Muntanya de Vallada Trail 2026

TRAMUVA, the Trail de Muntanya de Vallada, bills itself as the last big mountain race of the year in the Valencian Community. The 15th edition starts at 8:30 on Saturday 19 December 2026 from the Plaça Major of Vallada, a village in La Costera between Xàtiva and Moixent. It’s organised by the Club Esportiu Alt de la Creu Vallada.

Numbers that hide a steep course

	Distance	Climb	Entry
Trail	22 km	+1,260 m	€25
Sprint Trail	10 km	+620 m	€20

Close to 60 m of climbing per kilometre on both routes gives you an idea of the terrain. Entries are on Mychip / RockTheSport until 16 December at 23:58, and places are limited.

The route

The club described the course like this in 2022:

1. Both races leave the square for the Paraje de les Ermites, then take a path up a wall of more than 50% to the west side of Monte Tossal.
2. The long race continues to the Font d’Espanya, drops to the Cànyoles river, climbs again near the Font Gotxa and runs into the Saladella ravine.
3. From there it climbs the Tossal a second time, from the east, and rejoins the short route.
4. Both descend to the hermitage and face a last climb to the castle before dropping into the village.

The club says the Vallada hills form the “heart of the Serra Grossa”. Beneath them is the Túnel dels Sumidors, a cave in gypsum more than a kilometre long.

Why runners come back

From its 12th edition TRAMUVA has been a UTMB Index scoring race. The area has hosted the Valencian trail running championship (2020) and a round of the regional mountain running league (2022). The start and finish are in the square outside the town hall, which in past editions has been decorated with a big Christmas tree and a nativity scene. The club has also put on a finish-line party with live music, so it’s worth staying on after you finish.