Mountain Festival Benahavís, live.

A hill climb on Saturday, a trail on Sunday

Mountain Festival Benahavís is a two day mountain running event in Benahavís, Málaga, held on 12 and 13 December 2026.

Benahavís Town Council and Top Runner organise this first edition of the Mountain Festival Benahavís by Defender, with the stated aim of encouraging sport in the natural surroundings in a respectful and sustainable way. People can enter the full festival, which covers both days, or only the Trail de Benahavís on Sunday. For festival entrants, the time from Saturday's climb, minus a bonus based on finishing position, is added to Sunday's trail time to give a combined result.

On Saturday 12 December the cronoescalada is a time trial of about 3 km with 375 m of climbing. It starts from 10:30 at the sports facilities and finishes at the Mirador Montemayor, with participants setting off one at a time, roughly every 30 seconds.

On Sunday 13 December the trail starts and finishes at the sports facilities on a 14 km loop with 645 m of climbing and the same in descent, also starting at 10:30. The organiser says the routes are marked at intervals according to the terrain, may be open to traffic in places, and that aid stations sit roughly every 5 km with a final one at the finish.

Friends and family can wait at the sports facilities, where Sunday's trail finishes, and the organiser lists showers and a bag drop among its services. A participant can choose to share their own live position on Livebib from their phone. This is not the organiser's timing, which is run by GesconChip, and official results come from the organiser.