RIBN´CA TRAIL 2023, Date of event: 02 SEPTEMBER 2023
Ribn´ca trail is a traditional hiking-running event. This year, for the fifth year in a row, runners got to know the known and unknown paths of Mala Gora.
The event began on Friday with the theater performance “A je k’du doma”, staged by KUD DRAMŠPIL from Ribnica.

More than three hundred (300) competitors were registered for this year’s trail, which is a record of sorts, as the number has increased by 30% since last year.
The start and finish of the run was in the Ribnica castle. For the last four years, we have decided to start in the chronometer version. We have maintained this method this year as well.
The start is delayed by 1 hour for each track.
The runners gathered at the start of the longest distance at 8 a.m., the Čebular’ce runners started at 9 a.m. and the Kuhavn’ce runners, the shortest 12-km distance, at 10 a.m.
On Saturday, well-known runners – our “proud individuals” – ambassadors of the Ribn´ca Trail, also competed at different distances of the RIbn´ca Trail:
Mirko Miklič, an ultramarathoner who has already completed the most demanding ultramarathon test Spartathlon several times and has been participating in our trail since the very beginning. He also has 5 of the biggest marathons under his roof, he is missing just one tick. He finished all 5 in under 3 hours.
Marko Femc, ultramarathoner,
also successfully beat the ultra-demanding Spartathlon
Domen Kozjek, ultramarathoner, spartathlete, winner of SLORUN12 2021. He ran as much as 131 km in 12 hours,
Uroš Avgustinčič, all-round runner, winner of Ribn´ca Trail in 2020, 2021 and 2022 at the longest distance. Despite the enviable results he achieves, he remains humble.
Some of his results:
he won the: 6-hour race in Kranj this year (2022); Ribnica trail 40 km (2021 and 2020,2022); Formatom, HG trail 2020
Best marathon time: 2:41:08
Maja Rigač and Klemen Boštar, organizers of the 12- and 6-hour run in Kranj, also took part in the trail. (SLO12RUN). This time, instead of the city streets, they went along the hardened macadam, forest and mountain paths of Mala Gora above Ribnica. They overcame the longest distance of the Ribež´n trail.
After the departure of the last contestants, the castle area and the town square were occupied by children. They competed in the children’s – KROŠNJARČKOV TEK.
Preschool children and children of the first triad took part in two distances, 300 or 600 m. The run took place in the center of Ribnica. All children received a commemorative medal, a commemorative T-shirt and a surprise bag.