Rules & regulations

Balkan Mountaineering Union (BMU) shall organise the Balkan Mountain and Trail Running Championships (BMTRC) annually as a team and individual competition.

The event will be hosted by one of the countries registered as BMU Member. The event can be organized in partnership with an existing Race Organizer.

The right to participate have members of the national mountaineering associations which are members of the BMU. BMU Member Association can transfer the right to represent the country in a BMTRC to another national branch sports association for a limited period.

The competition shall comprise the following elite events for Men and Women:
Mountain Uphill (MU)

seniors

Classic Mountain (CM)

seniors and U18

Mountain Trail (MT)

senior (over 20 y.o.)

Age Categories

No athlete aged less than 15 years on 31 December of the year of the competition may participate in the U18 races and no athlete aged less than 18 years on 31 December of the year of the competition may participate in the Senior races.

U18 (M & F)

15 to 18 y.o.

Seniors (M & F):

over 18 y.o. for MU and CM / over 20 y.o. for MT

Each BMU Member Association may enter 1 team in each elite event.

Each BMU Member Association may enter a maximum of 4 athletes per race event of which a maximum of 3 may score in team championship.

One athlete can compete in 2 disciplines:

  • Mountain Uphill and Classic Mountain or
  • Mountain Uphill and Mountain Trail.

No athlete may take part in the elite races of the BMTRC unless entered by the BMU Member Associations that he/she is eligible to represent.

Preliminary Entries:
Not later than March 31st 2026

Each BMU Member Association shall send to BMU a preliminary list of entries, indicating its anticipated number of athletes per elite event and the number of accompanying officials.

Final Entries:
Not later than June 8th 2026

each BMU Member Association shall send to BMU a final list of its entries, plus the names of accompanying officials. No subsequent changes may be made thereto without the consent of BMU.

No additional athletes will be accepted after the closing of the Final Entries.

Registration/participation fee for elite races may be charged by the organizer.

Individuals can register themselves without limitation for the mass participation (OPEN) races of Tara Ultra Trail. Regulations for Mass participation races and entry procedures and deadlines will be defined by the event Organizer – www.taraultratrail.rs

Races

Mountain Uphill

July 3rd

Mountain Classic

July 4rd

Mountain Trail

July 4rd

U18

July 4rd