“Touch the Clouds” in Gräfelfing: Pole vault festival with top athletes and trial training for all…

TTC has advanced from the Challenger tournament to the World Athletics Bronze Meeting.

Europe’s largest pole vaulting festival, Touch the Clouds, is back. Several premieres and records await in Gräfelfing—and, of course, a high-altitude challenge.

Europe’s largest pole vault festival, Touch the Clouds, awaits its visitors in Gräfelfingen, southern Germany.

For the first time, the entire event will be broadcast completely wirelessly in the highest quality thanks to Smart Mobile Labs – with dynamic perspectives directly from the sports field.

255 possible starting places, over 20 nations, three parallel facilities – this is pole vaulting on an international scale.

On May 20, 2025, the official press conference for this year’s Touch the Clouds – Europe’s largest pole vault competition – took place in the triple gymnasium of the Kurt Huber Gymnasium in Gräfelfing.
Organizer Matthias Schimmelpfennig presented the athletic and organizational concept together with invited guests.