Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In 2024, the Samarkand Marathon series of international charity races turns 5 years old. The next event in the series after ZAAMIN ULTRA 2024, which took place on the first weekend of June, will be Sky Camp Bo’stonliq 2024.

Sky Camp Bo’stonliq 2024 is a mountain sports festival. The activities collected by the team are suitable for everyone who wants to test their strength, enjoy the incredible nature and views of Amirsoy, as well as switch away from the bustle of the city and spend an active weekend in the mountains.

Participants and guests of the mountain sports festival will:

Sky Camp BIKE is a mountain road cycling race. Distance 13.5 km, elevation gain 691 m;

Sky Camp TRAIL - trail race at a distance of 10 km and 20 km with an elevation gain of 619 and 1238 m;

Sky Camp PEAK - skyrunning from the lower to the upper station of Amirsoy over a distance of 4.2 km with an altitude gain of 724 m;

Sky Camp ZEN - combines running, yoga and meditation;

2 days of plogging;

Concert of the Tesla Boy group.

The Sky Camp TRAIL route is certified by the International Trail Running Association (ITRA), this is the first route in Uzbekistan whose participants will receive an ITRA point.

“This year we are resuming the mountain sports festival Sky Camp Bo’stonliq. The team prepared different types of activities as part of the festival - from trail running to yoga and meditation. We expect to attract the attention of a large number of athletes, representatives of the running community and those wishing to discover new opportunities. For the first time in Uzbekistan, we have certified a track for trail running, so runners will be able to receive points for their personal standings. Also, we will continue to carry out environmental initiatives that help preserve the unique mountain landscape in its original form.” — Mirkhan Sagitov, curator of the Samarkand Marathon series of charity races.

Sky Camp will continue the environmental initiative that was presented to participants at the last ZAAMIN ULTRA 2024 - plogging. Many runners enthusiastically joined the scavenger hunt because it is important to the community to keep nature intact. On Sky

Camp plogging will be held on both days of the mountain sports festival.

As at all events in the race series, participants will enjoy entertainment events organized by Samarkand Marathon partners, music and a concert.

This year the headliner of the concert, which will take place on the evening of 29 June, will be the Tesla Boy group. Anton Sevidov and his Tesla Boy project are one of the interesting indie groups performing stylish electro-pop on the verge of retro and futurism. The material is performed in English and sounds original and relevant, which is confirmed by the large number of fans of the group in South America, Europe and Asia.