roquebrune Beach and ran to the last turnpoint on Mont Gros from where he flew to the final destination). Defending champion Alex Hofer arrived one day later. The winner traveled 72% (999km) of the overall distance (1,379km) in the air and walked the other 28% (380km).

X-Alps 2011

Route

Mozartplatz, Salzburg, Austria, to Monaco.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Dachstein
3	Großglockner
4	Drei Zinnen
5	Piz Palü
6	Matterhorn
7	/	Mont Blanc
8	Mont Gros

Teams and results

As in 2009, the 2011 race started from the Mozartplatz in Salzburg. The 30 athletes who had been nominated by the race committee took off on July 17, 2011. Only two teams made it all the way to the final destination.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer (defending champion)	Thomas Theurillat	11 Days and 04:52 Hours (24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone)
2	ROM	Toma Coconea	Daniel Pisica	13 Days and 03 Hours
3	AUT4	Paul Guschlbauer	Sara Gudelius	9km
4	SUI3	Martin Müller	Boris Aellen	73km
5	GBR2	Jon Chambers	Richard Chambers	113km
6	GER	Michael Gebert	Florian Schellheimer	172km
7	NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	Anton Brous	173km
8	FRA3	Clement Latour	Sylvain Dhonneur	174km, 24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone
9	FIN	Jouni Makkonen	Toni Leskelä	176km
10	USA	Honza Rejmanek	Dave Hanning	181km
11	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Gatien de Dorlodot	183km
12	RUS	Evgeny Gryaznov	Anton Poliakov	241km
13	AUT1	Helmut Eichholzer	Wolfgang Ehgarter	246km
14	CAN	Max Fanderl	Penny Powers	305km
ITA	Andy Frötscher	Robert Mur	305km
16	BRA	Richard Pethigal	Dioclecio R. Filho	327km, 24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone
17	POL	Pawel Faron	Piotr Goc	350km
18	ESP	Oriol Fernandez	Armand Rubiella	389km
19	GBR1	Steve Nash	Richard Bungay	385km, disqualified for flying into forbidden zone
20	CZE	Jan Skrabalek	Karel Vrbensky	478km, eliminated
21	RSA	Pierre Carter	James Braid	516km, eliminated
22	ARG	Martin Romero Garayzabal	Martin Utrera	573km, eliminated (injury)
23	JPN2	Masayuki Matsubara	Shinichi Nagashima	620km, eliminated
24	FRA1	Vincent Sprüngli	Jerome Maupoint	631km, 24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone; retired (technical failure)
25	AUT3	Mike Küng	Eduard Kumaropulos	677km, eliminated (illness)
26	POR	Nuno Virgilio	Samuel Lopes	683km, 24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone; eliminated
27	JPN1	Kaoru Ogisawa	Masaru Saso	739km, disqualified for flying into forbidden zone
28	AUT2	Christian Amon	Mario Schmaranzer	755km, eliminated (injury)
29	FRA2	Philippe Barnier	Herve Garcia	757km, eliminated
30	NOR	Ivar Sandstå	Øystein Dagestad	786km, 24-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone; eliminated

Defending champion Chrigel Maurer was the first to arrive in Monaco after 11 days, 4h and 52min after covering a total distance of 1,807km, 1,321km of which he covered by paraglider and 486km on the ground.

X-Alps 2013

Route

Mozartplatz, Salzburg, Austria, to Monaco.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Dachstein
3	Wildkogel
4	Zugspitze
5	Ortler/Sulden
6	Interlaken
7	Matterhorn
8	/	Mont Blanc
9	Saint Hilaire
10	Peille

Teams and results

31 athletes took off from the Mozartplatz in Salzburg on July 7, 2013. A record number of ten teams made it all the way to Monaco.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer (defending champion)	Thomas Theurillat	6 Days and 23:40 Hours
2	FRA1	Clement Latour	Philippe BarnierBruno Deloustal	8 Days and 16 Hours
3	FRA2	Antoine Girard	Nelson de FreymanYves Bernard	8 Days and 16:30 Hours
4	GBR	Jon Chambers	Richard ChambersTom Payne	9 Days and 05:12 Hours
5	ITA2	Peter Gebhard	Heidi InsamGerald Demetz	9 Days and 07:40 Hours
6	NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	Anton Brous	10 Days and 09:27 Hours
7	ITA1	Aaron Durogati	Renata KuhnovaOndrej Prochazka	10 Days and 10:28 Hours
8	SUI2	Martin Müller	Stephane VoeffrayJulien Andrey	10 Days and 21:43 Hours
9	AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Sara GudeliusAxel Gudelius	11 Days and 05:47 Hours
10	ROM	Toma Coconea	Daniel PisicaAdrian Miclea	11 Days and 11:22 Hours
11	USA1	Honza Rejmanek	Luis RosenkjerJesse Williams	101km
12	FRA3	Victor Sebe	Vincent TouranginHugues Baschet	113km
13	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Cedric de BruynSebastien Granville	153km
14	RUS	Evgeny Gryaznov	Tatsiana Spirydonava Valeriy Maznev	154km
15	POL	Pawel Faron	Piotr GocWitold Wladyka	154km
16	JPN1	Kaoru Ogisawa	Fumio MikiHideo Inaba	168km
17	ITA3	Andy Frötscher	Robert Mur Michael Schneider	182km
18	JPN2	Shoichiro Tadano	Masaru SasoNaohisa Okada	184km
19	CZE	Michal Krysta	Standa MayerJan Skrabalek	229km
20	GER3	Max Mittmann	Matthias ChristenRoger Christen	261km
21	AUT2	Mike Küng	Eduard Kumaropulos Renate Schatzl	379km
22	VEN	Raul Penso	Dario di Gioia Gabriela Guzman	385km, 48-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone; 24-hour penalty for needing to be rescued by a mountain guide in rough terrain
23	CAN	Max Fanderl	Penny Powers Mik Broschart	411km
24	GER2	Lars Budack	Jonathan MöllerWenzel Piel	428km
25	KOR	Pil Pyo Hong	Kim Min SooRyu Yun Jae	430km
26	RSA	Pierre Carter	James Braid	553km
27	ESP	Iñigo Gabiria	Iñigo ArizagaXabier Amorrortu	588km
28	USA2	Stephan Haase	David HanningBrad Sander	523km, retired (injury)
29	AUT3	Thomas Hofbauer	Christian GrohsVera Polaschegg	773km, eliminated
30	NPL	Babu Sunuwar	Charles KirstenAndreas Kastler	853km, eliminated
31	ARG	Claudio Heidel	Jordi TosasCarlos Fernández Carrasco	877km, eliminated

At 1,031km, the route was almost 200km longer than in 2011. Chrigel Maurer was the first to arrive in Monaco, winning for the third time in a row. He made it in a record time of 6 days, 23h and 40min. He traveled a total distance of 2,556km, 2,288km of which he covered by paraglider and 268km on the ground.

X-Alps 2015

Route

The route was announced on March 19, 2015. It follows an arc of Europe's highest mountains, starting in Salzburg, Austria and finishing in Monaco. The 2015 route has ten turnpoints and a straight-line distance of 1,038km and is more challenging tactically than the 2013 race due to it having less obvious flight paths.

New to the 2015 edition was the Powertraveller Prologue, a one-day hike and paragliding race around the mountains of Fuschl am See. The first three athletes to finish the Prologue were each rewarded with a five-minute headstart in the Red Bull X-Alps race start on July 5 and an additional Led Lenser Nightpass to journey through the night, which is normally a mandatory rest period. First was Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1) 2h21m, second was Stanislav Mayer (CZE) in 2h22m, third was Gavin McClurg (USA2) 2h24m.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Dachstein
3	Aschau - Chiemsee (Kampenwand)
4	Lermoos
5	Brenta, Cima Tosa
6	St. Moritz - Corvatsch
7	Matterhorn
8	/	Mont Blanc
9	Annecy
10	Peille

Teams and results

On December 29, 2014 the first 31 teams were revealed. Two more wildcard teams were added to the starters field on January 8, 2015. The race was won for the fourth time in a row by the Swiss athlete Christian Maurer in 8d 4h 37m, flying an Advance Omega paraglider.

Legend
Wildcard Team
Rank	Team	Athlete	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer (defending champion)	Thomas Theurillat	8 Days and 4 hours
2	GER3	Sebastian Huber	Martin Walleitner	8 Days and 22 hours
3	AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Werner Strittl	9 Days and 4 hours
4	FRA2	Antoine Girard	Demelin Mathieu	9 Days and 5 hours
5	FRA4	Gaspard Petiot	Laurent Pezet	9 Days and 5 hours
6	ITA	Aaron Durogati	Ondrej Prochazka	9 Days and 6 hours
7	NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	Anton Brous	9 Days and 22 hours
8	USA2	Gavin McClurg	Bruce Marks	10 Days and 4 hours
9	GER4	Manuel Nübel	Christian Schineis	10 Days and 17 hours
10	NZL	Nick Neynens	Louis Tapper	10 Days and 18 hours
11	FRA3	Nelson de Freyman	Thomas Punty	11 Days and 2 hours
12	CZE	Stanislav Mayer	Petr Kostrhun	11 Days and 8 hours
13	SUI4	Peter von Bergen	Philippe Arn	11 Days and 12 hours
14	KOR	Chi-Kyong Ha	Yun Jae Rju	11 Days and 15 hours
15	USA1	Honza Rejmanek	Jesse Williams	11 Days and 17 hours
16	POL	Pawel Faron	Piotr Goc	11 Days and 20 hours
17	SWE	Erik Rehnfeldt	Peter Back	11 Days and 21 hours
18	SUI3	Michael Witschi	Yael Margelisch	11 Days and 22 hours
19	AUT3	Stephan Gruber	Claus Eberharter	11 Days and 6 hours, 48-hour penalty for flying into forbidden zone
20	USA4	Dave Turner	Krischa Berlinger	140km, did not finish
21	GBR	Steve Nash	Richard Bungay	178km, did not finish
22	AUT2	Gerald Gold	Othmar Heinisch	302km, did not finish
23	USA3	Dawn Westrum	Jaroslaw Wieczorek	375km, eliminated
24	BEL	Thomas de Dorlodot	Sebastien Granville	499km, withdrew due to injury
25	AUT4	Pascal Purin	Florian Ebenbichler	531km, withdrew due to injury
26	ROM	Toma Coconea	Daniel Pisica	555km, withdrew due to injury
27	RSA	Stephan Kruger	Konstantin Filipov	575km, eliminated
28	GER1	Michael Gebert	Tobias Böck	575km, withdrew
29	ESP	Ivan Colás	Íñigo Arizaga	611km, withdrew due to injury
30	COL	Alex Villa	Stefan Hodeck	635km, eliminated
31	SUI2	Samuel Vurpillot	Martin Müller	755km, eliminated
32	GER2	Yvonne Dathe	Thomas Ide	840km, eliminated
33	FRA1	Clément Latour	Barnier Philippe	Did Not Start	DNS

X-Alps 2017

Route

The route was announced on March 29, 2017. With seven turnpoints and a straight-line distance of 1,138km, it was the longest route so far.

In 2017, the Prologue returned as the Leatherman Prologue race on June 29. The one-day hiking race which saw no paragliding due to bad weather took place around the mountains of Fuschl am See. The athletes started in Fuschl and reached the Zwölferhorn before returning to Fuschl as fast as possible. The first three athletes to finish the Prologue race were rewarded with a head start on day two of the main race and an additional Ledlenser Nightpass to journey through the night, which is normally a mandatory rest period.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Triglav
3	Aschau - Chiemsee (Kampenwand)
4	Lermoos
5	Monte Baldo
6	Matterhorn
7	Peille

Teams and results

The competing athletes were announced on November 2, 2016 via social media. Two more wildcard teams were added to the field on January 2, 2017. In 2017, 31 teams took part in Red Bull X-Alps; 12 rookies, as well as reigning champion Chrigel Maurer and legend Toma Coconea, who has taken part in every edition so far.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Wing	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	Skywalk X-Alps3	Tobias Dimmler	10 days and 23 hours
2	FRA4	Benoit Outters	Sup'Air Wild	Damien Lacaze	11 days and 1 hour
3	AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Skywalk X-Alps3	Werner Strittl	5km from goal
4	NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	Skywalk X-Alps3	Nicole Vincent Piazza	49km from goal
5	AUT4	Simon Oberrauner	Skywalk X-Alps3	Christoph Wolf	51km from goal
6	AUT3	Pascal Purin	Ozone Z-Alps	Gabriele Müller	86km from goal
7	HUN	Pal Takats	Ozone	Ferdinand Vogel	89km from goal
8	GER1	Sebastian Huber	Advance Omega X-Alps	Martin Walleitner	95km from goal
9	NZL	Nick Neynens	Ozone Z-Alps	Ben Neynens	130km from goal
10	CZE	Stanislav Mayer	GIN GTO2	Jiří Dlask	172km from goal
11	ROU	Toma Coconea	Advance Omega X-Alps2	Adrian Miclea	271km from goal
12	FRA3	Nelson de Freyman	Advance Omega X-Alps2	Damien Pierre	275km from goal
13	ITA2	Tobias Grossrubatscher	Ozone LM6	Lukas Hitthaler	275 from goal
14	USA1	Gavin McClurg	Niviuk Klimber	Bruce Marks	308km from goal
15	CAN	Richard Brezina	Skywalk Poison X-Alps	Julien Maatouk	319km from goal
16	POL	Michal Gierlach	Sup'air Wild	Dominika Kasieczko	378km from goal
17	RUS	Evgenii Griaznov	Stanislaw Radzikowski	457km from goal
18	USA2	Jesse Williams	Skywalk X-Alps	Pavel Cibulka	474km from goal
19	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Supair Wild	Sebastien Granville	510km from goal
20	GER2	Manuel Nübel	Skywalk Poison X-Alps	Christian Schineis	Withdrew 209km from goal
21	FRA2	Gaspard Petiot	Laurent Peseta	Withdrew 383km from goal
22	USA3	Mitch Riley	Thomas Alfred	Eliminated 530km from goal
23	SUI2	Krischa Berlinger	Benjamin Jordan	Withdrew 551km from goal
24	ESP	Jose Ignacio Arevalo Guede	Francisco Javier Delgado Cid	Eliminated 745km from goal
25	AUS	Che Golus	Oliver Delprado	Withdrew 773km from goal
26	ITA1	Aaron Durogati	Matteo Vettorel	Withdrew 776km from goal
27	RSA	Duncan Kotze	Johan De Bruijn	Eliminated 832km from goal
28	ARG	Claudio Heidel Schemberger	Jorge Zimmerman	Eliminated 967km from goal
29	AUT2	Stephan Gruber	Florian Eder	Withdrew 984km from goal
30	FRA1	Antoine Girard	Laurent Fischer	Withdrew 1048km from goal
31	MEX	David Liano Gonzalez	Alejandro Gonzalez Medina	Eliminated 1059km from goal

X-Alps 2019

Route

The 2019 route started in Salzburg, Austria and ended in Monaco.

#	Turnpoint
1	Gaisberg
2	Wagrain-Kleinarl
3	Aschau-Chiemsee
4	Kronplatz
5	Lermoos-Tiroler Zugspitz Arena
6	Davos
7	Titlis
8	Eiger
9	/	Mont Blanc
10	Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
11	Monte Viso
12	Cheval Blanc
13	Peille

Teams and results

A total of 32 athletes started the 2019 race.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Wing	Profession	Supporter	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	ADVANCE Omega X-Alps 3 22,8	Paraglider Competition Pilot, Coach, Speaker	Andy Schäublin	9 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes
2	FRA4	Maxime Pinot	Zeolite S	Paragliding instructor / Test Pilot	Jérémie Lager	9 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes
3	AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Skywalk X-Alps4 S	Athlete	Werner Strittl	10 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes
3	FRA1	Benoit Outters	Supair Wild 21	Fireman	Stéphane Garin	10 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes
5	GER1	Manuel Nübel	Skywalk X-Alps4	Tandempilot / Selfemployed	Christian Schineis	10 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes
6	AUT2	Simon Oberrauner	Skywalk X-Alps4	Solo&Tandempilot	Simon Volker	10 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes
7	FRA2	Gaspard Petiot	Zeolite S	teacher university Lyon1	Laurent Pezet	10 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes
8	SUI2	Patrick von Känel	ADVANCE Omega X-Alps 3 22,8	Testpilot by ADVANCE Paragliders	Sepp Inniger	10 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes
9	ITA1	Aaron Durogati	Omega Xalps 3 21,8	paragliding pilot	Elisabeth Egger	10 days, 17 hours, 22 minutes
10	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Supair Wild 23	Pro paragliding pilot / adventurer	Diego Lacroix	10 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes
11	ROU	Toma Coconea	Advance Omega X-Alps 3	Fly Instructor	Adrian Miclea	78.1km
12	USA1	Gavin McClurg	Zeolite S	Paragliding pilot/ Athlete, CEO Offshore Odysseys	Ben Abruzzo	206km
13	ITA2	Tobias Grossrubatscher	Skywalk X-Alps4	timberman	Karl Heufler	212.7km
14	GER2	Markus Anders	Skywalk X-Alps4	R&D Harness Skywalk, Coaching, Hike & Fly Athlete	Kilian Hallweger	215.8km
15	NZL1	Nick Neynens	Ozone Zeolite MS	Meteorologist	Ben Neynens	263.3km
16	MEX	Eduardo Garza	Skywalk X-Alps4 XS	Mechanical & Electrical Engineer	Bianca Heinrich	265.4km
17	RUS	Evgenii Griaznov	SupAir Wild 23	teacher	Andrei Mashak	270.3km
18	SVK	Juraj Koren	Gin Puma 20,5	Student/tandem/team pilot of Airdesign	Jakub Beňo	290.1km
19	SUI3	Adrian Keller	Skywalk X-Alps4 XS	Bicycle Mechanic	Dina Sägesser	350.5km
20	USA3	Cody Mittanck	Zeolite MS	Ecologist/GIS Consultant	Huntley Brockie	399km
21	DNK	Thomas Juel Christensen	Zeolite MS	Project Manager	Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson	423.8km
22	TUR	Baris Celik	Skywalk X-Alps4	Tandem pilot	Metin Kavuncu	449.1km
23	USA2	Willi Cannell	Niviuk Klimber P 19,24	wilderness river guide	Rob Curran	471.4km
24	HRV	Marko Hrgetic	Triple Seven Qlite MS	Paragliding Instructor	Adrien Colombié	478.3km
25	JPN	Kaoru Ogisawa	PHI Maestro light 18.0	paragliding pilot	Fumio Miki	500.9km
26	AUT3	Helmut Schrempf	Supair Wild 23	Paragliding Teacher, SIV Trainer	Marcus Winkler	503.4km
OUT	KOR	Chikyong Ha	Gingliders Puma 20,5	Paragliding instructor, test pilot	Younjae Ryu	530km
DNF	FRA3	Antoine Girard	Zeolite MS	Teacher (computer science)	Martin Beaujouan	554km
OUT	NZL2	Kinga Masztalerz	Supair Wild 21	Coaching other pilots and growing tropical waterlilies	Chris Wright	580km
OUT	COL	Alex Villa	Supair Wild 21	Events Productions	Lucho Jimenez	743km
OUT	POL	Dominika Kasieczko	Zeolite S	paragliding guide pilot, architect	Kuba Poburka	870km
OUT	LBN	Rodolphe Akl	Alpina 3 MS	Major in ranger special forces; in charge of the mountain troops	Alexandre Scelsi	990km

X-Alps 2021

The 10th edition of the race started on 20 June 2021, at 11:30 AM from the Mozartplatz in the center of the city of Salzburg.

Route

The 2021 route started in Salzburg, Austria and ended in Zell am See.

#	Turnpoint	Location
1	Gaisberg
2	Wagrain-Kleinarl
3	Kitzbühel
4	Achental (Chiemgau)
5	Lermoos-Tiroler Zugspitz Arena
6	Säntis
7	Fiesch
8	Dent d’Oche
9	/	Mont Blanc
10	/	Piz Palü
11	Kronplatz
12	Schmittenhöhe

Teams

A total of 29 athletes competed in the 2021 race.

Team	Athlete	Supporter	Comment
AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Werner Strittl	sixth start
AUT2	Simon Oberrauner	Simon Volker	third start
AUT3	Thomas Friedrich	Arno Flitsch	first start
BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Thibault Voglet	eighth start
FRA1	Maxime Pinot	Jérémie Lager	second start
FRA2	Benoît Outters	Tom Remi	third start
FRA3	Théo de Blic	Jules Croibier	first start
FRA4	Laurie Genovese	Alexis Reverchon	first start
FRA5	Damien Lacaze	Stéphane Garin	first start
GBR	Steve Bramfitt	Matthijs Groeneveld	first start
GER1	Manuel Nübel	Sascha Rentel	fourth start
GER2	Markus Anders	Daniel Oberauer	second start
GER3	Michael Lacher	Matthias Kraus	first start
ITA1	Aaron Durogati	Elisabeth Egger	fifth start
ITA2	Tobias Grossrubatscher	Simon Grossrubatscher	third start
ITA3	Nicola Donini	Fiorenzo Graziano	first start
JPN1	Kaoru Ogisawa	Davide Cardona	fifth start
JPN2	Ken Oguma	Tetsuo Kogai	first start
MEX	Eduardo Garza	Bianca Heinrich	second start
NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	Nicole van Schelven	fifth start
NZL1	Nick Neynens	Nicola McLaren	fourth start
POL	Michal Gierlach	Maciej Zietara	second start
ROM	Toma Coconea	Adrian Pochiu	tenth start
RUS	Andrei Mashak	Andrey Bukin	first start
SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	Thomas Theurillat	seventh start
SUI2	Patrick von Känel	Andy Jäggi	second start
SUI4	Yael Margelisch	Joël Bruchez	first start
USA1	Gavin McClurg	Reavis Sutphin-Gray	fourth start
USA2	Cody Mittanck	Robert Brockie	second start

Results

Rank	Team	Athlete	Finish Time	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	8 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes, 28 seconds
2	SUI2	Patrick von Känel	9 days, 2 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds
3	AUT2	Simon Oberrauner	9 days, 2 hours, 18 minutes, 25 seconds
4	FRA1	Maxime Pinot	9 days, 3 hours, 1 minute, 14 seconds
5	FRA2	Benoît Outters	10 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes, 12 seconds
6	GER1	Manuel Nübel	39.1km
7	AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	43.5km
8	ITA2	Tobias Grossrubatscher	65.6km
9	POL	Michal Gierlach	88.1km
10	NED	Ferdinand van Schelven	93.4km
11	FRA5	Damien Lacaze	99.3km
12	ITA1	Aaron Durogati	108.1km
13	ROM	Toma Coconea	218.3km
14	MEX	Eduardo Garza	252.7km
15	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	280.3km
16	GBR	Steve Bramfitt	330.5km
17	USA1	Gavin McClurg	393.9km
18	SUI4	Yael Margelisch	412km
19	GER3	Michael Lacher	429.3km
20	JPN1	Kaoru Ogisawa	512.9km
DNF	GER2	Markus Anders	467.8km
OUT	FRA3	Théo de Blic	544.7km
OUT	FRA4	Laurie Genovese	595.2km
DNF	AUT3	Thomas Friedrich	731.5km
DNF	USA2	Cody Mittanck	733.8km
OUT	ITA3	Nicola Donini	739km
DNF	JPN2	Ken Oguma	926.1km
OUT	NZL1	Nick Neynens	1071.6km
OUT	RUS	Andrei Mashak	1132.9km

X-Alps 2023

The 11th edition of the race started with a Prologue in Kirchberg on 8 June. The main race started from Kitzbühel 11 June 2023 and finished Friday 23 June.

Route

The 2023 route started in Kitzbühel, Austria and ended in Zell am See.

#	Turnpoint	Location
1	Hahnenkamm
2	Wagrain-Kleinarl
3	Achental (Chiemgau)
4	Lermoos-Tiroler Zugspitz Arena
5	Piz Buin
6	Fiesch
7	Frutigen
8	Niesen
9	/	Mont Blanc
10	/	Col du Petit Saint-Bernard
11	Dufourspitze
12	Cima Tosa
13	3 Zinnen
14	Sexten Dolomites
15	Schmittenhöhe

Teams

A total of 34 athletes competed in the 2023 race.

Team	Athlete	Supporter	Comment
JAP	Yuji EMOTO	Benoit HOSTEIN	first start
AUS	Richard Binstead	Nicola McLaren	first start
AUT1	Paul Guschlbauer	Werner Strittl	sixth start
AUT2	Simon Oberrauner	Simon Volker	fourth start
AUT3	Thomas Friedrich	Arno Flitsch	first start
AUT4	Elisabeth Egger	Nadine Beck	first start
BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	Thibault Voglet	eighth start
FRA1	Maxime Pinot	Jérémie Lager	second start
FRA4	Laurie Genovese	Alexis Reverchon	first start
FRA5	Damien Lacaze	Stéphane Garin	first start
GER2	Markus Anders	Daniel Oberauer	second start
ITA1	Aaron Durogati	Bruno Mottini	fifth start
ITA2	Tobias Grossrubatscher	Simon Grossrubatscher	third start
ITA3	Nicola Donini	Fiorenzo Graziano	first start
NZL	Kinga Masztalerz	Chris Wright	second start
POL	Michal Gierlach	Maciej Zietara	second start
ROM	Toma Coconea	Adrian Pochiu	tenth start
SUI1	Chrigel Maurer	Thomas Theurillat	eighth start
SUI2	Patrick von Känel	Andy Jäggi	second start
SUI4	Sepp Inniger	André Glauser	first start
SUI5	Reto Reiser	Mimo Moratti	first start
USA1	Logan Walters	Reavis Sutphin-Gray	first start

Results

Rank	Team	Athlete	Finish Time / Status	Distance to Goal (as the crow flies)
1	SUI1	Christian Maurer	6 days, 6 hours, 1 minute, 51 seconds
2	FRA2	Damien Lacaze	6 days, 18 hours, 5 minutes, 55 seconds
3	FRA1	Maxime Pinot	6 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes, 54 seconds
4	HUN	Pal Takats	6 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes, 35 seconds
5	SUI2	Patrick von Känel	6 days, 20 hours, 51 minutes, 58 seconds
6	AUT1	Simon Oberrauner	6 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes, 19 seconds
7	FRA4	Tim Alongi	6 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes, 10 seconds
8	ITA2	Aaron Durogati	7 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes, 0 seconds
9	GER1	Markus Anders	7 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes, 30 seconds
10	FRA5	Tanguy Renaud-Goud	7 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes, 44 seconds
11	AUT3	Thomas Friedrich	7 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes, 18 seconds
12	SUI4	Sepp Inniger	7 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes, 49 seconds
13	AUT2	Paul Guschlbauer	7 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes, 11 seconds
14	BEL	Tom de Dorlodot	7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutes, 5 seconds
15	ITA1	Tobias Grossrubatscher	7 days, 1 hour, 43 minutes, 4 seconds
16	ITA3	Nicola Donini	7 days, 2 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds
17	SUI5	Reto Reiser	7 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes, 19 seconds
18	GER2	Maximilian Loidl	7 days, 3 hours, 24 minutes, 53 seconds
19	POL	Michal Gierlach	8 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes, 25 seconds
20	USA1	Logan Walters	10 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes, 28 seconds
21	AUT4	Elisabeth Egger	10 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes, 38 seconds	First female to make goal
22	CAN	James Elliott	11 days, 7 hours, 30 minutes, 47 seconds
23	JPN	Emoto Yuji	11 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes, 34 seconds
24	ESP	Jordi Vilalta	68.3km from goal
AUS	Richard Binstead	Eliminated day 12	504km from goal
NZL	Kinga Masztalerz	Eliminated day 10	604km from goal
SLO	Lenart Oblak	Disqualified day 8	651.4km from goal
ROU	Toma Coconea	Retired day 6	693.3km from goal
GER3	Celine Lorenz	Retired day 7	694.5km from goal
CHN	Junming Song	Eliminated day 8	734.8km from goal
FRA3	Laurie Genovese	Eliminated day 6	858.8km from goal
CZE	Ondrej Prochazka	Eliminated day 4	980km from goal

X-Alps 2025

The 12th edition of the race starts with a Prologue in Kirchberg, Austria on 12 June. The main race starts from Kitzbühel 15 June 2025 and finishes Friday 27 June in Zell am See.

Route

The 2025 route starts in Kitzbühel, Austria and finishes in Zell am See. It follows a figure-of-eight route of 1,283km via a total of 16 turn points. For the first time since 2019 the route goes deep into France. The route also includes three mandatory Via Ferrata climbs for athletes. For the first time in the race's history one turn point – the Swiss resort of St. Moritz – becomes a turn point both on the way out and return legs of the course.

Teams

A total of 34 athletes from 17 countries take part in the 2025 race. The lineup includes one female athlete, competing for the second time.

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

References

External links

Red Bull X-Alps