Length: 101 km
Dear competitors, adventurers and mountain sports fans. We are proud to introduce the first edition of “La Ruta Madre”, our goal is to promote the adventure sports in México, ecotourism, explore the wonders that nature offers to us and live a bunch of emotions together.
Our race requires good physical and mental strength, has more than 100 km of distance and more than 6,000 meters of elevation gain. Considering technical knowledge and physical strength in different mountain sports so that the finishers can say proudly that they did it. We will run through canyons, cross rivers, walk along typical villages of the region, ascend and descend in waterfalls, admiring landscapes worth of the Sierra Madre Oriental and why not, we will start and finish in the “magical village” of Santiago, Nuevo León.
Host: Santiago, Nuevo León. A 30 minutos de Monterrey, Nuevo León.
Dates to consider: 18-20 November 2017.
Estimated distance: 100 kilometers.
Estimated elevation gain: 6,200 meters of elevation gain.
1 st place prize: $100,000 MN (about $5,000 USD). Free entry next edition.
2 nd place prize: $70,000 MN (about $3,500 USD).
3 rd place prize: $30,000 MN (about $1,500 USD).