Lisi Trail Festival

After the 2023 event which obviously was one of the most memorable trail races of the year TRAILLAB with the support of Tbilisi City Hall and in partnership with Georgian Trail Running Federation gets back to you with the annual festival! The event is held on June 15-16 and hosts all the adventurers, novice and experienced runners. Everyone will have a chance to experience the thrills of trailrunning within their preferred level of difficulty by choosing the race distance from 7km fun race to 100km ultra trail race.   The festival hosts six distances: ● Fun Race: 7km, 300m ● Sprint: 10km, 700m ● Lisi Trail Race: 20km, 1,000m ● Lisi Trail Marathon: 42km, 2,250m ● Lisi 62: 63km 3,050m ● Lisi 100: 100km, 4,400m     The camp of the festival is located at Tsodoreti lake and all the races will start and finish there.     More detail about each distance:     Fun Race: 7km, 300m The most crowded and fun race of the festival. The route of the distance goes to the hill located on the opposite side of other distance routes with some river crossings and beautiful forest scenery.     Sprint: 10km, 700m The festival’s fastest race covers the distance from Tsodoreti lake to Mskhaldidi lake and back. On the way runners will of course climb Natlismtsemeli mountain.     Lisi Trail Race: 20km, 1,000m Classic Lisi Trail Race distance held annually starting 2019. This is a 20 kilometer loop which starts at Tsodoreti lake, crosses forestry areas, a couple of mountain tops, creaks and gets back to Tsodoreti lake from the other side. Amazing views on Tbilisi, Trialeti and Caucasus mountain range awaits participants.     Lisi Trail Marathon: 42km, 2,250m Part of the race course coincides with the beginning of Lisi Trail Race but in this case after Bevreti gorge runners climb to Satovlia ridge where they enjoy the views on river Mtkvari valley, Caucasus mountains and surroundings all along the 10km section on the ridge. After this, runners soon turn to the gorge again and head back to the finish location in Tsodoreti.   Lisi 62: 62km, 3,050m Apart from the places covered by other distance participants u,ltra runners will additionally pass the headwaters of river Vere, Didgori Monument a, nd village Ghvevi.   Lisi 100: 100km, 4,400m 100K race fully encompasses the course of the ultra race with an additional 40 km loop around the Ksilisi and Khikhani mountains. Before reaching the alpine meadows mountains at 2,000m above sea level, the route dives deep into Kavtura Gorge crossing several mountain creeks and passing through the abandoned Botisi Village.     The runners must pass the given control points and reach the finish in the following cut-off times: Fun Race - 03:00 hours - 1 checkpoint Sprint - 02:30 hours - 1 checkpoint Lisi Trail Race - 04:00 hours - 2 checkpoints Lisi Trail Marathon - 10:00 hours - 4 checkpoints Lisi 62 - 13:00 hours - 6 checkpoints Lisi 100 - 20:00 hours All the distances are registered by the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) and Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB). While three of the distances are qualifiers of international races     Lisi Trail Race     Lisi Trail Marathon     Lisi Ultra     Lisi 100   Detailed race rules and requirements are given and updated on the race website: traillab.GE/lisi