last update August 15. 2008

active races sorted to number of stairs

39700
 Sächsischer Mt. Everest Treppenmarathon
Radebeul
21.-22.
April
.2007
19.-20.
April
.2008
8848 m altitude - double marathon
11674
Niesen Treppenlauf
   Niesen
9.
June
2007
7.
June
.2008
on the world´s longest staircase
3610
 Europatreppenlauf   Partenen
28.
July
2007
26.
July
2008
the world´s greatest fitness tool
2200
 Bad Wildbader Stäffeleslauf
Bad Wildbad
27.
July
.2007
30.
May
2008
along the Sommerbergbahn
2109
 Go Vertical - Sears Tower   Chicago
11.
November
2007
9.
November
2008
longest urban stairclimb
for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
2058 Menara International Towerthon
Kuala Lumpur 19.
February
2006		 3.
February
2008		 Revival
2046
 Taipei 101 Run Up   Taipei
25.
November
2007
15.
June
2008
-
1776
 CN - Tower Climb   Toronto
26.-28.
April
2007
17.-19.
April
2008
für World Wildlife Found
1776
 CN - Tower Stair Climb   Toronto
20.-23.
October
2005
19.-22.
October
2006
for United Way
1643
 Step Up For Kids - Aon Center   Chicago
29.
January
2006
28.
January
2007
-
1632 Hustle Up The Hancock   Chicago
26.
February
2006
25.
February
2007
-
1576 Empire State Building Run Up   New York
7.
February
2006
6.
February
2007
the classic race
1504 Sydney Tower Run Up   Sydney
1.
September
2006
31.
August
2007
-
1500 Stair Climb To The Top
US Bank Tower		   Los Angeles
3.
October
2004
6.-7.
October
2006
-
1344
  		arque - sky - run MesseTurm Frankfurt   Frankfurt
13.
May
2007
18.
May
2008
Europes No. 1 Towerrun 222 m - 61 - 1.344
for ARQUE
1336 Swissotel Vertical Marathon   Singapore
6.
November
2005
19.
November
2006
-
1311 Leukemia & Lymphomia Big Climb
Columbia Center		   Seattle
18.
März
2007
16.
März
2008
for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
1311 Fire Fighter Stair Climb
Columbia Center

   Seattle
4.
März
2007
2.
März
2008
for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
1300
 Azrieli Tower Run Up   Tel Aviv
28.
October
2005
3.
November
2006
-
1280
 Climb For A Cure
IDS Building		   Minneapolis
11.
Februar
2006
?
-
1260
 Climb MS
Franklin Center/AT&T Corporate Center 		  Chicago
9.
March
2008
premiere 2008
for National Multiple Sclerosis Society
1254 Rialto Tower Run Up   Melbourne
22.
July
2005

?

no race 2006
1251
  		Run The Rock Climb
Rockefeller Center
   New York
21.
January
2006
15.
September
2007
new date
1210
  		Climb Miami
former Winding Up The Wachovia		   Miami
12.
April
2008

18.
April
2009

for American Lung Association
1197
  		Climb California San Francisco
   San Francisco
31.
March
2007
29.
March
2008
Premiere 2007
for American Lung Association
1136 Emirates Towers Vertical Marathon   Dubai
27.
May
2005
?
-
1120 Seattle Stair Climb
Washington Mutual Tower		   Seattle
1.
December
2005
?
-
1100 801 Grand Power Climb
   Des Moines / IA
25.
February
2007
24.
Februar
2008
for American Lung Association
1093 Banyon Tree Vertical Marathon   Bangkok
18.
September
2005
?
-
1081 Auckland Sky Tower Vertical Challenge   Auckland
27.
March
2004
6.
May
2006

limited number
of climbers
1062
 Go Vertical Boston
John Hancock Tower		   Boston,MA
12
February
2006
-
2007 cancelled
1049
  		Treppen Masters Willingen   Willingen
-
?
241+808 - two runs
planned May 2006
1035 Climb Detroit
Detroit Marriott ( Renaissance Center )		   Detroit,MI
24.
February
2008

for American Lung Association
1034 Bisbee 1000   Bisbee, AZ
15.
October
2005
?
in 5k-race
1027 Stair Climb, Climbing For A Cure   Milwaukee
17.
November
2005
16.
November
2006
-
1019 Wawa´s Annual Stair Climb For CF
Mellon Bank Center		   Philadelphia
26.
February
2006
25.
February
2007
-
1018 Run The Republic
Republic Plaza
formerly Run The Register (1014)
   Denver
25.
February
2007
24.
February
2008
new location since 2008
for American Lung Association
1000 Master The Met
Metropolitan Square Building
  St. Louis,MO
-
1.
March
2008
Premiere 2008
for American Lung Association
977
alle 4		 SAGA / GWG - Treppenstürmer   Hamburg, 4 skyscrapers
13.-21.
August
2005
?
Four Race Series in residential skyscrapers
952 Tower Climb
Tower Of The Americas		   San Antonio
20.
November
2004
?
1 mile + 952
2005 ???
950 Le Defi de La Tour De Montreal   Montreal
15.
June
2005
?
-

914
  		Climb Tampa
Bank of America Plaza
formerly Bounding Up the Bank of America Plaza		   Tampa,FL
23.
February
2008
21.
March
2009
for American Lung Association
870 Trek to the Top   Omaha,NE
-
24.
February
2007
Premiere 2007
855 Stairrun Post Tower   Bonn
28.
October
2005
-
no race 2006
853 LA Climb California   Los Angeles
26.
April
2008
for American Lung Association
809 Corning Tower Cystic Fibrosis Stair Climb   Albany/NY
09.
March
2006
?
-
806 Bop To The Top   Indianapolis
28.
January
2006
3.
February
2007
charity - sports - tradition
804 Climb the Carew   Cincinnati
26.
February
2006
25.
February
2007
with Vertical Mile
802 Climb For Wilderness
Calgary Tower		   Calgary
16.
April
2005
?
Ultra - 5 Stunden
stairs up - elevator down
802 Run For Wilderness
Calgary Tower		   Calgary
16.
AprilL
2005
?
1k + 802
780 Uptown München   Munich
2.
October
2004
?
no race2005
779 Donauturm Treppenlauf   Vienna
12.
November
2005
11.
November
2006
our homerace
770 Skyrun Berlin   Berlin
6.
June
2006
28.
May
2007
-
760 Beh na Hejsovinuh   Machov-Lhota
25.
September
2005
?
in 9k-race
760 Climb Pittsburgh
Gulf Tower		   Pittsburgh,PA
29.
March
2008

for American Lung Association
739 Climb The Wall For Clean Air   Vancouver
20.
February
2006
18.
February
2007
-
726  Lauf über die Treppen Wuppertals   Wuppertal 14.
September
2002		 13.
August
2006 		726 10,6km
327 4,4km
117 1,7km
697 Race Up Boston Place
Mellon Financial Center		   Boston,MA
2.
February
2008

for American Lung Association
691 Lauf im City-Hochhaus (ehemals Uni-Riese)   Leipzig
31.
October
2005
?
-
682 Pirmasenser Treppenraces   Pirmasens
18.
October
2005
?
7 Stairs in 10k-race
680 Tackle The Tower
Oakbrooke Terrace Tower		   Oakbrooke Terrace,IL
11.
February
2007
10.
February
2008
do it once, twice or three times
for American Lung Association
660
  		Treppensprint beim Kyburglauf   Kyburg
12.
November
2005
?
-
660 Annual Stair Climb For Cancer
Skylon Tower		   Niagara Falls
9.
April
2005
?
-
651 ?
556 ?		 First Hawaiian Center Stair Climb -
Hustle Up The Hyatt		   Honolulu
12.
April
2005
?
-
646 Tackle The Tower
Galleria and Tower at Erieview		   Cleveland,OH
3.
February
2007
9.
February
2008
-

640
 
IZD Tower Stiegenhauslauf   Vienna
23.
June
2008
-
private event
605
  		Trierer Himmelsleiter Treppenlauf   Trier
24.
September
2005
23.
September
2006
E-Mayl
600 Mainzer Treppenlauf in den Bonifaziustürmen
   Mainz
22.
November
2004
?
up and down
2005 ???

595
  		Climb St. Pete   St. Petersburg,FL
1.
December
2007
-
for American Lung Association

590
  		Turmlauf Hall in Tirol   Hall
29.
September
2007
28.
September
2008
2 towers - 1 tunnel
564
  		Himmelsstürmer St. Georg Treppenlauf   Hamburg
30.
Mai
2007
-
up and down
560 CF Step Up For A Cure Stair Climb
Buffalo City Hall		   Buffalo
21.
February
2004
?
2005 ???
555
  		Marburger Treppenlauf   Marburg
28.
June
2006
27
June
2007
-
542
 Tower Running Basler Messeturm
  Basel
25.
February
2006
10.
March
2007
at the Basel Fair
540
(352) 		GSW-Treppenlauf
   Berlin
16.
April
2005
22.
April
2006
two runs:
200m + 10 etages
200m + 20 etages
511 Oderturm-Lauf   Frankfurt/Oder
28.
August
2004
?
2005 ???
500 Queen City Climb
Hampshire Plaza		   Manchester,NH
-
18.
May
2008
Premiere 2008
for American Lung Association
500 Capitol One Stairclimb   Arlington/VA
4.
February
2004
?
2005 ???
500 Olomouc Run-Up
RCO 		  Olomouc
15.
September
2007
 20.
September
2008
Garmin Run-Up series
483 Charity Run Royal Liver Building   Liverpool
18.
November
2005
 17.
November
2006
mailto:mediacentre@royal-liver.com
465 "Die 465 Stufen von Berlin"   Berlin
14.
January
2007
13.
January
2008
first stair race of the year
463 Pyramiden-Treppenlauf
Marzahn 		  Berlin
24.
June
2006
?
with firefighters
460 Golden stairs of Poltegor   Wroclaw
17.
December
2005
16.
December
2006
2007 at new location ?
450 WIRO Treppenhauslauf   Rostock
23.
September
2007
28.
September
2008 -
405 Stiegenlauf - Grazer Schloßberg   Graz
27.
June
2003
?
no race in 2006,
but there is hope for 2007
402 Erasmusgebouw -Trappenloop   Nijmegen
16.
December
2005
14.
December
2006
-
397 Radebeuler Spitzhaustreppenlauf   Radebeul
7.
October
2006
-
no race 2007
391 Stair Climb
First Federal Plaza		   Rochester
24.
March
2005
?
-
368 Climb Grand Rapids
JW Marriott		   Grand Rapids,MI
23.
February
2008
premiere 2008 - up and down
for American Lung Association
369 MZ-Treppen-Contest
MZ-Hochhaus 		  Hannover
14.
Nov
2007
4.
June
2008
private event
beer contest
366 Kyffhäuser Turmtreppenlauf   Bad Frankenhausen
27.
May
2006
2.
June
2007
33 stairs down
336 Carrera Vertical
Instituto Nacional de Seguros		   San José
29.
July
2007
3.
May
2008
premiere 2007
272 GWH Treppenhauslauf   Kassel
20.
October
2007
20.
September
2008
-
261 Perlachturmlauf   Augsburg
2.
October
2005
3.
October
2006
-
257 Judenburger Stiegl-Stiegenlauf
Sternenturm
   Judenburg
15.
September
2007
4.
October
2008


231 Magdeburger Hochhauslauf   Magdeburg
17.
January
2007
16.
January
2008
-
225 Linzer Schloßbergsprint   Linz
16.
September
2005
7.
October
2006
Upper Austrian
championship
203 Tintenburglauf

   Vienna
28.
October
2005
-


no race in 2006
162 VW Immobilien - Treppenhauslauf   Wolfsburg
6.
October
2007
11.
October
2008
-
158 Berg-Treppen-Sprint des Nordens    
4.
September
2005
?
-
155 Keystone Stair Climb

2005 am Geronimo Trail (113)		   Miami, AZ
16.-18.
April
2005
?
Boomtown Spree
152 Hofer Jedermann-Turmlauf   Hof,Bavaria
25.
September
2005
24.
September
2006
-
144 Silvestrovsky
beh do schodu		   Bilovice
31.
December
2005
?
-
108 Karstadt Treppenlauf   Bamberg
25.
February
2004
?
up and down
         
? Brno Run-Up
Fakulta strojního inženýrství		   Brno
6.
Juni
2008
Garmin Run-Up Series
? Climb Worcester

   Worcester,MA
9.
February
2008 
 
for American Lung Association
? Baltimore Stadium Trek
Baltimore Oriole Park and M&T Bank Stadium
   Baltimore,PA
19.
March
2008 
? stairs within 5k
for American Lung Association
? Climb Jacksonville
Bank of America Tower		   Jacksonville,FL
7.
February
2009		 premiere 2009 - 42 stories
for American Lung Association
? Climbing Heights for Lung Cancer
Bank of America Center		   Orlando,FL
10.
November
2007
 8.
November
2008 		 25 stories
for American Lung Association
? Climb California Los Angeles   Los Angeles
26.
April
2008		 853 feet
?
 1. St. Pöltner Treppenlauf
Klangturm 		  St. Pölten
?
-
Premiere delayed because of construction work
?
 Shinkong Building Stair Climbing Competition   Taipei
20.
December
2004
?
-
? 343 Memorial Climb   Arlington,TX
11.
September
2004
?

in rememberance to
9-11 Firefighters
? Treppenlauf in den Bonifaziustürmen   Mainz
22.
April
2004
?
-
? Stair Climb For Cystic Fibrosis
Rhodes State Office Tower		   Columbus
5.
February
2005
 ? -
? Grind In The City
Charity Stair Climb For Huntington Research		   Vancouver
3.
April
2005
 ? -


inactive races sorted to number of stairs

1842 Jin Mao Tower   Shanghai     no race so far
1706 Ostankino Tower Race   Moscow 27.
June
2003		    
1700 Run On The Banks Stair Climb   Portland,OR     in two skyscrapers
1594 Baynunah Stair Climb   Abu Dhabi 16.
May
2003		   charity
up und down
1484 CCTV Tower Climb   Beijing      
1268 World Trade Center   New York     never again
1240 Olympiaturmlauf   Munich     til 1996
1236 Central Park Tower Stair Climb   Perth 11.
May
2002		    
1024 Jenaer Turmlauf   Jena     just 724 stairs ?
1008 Run To The Sun Stair Climb
Westin Peachtree Plaza		   Atlanta
?
?
March 19, 2005 cancelled ???
998 Funkturmlauf Berlin   Berlin 19.
September
2004		   run before
987 Berliner Fernsehturm Treppenlauf   Berlin July
1998 		  only once
936 Gran Hotel Bali Stair Ascent Competition   Benidorm/Alicante 22.
March
2003		   premiere
820 Corrida dos Degraus   Sao Paulo     no more
758 Komtar Tower Run   Penang November    
745 Nationale Nederlanden Trappenloop   Rotterdam 25.
September
2004		   no more races planned
447 Interconti Speed Run Up   Leipzig
?
?
-
310 Intersport Eybl Wolkenkratzer Treppenlauf   Linz - Leonding 30.
November
2002		   Abbruchfest, 2002 first and last time
280 Turmlauf auf´s Windrad   Bruck an der Leitha May . "Don Quichotte"
256 Stadtturmlauf   Judenburg     as often as you can
174 Martinitoren Trappenloop   ?      
108 Karstadt Treppenlauf   Bamberg
25.
February
2004
?
up and down
? TV Tower Runup   Prag     planned September 2004 - cancelled
? Telstra Tower Run Up   Canberra      
? Mural Tower And Fit Biz Center Run   Mexico City      
? Annual Stair Climb ForThe Cure   San Diego
22.
March
200?
    
? Turmlauf im Ballonmuseum   Gersthofen July   private event
? Senftenberger Turmlauf   Senftenberg 10.
May 		   
? Capitol One Stair Climb For
Cystic Vibrosis Foundation		   Arlington/VA 5.
February 		   
? Open UT Traploopkampioenschappen   Enschede      
? Interpolis Trappenloop   Tilburg      
? Annual Memorial Stair Climb
Bank One Ballpark		   Phoenix
21.
September
   
? Rostocker Treppenlauf
Mayl 		  Rostock
5.
October
   
? Cross - Berg - Turm   Knittelfeld     final at Turm im Gebirge

 

similar events and singular actions

0 Galerie Parkhauslauf Osnabrück 4.
July
2004		    
1899
 Taipei 101 Climbathon  
Taipei
21.
May
2006
-
-
1776 Step Up To Change The Jeff Adams CN Tower Climb; in a wheelchair   Toronto 26.
September
2002		    
1081

Fire Fighter Stair Climb Of Auckland Sky Tower
10000 stair challenge

   Auckland 28.
May
2005
charity for Leukemia
1000
 BT Tower Challenge   London 15.
October
2003		   charity event
180 FPS-towerrunning
Felix Platter Spital		   Basel 22.
September
2004		   internal event
? Running Staircase
2IFC 		  Hongkong
19.
Februar
2006
  World Firefighter Games 2006
? Climbing For Dreams   Markham, Ontario 7.
December
2004		   World Record attempt by a member of the
Canadian Fire Fighter Everest Expedition 2003
? United Way Of London
Team Challenge Stair Climb
   London 6.
November
2004		    
? Vertical Challenge Biathlon/Triathlon   Wilmington/DE
November
   22 pedestals after 5k running and/or 10k biking
? Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon   TANSANIA 22.
June
2008		   marathon and the days after a climb to Uhuru Peak
? Round Tower Uni Race Rallye   Copenhagen 11.
May
2002		   up a tower on unicycles
? Wild Onion Urban Adventure Race   Chicago     Sears Tower up and down included

 

 

special contributions by the professional Stefan Minten and Ken Myers