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Event Overview

ISMF Series – EYOF 2027 Test Event & Balkan Championships

 

 

 

 

 

Date

From 14 March 2026 to 17 March 2026

Location
Poiana Brasov | Romania
The ISMF would like to invite athletes to the ISMF Series Event and Balkan Championships taking place from 14 to 17 March 2026 in the venue of next year's European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)!
Organizers:
Romanian Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing Federation in collaboration with International Ski Mountaineering Federation, Romanian National Sport Agency and Romanian Olympic Committee.
  • LOC Race Director: Silviu Bălan
  • President of the National Federation: Károly-Csaba Szőcs
  • ISMF Supervisors: Josef Gruber and Marion Maneglia
Location:
Main Location & Accommodation: Cheile Grădiștei Additional Location: Poiana Brașov
Contacts:
 
Programme:
  • March 13th – 18:00-19:00 - TCM – Technical meeting
  • March 14th – 11:00 - Sprint - Cheile Grădiștei
  • March 15th – 11:00 - Mixed Relay - Cheile Grădiștei
  • March 16th – 12:00 - Vertical - Poiana Brasov
  • March 17th – 12:00 - Individual - Poiana Brasov
Registration information:
Licence information:
Please remember that athletes need ISMF Competition Licence (Licence C): Create your licence!

Cheile Grădiștei Fundata Complex

Sport 2**
Option 1 – Accommodation with breakfast:
  • Twin double rooms: 350 RON/room/night
  • Triple rooms: 450 RON/room/night
  • Double room for single: 300 RON/room/night
Option 2 – Full board accommodation:
  • 300 RON/person/day in double room
  • 270 RON/person/day in triple room
  • 400 RON/person/day in double room for single use
Hotel or Villa 3***
Option 1 – Accommodation with breakfast:
  • Twin or double (matrimonial) rooms: 450 RON/room/night
  • Triple room (one double bed + one single bed): 550 RON/room/night
Option 2 – Full board accommodation:
  • 350 RON/person/day in double room
  • 320 RON/person/day in triple room
  • 500 RON/person/day in double room for single use
Important notes:
  • Within the same group (sports club / organized group of athletes), it is not possible to have some participants on breakfast-only basis and others on full board. One of the two options must be selected for the entire group.
  • For the full board option: The package starts with dinner and ends with lunch, or starts with lunch and ends with breakfast.
  • Meals will be served buffet-style, with a menu adapted for athletes, for a minimum of 30 persons.
Additional services:
  • Swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi access: reduced rate of 50 RON/entry (approx. 90 minutes). This special rate is granted for athletes and cannot be modified depending on the duration of use. Pool access is available Monday to Friday, according to a schedule mutually agreed upon by the provider and beneficiary.
  • Laundry service (sports equipment washing): 10 RON/kg, calculated at the end of the stay based on the total volume washed.
  • Alpine Coaster: 70 RON/adult/ride / 50 RON/child/ride
  • Mountain Zipline (for adults and children over 14 years old): 500 meters long, 50 meters high / Up to 4 persons simultaneously / 90 RON/person (equipment and jeep transfer to the starting point included). For groups of minimum 4 persons: 80 RON/person.
  • Tubing: 1 ride – 15 RON / 3 rides – 40 RON
  • Alpine ski slopes of various difficulty levels, equipped with teleski cable systems, artificial snow installations, and equipment rental center.
  • Cross-country ski tracks.
  • Sledding slopes.
Booking conditions:
  • The reservation will be made through the local organizer, FRAE.
  • To guarantee the reservation, a 30% advance payment of the total reservation value is required (based on the advance invoice issued by us) before group check-in.
  • If you wish to proceed with the reservation, please contact us as soon as possible, deadline is the same as for registration, until March 8th 2026, 23:59 CET.
Race Maps:
SPRINT RACE:
  • Track inspection time: 15 min
  • Positive ascent: 70 m
MIXED RELAY RACE:
  • 2 distinct ascents and descents raced by each member of the relay team, with a part on foot in the 2nd ascent. Each relay leg must include 2 distinct ascents and descents. A part of the second ascent requires a portion to be climbed on foot with skis strapped on the backpack.
  • Each relay leg is run by a member of the relay team. Each competitor can participate in only ONE relay.
  • Qualification system, with timed start. One Round. Only the 12 qualified teams go into the final: the female team starts first. The team is made up of the athletes with the best time.
  • 2 competitors: Order = G/B/G/B
  • Positive ascent: 170 m
  • Track inspection time: 20 min
VERTICAL RACE:
  • One Uphill on skis with positive ascent 470 m.
  • Track: Bradu Slope - Sulinar Slope - Ruia Lake
INDIVIDUAL RACE:
  • Three (3) ascents/descents on mountain slopes, on the same loop.
  • Positive ascent: 900 m
  • 3 Loop onTrack: Ruia Lake – Forest between Sulinar Slope and Ruia Slope – Kanzel Slope- Cabel Car Capra Neagra- Dowhill on Doameni Slope and Sulinar Slope

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