Route Information

The original SOLA Basel relay race with a total of 80 kilometres is divided into 10 stages of 4.3 to 12.3 kilometres each. The category for teams of 5 runners is starting in Liestal for the routes 6 to 10.

The 6th SOLA Basel will take place on 3rd June 2023. Closing date for registration is 23 April 2023. Start and finish area is located at ‘Park im Grünen’ in Münchenstein.

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Planning table for the running terms
Schedule SOLA Basel 3.6. 2023

Download of GPX datas of the whole route SOLA Basel 2023.

	Distance	Uphill	Downhill	Startig times	Transition zones	Remarks	GPX-file
1	5.9 km	+23 m	-31 m	08:30	Park im Grünen – Basel City	Start	Download 2023
2	8 km	+ 31 m	-25 m	from 08:50	Basel City – Park im Grünen		Download 2023
3	4.3 km	+ 16 m	0 m	from 09:10	Park im Grünen – Arlesheim		Download 2023
4	9.2 km	+ 542 m	– 120 m	from 09:30	Arlesheim – Gempen		Download 2023
5	12.1 km	+ 62 m	– 435 m	from 10:10	Gempen – Liestal		Download 2023
6	4.5 km	+ 54 m	-5 m	13:15	Liestal – Bubendorf	Mass start*	Download 2023
7	12.2 km	+ 317 m	– 366 m	from 13:30	Bubendorf – Liestal		Download 2023
8	8.7 km	+ 39 m	– 82 m	from 14:10	Liestal – Augst		Download 2023
9	10 km	+ 46 m	– 52 m	from 14:45	Augst – Muttenz		Download 2023
10	6.2 km	+ 20 m	– 33 m	17:30	Muttenz – Park im Grünen	Mass start*	Download 2023

* Mass start: In order to bring the runner back together, all runners start together. At the chase start in the last stage, the teams in the first row start with their individual distances first, followed by a mass start with the rest of the teams.

Track marking: The track marking consists of barrier tabes and flags. Critical areas are marked with special warning singns and volunteers are also placed there.

Refreshment posts: At the start, at all transition zones and at the finish, Isostar sports drinks are served. Water and sponges are also available. On routes 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 are drink and water points.

The run takes you past many places of interest: Roche Tower, Basel Art Museum, Ermitage Arlesheim, Gempen, old part of Liestal, Wildenstein castle and Wartenberg. The varied stages of the run cover
4 cantons: Basel-City, Basel-Country, Solothurn and Aargau
2 cities: Basel and Liestal
20 municipalities: Arlesheim, Augst, Basel, Birsfelden, Bubendorf, Büren, Dornach, Füllinsdorf, Gempen, Hölstein, Kaiseraugst, Lampenberg, Lausen, Liestal, Münchenstein, Muttenz, Nuglar-St.Pantaleon, Pratteln, Ramlinsburg und Seltisberg.
– as well as 5 rivers: Rhine, Birs, Orisbach, Frenke, and Ergolz.