Ijen Trail Running • 2018

Ijen Trail Running • 2018

The 4th edition of another big volcano event in East Java, close to holiday island Bali. Ijen is less known than the more western located Bromo, but equally impressive and beautiful.

The official name is “Ijen Trail Running“. There are 5 race categories at Ijen Trail of which 2 qualify for Asia Trail Master championship points and the Grandmaster Quest: 100K and 70K. The event is held on Ijen plateau, in Sempol, Bondowoso. The course passes by the picturesque Ijen volcano crater, the world’s largest highly acidic lake and isthe site of a labor-intensive sulfur mining operation in which sulfur-laden baskets are hand-carried from the crater floor.

Many other post-caldera cones and craters are located within the caldera or along its rim. The largest concentration of post-caldera cones forms an E-W-trending zone across the southern side of the caldera. Coffee plantations cover much of the Ijen caldera floor, and tourists are drawn to the waterfalls, hot springs, and dramatic volcanic scenery.

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 •  29-30 September 2018 IG. #IjenTrailRunning