Barkley Marathons Vertical Gain 2025. This post contains everything i know on how people are selected for the barkley marathons, including an email sent out this year to people who didn't get in. The broken arrow skyrace hosts a number races and challenges rooted in steep vertical gain, including a 46k, a 23k and a vertical kilometre (vk).

These are questions you may never find an exact answer to! The vk and 23k are both part of the.