Monday, 25 Aug 2014, The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2014 starts with the PTL (La Petite Trotte à Léon), a team ultra endurance event.
From 25 to 31 Aug 2014, The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® invites you to live an adventure out of the ordinary: 3 countries, 19 villages, 7 valleys, 71 glaciers, 400 summits, 7000 runners with 73 different nationalities and the Mont Blanc Massif.
Every year, at the end of August, the trails around the Mont Blanc get really busy for one of the most amazing competitions ever organized, The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). A complete tour of the Mont Blanc Massif, passing through 3 countries: France, Switzerland and Italy; a must for all the trail runners.
Teaser Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2014 by UltraTrailMontBlanc
The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® is a cumulus of 5 remarkable races, tackled by runners all around the world:
- PTL® [la Petite Trotte à Léon] (300 km, 28 000 m D+, complete autonomy, max 100 teams)
A hallucinatory and non competitive event! A "grand" tour of Mont Blanc adding high passes, often higher than 2,500 metres and with some delicate passages.
Starting from Chamonix Monday, 25 Aug 2014 at 17:30.
- TDS® [sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie] (300 km, 28 000 m D+, complete autonomy, max 1600 runners)
Wilder and more technical than the UTMB® and the CCC®, in the heart of the Aosta valley and the two Savoie, this demanding race offers a new vision of the tour of Mont Blanc and the Beaufortain country.
Starting from the centre of Courmayeur Wednesday 27 Aug 2014 at 07:00.
- OCC [Orsières-Champex-Chamonix] (53 km, 3300 m D+, max 1200 runners)
New for 2014!
The layout of the OCC goes through that nature, in a charming atmosphere before reaching Champex and the last part just as magical at the UTMB® or the CCC®.
Starting from Orsières on Thursday, 28 Aug 2014 at 8:00.
- CCC® [Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix] (101 km, 6100 m D+, semi-autonomy, max 1900 runners)
The CCC® is considered by many runners to be "the little one". Far from being so little, this race constitutes one of the most difficult challenges in ultra-trail, not to be taken lightly.
Starting in the centre of Courmayeur Friday, 29 Aug 2014 at 9:00.
- UTMB® [Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®] (168 km, 9600 m D+, semi-autonomy, max 2300 runners)
It has been called “the race of all the superlatives”. A complete tour of the Mont Blanc Massif, passing through 3 countries: France, Switzerland and Italy, the race that every runner should finish at least once in their life.
Starting, in the centre of Chamonix, on Friday, 29 Aug 2014 at 17:30.
Check out the UTMB's full program.
