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- PANTELLERIA TRAIL REGULATION, May 23, 2026 -

ORGANIZATION

La MOVEMENT SSDaRL/ASD EcotrailSicilia.

DATE

May 23, 2026.

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

Pantelleria Trail is a running and walking event along the paths of the National Park of Pantelleria Island.

Competitive races:

    • Pantelleria Trail: 42 km; D+/- 2.300 m;
    • Trail di Montagna Grande: 17 km; D+/- 1.000 m;

 

Non-competitive walk:

    • Walktrail : 17 km; D+/- 1000 m

 

It is possible to participate as agonist (Trail), walker (Walktrail), or volunteer. The races and walks take place in semi-autonomy. Semi-autonomy is defined as having the capacity to be autonomous between two refreshments posts, as much on the food front as that of clothing and security, allowing for adapting to problems encountered or foreseen (bad weather, physical problems, injury…).

The routes are for at least 90% dirt roads and paths even with very high slopes and in difficult terrain. Participation is not recommended without an adequate training. Who participates, it does so with the knowledge that, due to the nature of the routes, he/she runs the risk of incurring even very serious traumas, and that it can take a long time to get any help.

Along the route, are planned  refreshment stations in a variable number in relation to the length of the route. The refreshment stations will be supplied with food and water. In the refreshment areas, plastic cups will not be available, Participants will use their personal glass. Drinking directly from the organization’s bottles or bins is not permitted.

Athletes must throw the waste into the bins provided by the organization. For safety reasons, it is not allowed to leave the route. The competitor who leaves the marked paths is no longer under the responsibility of the organization. The race will take place in any weather condition that does not put the safety of the participants at serious risk. The timetable program may undergo, based on contingent situations, variations that will be communicated during the briefing.

Competitors are obliged to provide any assistance to participants in difficulty.

The race-bib must be worn on the chest or stomach and be permanently and completely visible throughout the totality of the race. It must always be placed on top of all clothing and can in no case be positioned on a leg or backpack. The name and partner’s logos must not be either modified or hidden.

It is forbidden to be accompanied on the course by a person who is not properly registered. For safety reasons the use of headphones for listening to i-pods or similar devices is not permitted. The organization reserves the right to impose mandatory equipment. For each race will be set a maximum time which will run from the official start. Athletes who will finish the race beyond this limit, even if they will be included in the ranking, will have attributed only 0.5 points and will not take part in awarding ceremony.

In the sections where the route crosses the road, which will not be closed to vehicular traffic, competitors are required to respect the traffic regulations.

SCHEDULE

Sunday 23rd May, Scauri:

    • Ore 7.00 Meeting/ Race-bib distribution
    • Ore 7.45 Briefing
    • Ore 8.00 Start Pantelleria Trail 42 km
    • Ore 9.00Start Trail di Montagna Grande 17 km and Walktrail 17 km
    • Ore 12,00 Pasta Party

PARTICIPATION

Trail:
Participation is open to ACSI or FIDAL or RUNCARD members holding a medical certificate for competitive activity. Non-members can participate by applying for a membership card for the ACSI and by presenting a copy of the identity document, tax code and medical certificate for competitive activity.

Walktrail:
Participation is open to ACSI or FIDAL or RUNCARD members holding a medical certificate for non-competitive activity. Non-members can participate by applying for a membership card for the ACSI and by presenting a copy of the identity document, tax code and medical certificate for competitive activity.

Volunteers:
Free participation

Foreign athletes:
Participation is open for athletes in possession of a medical certificate for competitive activity. The organization will issue the ACSI card.

The Organization reserves the right not to allow participation in athletes sanctioned for doping, persons guilty of antisporting and/ or immoral conduct even outside the sports field, to persons who have in the past shown hostility towards the Organization.

REGISTRATION

Until 20th May 2026 on www.ecotrailsicilia.it; On 23rd May at the start.

Registration fees:

Pantelleria Trail 42 k:

    • First 10 registreted: € 40,00
    • Until 3rd May: € 50,00
    • from 4th until 17th May: € 60,00
    • from 18th until 20th May: € 70,00
    • at the start: € 80,00

 

Trail di Montagna grande 17 k:

    • Until 3rd May: € 20,00
    • from 4th until 17th May: € 25,00
    • from 18th until 20th May: € 30,00
    • at the start: € 35,00

 

Walktrail 17 km:

    • until 17th May: € 13,00
    • from 18th until 20th May: € 15,00
    • at the start: € 18,00

 

The free race pack is guaranteed only to those who register by 15th May.

REFUND OPTION

WITHOUT THIS OPTION THE REGISTRATION FEE IS NEVER REFUNDABLE OR TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER ATHLETES OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
By adding € 5,00 to the registration fee, you can:

  • obtain a refund of 75% of the registration fee, or transfer 75% of the registration fee to another athlete or the following year, if you renounce partecipation by May 9;
  • obtain a refund of 50% of the registration fee, or transfer 50% of the registration fee to another athlete or to the following year, if you renounce partecipation from 10 to 21 May.

 

Without the Refund Option, the entry fee is not refundable or transferable to other athletes or the following year.

TERMS OF PAYMENTS

    • Bank transfer
    • Credit Card  

DISCOUNTS AND GRATUITIES

  • Groups with at least 10 people: 10% of the registration fee;
  • Presidents of clubs: free registration (only if at least one other athlete from the club is registered);
  • Ecotrailsicilia points competition leaders: free registration;
  • 2nd place in Ecotrailsicilia points competition ranking: 50% of the registration fee
  • 3rd place in Ecotrailsicilia points competition ranking: 20% of the registration fee.

 

Please, contact the organization before registring to access discounts and gratuity.

CANCELLATION

In case of cancellation of the race due to force majeure, up to 12 days before the race, the Organization will reimburse the 50% of the registration fee paid.

In case of cancellation of the race due to force majeure, less then 12 days before the race, no refund will be due to the participants.

In case of interruption or cancellation of the race due to weather conditions, or for any other reason independent of the Organization, no refund will be due to the participants.

If the event will be recovered in a future date, the organization will decide whether to save the entire fee of those who are already registered, or apply a reinstatement fee based on the expenses already incurred by the organization.

RACE BIB AND RACE PACK DISTRIBUTION

Until 30’ before the race.

SAFETY AND CONTROL

Organization staff will be in the course in constant contact with the base. Ambulances with paramedics will be stationed at different points along the route, as well as at departure and arrival. Along the route control points will be set up, where the organization’s staff will monitor the passage of the athletes.

ENVIRONMENT

The race takes place within natural parks and total protection ecosystems. Athlets must maintain an environmentally friendly behavior. It is forbidden to disperse waste, collect plants and flowers, remove rocks, harass wildlife.

Bins will be allocated along the entire route, near each refreshment point, where the competitors have to throw away their used glasses and any other waste.

WEATHER CONDITIONS

The organization also reserves the right to suspend or cancel the race in the event that weather conditions put at risk the safety of the participants, volunteers or rescuers.

OBLIGATORY EQUIPMENT

    • Water reserve minimum 1/2 litre
    • Food reserve
    • Personal beaker
    • Waterproof Jacket
    • Survival blanket
    • Whistle
    • Mobile phone 

 

Checks are carried out at the race-bib distribution and during the race.

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

    • Trail shoes
    • sticks
    • Sunscreen
    • cap

MAXIMUM TIME: 8h00’

TIME BARRIERS

    • km 29 (fourth refreshment point ): 5h30’
    • km 37 (fifth refreshment point): 7h00’

WITHDRAWN

The athletes withdrawn, stopped at the time barriers, the injured ones, those who will be judged by the medical staff not eligible to continue the race and other athletes who wish to voluntarily retire, will be accompanied to arrival by a shuttle service. For logistical reasons, the competitors withdrawn could have to wait for some time before being returned to the arrival area. Each competitor who withdraws from the race outside the pre-established points, will have to provide for the return to the finish area on his own account, immediately communicating his withdrawal by phone to the indicated number.

REFRESHMENTS

There are 5 refreshment points along the route.

Only competitors with visible bib numbers have access to the refreshment point.

The food and drinks of the refreshment must be consumed on the spot; it is forbidden to drink directly from the bottles of the refreshments; the waste must be thrown in the appropriate containers.

Flasks or camelbacks can only be filled with water.

At the start of each refreshment the riders must have the amount of water and food necessary to reach the next refreshment point. At the finish there will be an additional refreshment point.

PENALTIES

The organization will apply the following penalties for those who do not comply with the regulation:

      1. Drinking from the bottles or bins of the organization: 10 MINUTES.
      2. Badly placed or clipped bib: 10 MINUTES.
      3. Use headphones for listening to i-pods or similar devices: 15 MINUTES.
      4. Be accompanied on the route by a person who is not regularly registered: 40 MINUTES.
      5. Abandonment of the race without communicating it to the organization: 1 HOUR (the penalty will be applied to the next stage).
      6. Involuntary cutting: – if quantifiable with certainty: 20 ’/ km or fraction of km – if not quantifiable: Placing in last position of classification
      7. Voluntary cut: DISQUALIFICATION.
      8. Abandoning waste outside the baskets: DISQUALIFICATION.
      9. Do not provide assistance to participants in difficulty: DISQUALIFICATION.
      10. Failure to comply with volunteers: 1 HOUR.
      11. unauthorized political, religious or social claims: DISQUALIFICATION.
      12. Lack of mandatory equipment: at the discretion of the Commission.

 

Any aggravating circumstances can increase the penalties. Any complaints must be submitted in writing to the organizing within 30 minutes of posting the ranking in the finish area, paying a deposit of € 20.00 which will be returned only if the complaint is accepted.

PRIZES

Pantelleria Trail:

To the first 3 men and to the first 3 women in the absolute ranking

To the first 3 classified of each category.

Trail di Montagna Grande:

To the first 5 men and to the first 5 women in the absolute ranking.

IMAGE RIGHTS

By registering, the competitors authorize the organization to use, without territorial limits or time limits, still and moving images that portray them on the occasion of participation in the Pantelleria Trail.

DECLARATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

The voluntary registration and the consequent participation in the race indicate the full acceptance of this regulation and of any changes made. By registering, the participant exempts the organizers

from any liability, both civil and criminal, for damage to persons and/or things caused by or to him/her.