The 2024 Tenerife Bluetrail is adjusting its routes following the fire and bringing back the legendary climb to Asomadero

The 2024 Tenerife Bluetrail, to be held from June 6 to 8, will adjust the routes for the different race categories following the wildfire that broke out last August, which affected some 14,700 hectares of woodland across 12 municipalities on the island. Another new feature of the upcoming edition of the race is that it will bring back the legendary climb to Asomadero, in Los Realejos—one of the most challenging and attractive routes for athletes—for all competitive categories.

The island’s Councilor for Sports, Yolanda Moliné, notes that “we are finalizing the new routes in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the technical staff from the Cabildo’s Department of Natural Environment so as not to hinder recovery efforts in the areas affected by the fire.”

Yolanda Moliné explains that, in addition, “Tenerife Bluetrail, through its brand Green Spirit, we will promote various reforestation activities, land stewardship, and environmental education to help mitigate the devastating effects of the fire and continue to position our event as a sustainable race committed to caring for nature.”

The 2024 Tenerife Bluetrail, which for the tenth consecutive year will once again finish in Puerto de la Cruz, is changing the starting location for nearly all of its race categories. Thus, the Ultra—the race’s flagship event—is scheduled to start from Los Cristianos Beach in the municipality of Arona, while the Trail race will continue to start from Vilaflor. The new starting location for the Marathon category will be the Pinolere Ethnographic Park (La Orotava), and the Half Marathon will start from the Realejo neighborhood of Palo Blanco. Participants in the Vertical race will face the Asomadero, which is the planned location for this night race.

As for the Challenge, the 8-kilometer race will start at the San Pedro Lookout, as will the Joëlette and Family Race categories. The 4-kilometer Challenge route will start at the San Felipe ravine, and the 1-kilometer race will start at the Casa de la Aduana, just like the Peque Race.

Details of the routes for all categories will soon be available to athletes on the race website, www.tenerifebluetrail.com, along with the KMZ and GPX files.

The most recent edition of the Tenerife Bluetrail—a race organized by the Cabildo through the public company Ideco—drew more than 2,000 runners, 756 of whom were from outside the island, representing a total of 33 countries. Of all the registered athletes, 21% were women, four percentage points more than in the previous edition.