Yearly, during the Russian holidays in May (from May 1st, Labour Day until May 9th, Victory Day), we hold the International Mountain Extreme Sports Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race in one of the most beautiful sites of Russia, the Elbrus area.
The legendary Red Fox Elbrus Race is an annual festival of extreme sports taking place at Mt. Elbrus, Europe´s highest summit (5642 m / 18,510 ft) and therefore one of the famous 7 Summits.
The International Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race is unique in its conception and structure. It is hold since 2008 by the Red Fox company, with support of the Government of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Russian Ministry of Emergency (in charge of mountain rescue) and the Russian Mountaineering Federation.
Every year, during the festival, more than 500 outstanding and famous sportsmen gather together - mountaineers, skiers, ski-mountaineers, skyrunners, multisportsmen; and more than 1000 guests and spectators travel to visit the Festival.
Competitors from many different countries travel to join the Festival: of course, from Russia, but also from Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finnland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, UAE, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA.
| Year / Discipline | Vertical Kilometer | High-speed Race "Classic" (from "Barrels") |
High-speed Race "Sport" (from Azau Glade) |
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| 2008 | 2.58,00 Semen Dvornichenko (Kyrgyzstan, Red Fox Asia Team) |
3.33,00 Yekaterina Andreeva (Kyrgyzstan, Red Fox Asia Team) |
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| 2009 | 2.43,20 Semen Dvornichenko (Kyrgyzstan, Red Fox Asia Team) |
4.10,00 (to Elbrus saddle) Yekaterina Shubina (Russia, Kirov) |
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| 2010 | 0.48,41 Dmitriy Ploskonosov (Russia) |
0.59,07 Megan Kimmel (USA) |
2.27,05 Mikhail Klimov (Russia, Moscow) |
3.22,16 Megan Kimmel (USA) |
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| 2011 | The Festival was no held. | |||||
| 2012 | 0.44,39 Marco De Gasperi (Italy) |
0.56,51 Larisa Sovoleva (Russia) |
3.17,37 Denis Provalov (Russia) |
5.16,30 Zoya Spirina (Russia) |
3.41,00 Luis Alberto Hernando Alzaga (Spain) |
5.02,00 Zhanna Vokueva (Russia) |
| 2013 | 0.44,48 Marco Facchinelli (Italy) |
0.51,08 Larisa Sovoleva (Russia) |
2.52,42 Aggej Skopin (Kasakhstan) |
3.58,38 Varvara Prokhorova (Russia) |
3.30,46 Marco Facchinelli (Italy) |
4.45,01 Oksana Stefanishina (Russia) |
| 2014 | 0.47,22 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0.54,22 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
2.31,50 Vladimir Belyaj (Belarus) |
3.28:05 Svetlana Malova (Russia) |
3.03,55 1 Marco De Gasperi (Italy) |
4.32,28 1 Oksana Stefanishina (Russia) |
| 2015 | 0.44,16:02 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0.52,24:09 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
2.49,30 Vladimir Belyaj (Belarus) |
3.45:42 Tatyana Ufimceva (Russia) |
3.29:04 Vitaly Shkel (Russia, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) |
4.42:00 Oksana Stefanishina (Russia, Inov-8 Team Russia) |
| 2016 | 0:45:43 Cardona Oriol (Catalonia) |
0:54:37 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
3:11:06 Vladimir Belyaj (Belarus) Vyacheslav Khoroshavin (Belarus) |
3:40:20 Marina Georgieva (Russia) |
3:44:43 Karl Egloff (Ecuador) |
4:43:17 Diana Zelenova (Russia) |
| 2017 | 0.43,14:6 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0:54,37 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
2:59:13 Dorjsurenkhor Otgonkhuu (Mongolia) |
2:49:40 Oksana Stefanishina (Russia, Inov-8 Team Russia) |
3:24:14 Karl Egloff (Ecuador) |
4:30:12 Diana Zelenova (Russia) |
| 2018 | 0.45, 31 Alexey Pagnuev (Russia) |
0.56, 27 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
2:53:44 2 Maxim Kotchergin (Russia) |
3:30:41 2 Nadezhda Korolyatina (Russia) |
3:29:36 2 Dominik Salcher (Austria) |
4:35:25 2 Oksana Stefanishina (Russia, Inov-8 Team Russia) |
| 2019 | 0:44:40 Alexey Pagnuev (Russia) |
0:55:11 Natal'ya Rudenko (Russia) |
2:50:33 Sergey Shimanovsky (Russia, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) |
3:05:45 Marina Georgieva (Russia) |
3:30:39 Shyngys Baikashev (Kazakhstan, Red Fox Kazakhstan Team) |
4:17:33 Anna Ogloblina (Kirghizia, Red Fox Asia Team) |
| 2021 | 0:43:50 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0:48:31 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
1:21:12 Nikolay Shorohov (Russia) |
1:40:11 Violeta Malyshonok (Russia) |
2:19:06 3 Evgeny Markov (Russia) |
2:56:07 3 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
| 2022 | 0:46:08 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0:52:03 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
3:13:16 B. Nyam-Ochir (Mongolia) |
3:41:56 Marina Georgieva (Russia) |
4:01:41 Evgeny Markov (Russia) |
4:30:28 Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) |
| 20234 | 0:43:21 Vitaly Chernov (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
0:50:11 Elena Kravchenko (Russia, Red Fox Team) |
1:18:33 Sergey Usoltcev (Russia) |
1:22:37 Irina Umnitcina (Russia) |
2:17:51 Evgeny Markov (Russia) |
2:32:10 Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) |
| Year / Discipline | Elbrus Ski Monsters Expedition Race | |
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| Men | Women | |
| 2018 | 8:19:23 (top, CP11) Ruslan Kulmuhametov (Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan) and Ivan Marchenkov (Russia), the National Guard of Russian team #1 High-speed Race "Classic" (from "Barrels") |
10:09:58 (top, CP11) Veronika Mayerhofer и Johanna Erhart (Austria) High-speed Race "Sport" (from Azau Glade) |
| 2019 | 6:28:49 Evgeny Markov and Vasily Khrychev (Russia) |
9:06:47 Yuliya Krasnova and Natal'ya Rudenko (Russia) |
| 2023 | 2:02:50 Evgeny Markov (Russia) |
2:05:08 Varvara Prohorova (Russia) |
1 - Due to bad weather conditions the route was changed to the following: route up to Pastukhov Rocks (4 800 m); finish line at «Mir» station (3 450 m).
2 - Due to bad weather conditions the route of the high-speed race was changed to the following: Azau Glade (2350 m) - "Mir"-Station (3450 m) - "Barrels" (3780 m) - Pastukhov Rocks (4800 m) - Check Point at 5350 m - Pastukhov Rocks - "Barrels" (3780 m); finish line at "Barrels".
3 - Due to conditions of slopes and safety of the participants, the distance was changed. The race passes not as usual to the Western peak of Elbrus, but to the 4725 m, followed by descent and finish on the "Barrels" (3780 m).
4 - Due to conditions of slopes and safety of the participants, the distance was changed. The race passes not as usual to the Western peak of Elbrus, but to the 4550 m, followed by descent and finish on the "Barrels" (3780 m).