A tremendous epic in a magic environment...
The Mont-Blanc massif fascinates.
The North Face ® Ultra-Trail of Mont Blanc ® invites you to live an outstanding adventure by participating in one of 4 races which are proposed
Choose on this page :
UTMB® (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®) - The "queen" and original race
From the first edition, it was called the "race of all the superlative degrees". A complete tour of the Mont Blanc massif, crossing 3 countries: France, Switzerland and Italy, the one that every runner of ultra must have finished once in his life.
The tour of Mont Blanc from Chamonix in 166 km, 9500 meters of height difference, and in semi autonomy.
- 2300 runners maximum
- Maximum running time : 46 hours
(20h, the indicative time of first)
CCC® (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix) - The front door
Created in 2006, it became so popular as her big sister (45 nations represented in 2010). The CCC® considered by many runners as "the small" nevertheless it constitutes one of the most difficult challenges in ultra-trail.
Half Mont Blanc tour from Courmayeur in 98 km, 5600 meters of height difference and in semi-autonomy.
- 1800 runners maximum
- Maximum time running : 26 hours
(12 hours, the indicative time of first)
TDS (Following footpaths of savoy dukes) - The wild alternative
Wilder and more technical than the UTMB® and the CCC® race, in the heart of the Aoste Valley and both Savoy, this demanding race offers a new vision of the Mont Blanc tour and Beaufortain. The 2011 edition will allow to discover the Youlaz collar (2661m) over Courmayeur, the "passage of the Priest" or sublime view on the Mont Blanc massif from the Gitte collar in the heart of Beaufortain.
Half tour of Mont Blanc from Courmayeur in 110 km, 7100 meters of height diiference and in semi-autonomy.
- 1200 runners maximum
- Maximum time running : 31 hours
(12h, the indicative time of first is of 14 hours)
PTL (Leon's small trotte) - A great team adventure
A hallucinating and not competitive test ! A "big" Mont Blanc tour adding big collars often in more than 2500 mèters of height. If you like solitude, solidarity and total adventure, certainly you will once take the departure.
- Test without classification and in complete autonomy realized in inseparable teams of 3 (or 2) runners.
- Eevery year, a various route not marked out (GPS tracks supplied)
- Approximately 300 km and 25 000 meters of height difference
- Maximum time : 138 hours
- Maximum 80 teams
- Only for team that have at least 1 finisher UTMB®
2011 Program - From the 22nd to the 28th of August
Besides the race programmed, numerous animations take place, day and night, throughout the route, in every Commune and at the refreshment posts !
Parties, concerts, regional meals will be on the program !
MONDAY AUGUST 22nd - Chamonix Mont-Blanc
3pm > Distribution of race bibs PTL
6pm > Briefing PTL
7pm > Pasta Party PTL
10pm > Start of PTL
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24th – Chamonix Mont-Blanc
10am to 7pm > Distribution of race bibs UTMB®/CCC®/TDS
10am to 8pm > Several draws a day to win prizes with our partners
5pm to 8pm > Conference of Jean-Benoit Morin and Vincent Delebarre : "The stride of Ultra-Trailer: how to improve it? What are the bio-mechanical consequences of an Ultra-Trail®?" (conference in French)
THURSDAY AUGUST 25th – Chamonix Mont-Blanc
6am to 7.30am > Chamonix-Courmayeur Shuttle buses depart for start of TDS
Distribution of race bibs TDS
10am to 7pm > Distribution of race bibs UTMB®/CCC®
10am to 8pm > Ultra-Trail saloon. Several draws a day to win prizes with our partners
10.30 to 12pm > Conference of Corinne Peirano : "Post-race recovery and diet" (conference in French)
3pm to 6pm > The Ultra-Trail® MINIS with "tea-time" refreshment: - Micro CCC® - Mini CCC® - Mini TDS - Mini UTMB®
5pm to 6.30pm > Conference of Guillaume Millet and Mélanie Arnaud : The keys to good recovery after an Ultra-Trail® (conference in French)
5.30pm to 7pm > Conference "Kinésio Taping : what are the real effects?" (conference in French)
About 11.30pm > Arrival of the 1st TDS runners
THURSDAY AUGUST 25th - Courmayeur
8h30 > Briefing TDS
9h > Start of TDS
FRIDAY AUGUST 26th – Chamonix
All day long > Arrival of TDS finishers
6.30am to 8.30am > Distribution of race bibs CCC®
Chamonix-Courmayeur Shuttle buses depart for start of CCC®
9am to 4.30pm > Ultra-Trail saloon. Several draws a day to win prizes with our partners
9am to 6pm > Distribution of race bibs UTMB®
2pm to 5pm > Pasta Party UTMB®
From 4pm > 1st PTL arrivals runners
About 4pm > Last TDS finishers
6pm > Briefing UTMB®
6.30pm > Start of UTMB®
About 7pm > Passage in Les Houches
About 9.45pm > Arrival of the 1st CCC® runners
All night long > Arrival of CCC® finishers
"Rotary Babel Bar" (multilingual welcome and bar)
FRIDAY AUGUST 26th – Courmayeur
9.30am > Briefing CCC®
10am > Start of CCC®
SATURDAY AUGUST 27th – Chamonix
9am to 6pm > Savoir-faire du Mont Blanc village
All morning long > Arrival of CCC® finishers
11.30am to 12.30am > TDS and CCC prize giving
12am > last CCC® finishers
About 3.30pm > Arrival of the 1st UTMB® runners
All night long > Arrival of UTMB® finishers
"Rotary Babel Bar" (multilingual welcome and bar)
SUNDAY AUGUST 28th – Chamonix
9am to 6pm > Savoir-faire du Mont Blanc village
All day long > Arrival of UTMB® finishers
3.45pm > UTMB® prize giving The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® official closing ceremony
4.30pm > Last UTMB® et PTL arrivals
5pm > PTL prize giving
7pm > Closing buffet
Special offers for this event
Few professionnal partners propose you special ofeers during The North face Ultra trail Mont Blanc
Ô des Cîmes Spa
The Spa Ô des Cîmes of the Residence Pierre Blanche proposes you from the 22nd to the 28th of August :
- The body Massage 60 minutes: "after walking", legs draining to calm the pains after sport : 65€ instead of 80€ - 15€ of reduction
- A break with 30 minutes of massage: " massage Discovery ", massage of the face / neck for the accompagnants that take care of them during their stay and to discover an express massage. 30€
