Events/CCC (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix)

CCC (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix)

Running
Date
Fri, 27 Aug 2027
Venue
Courmayeur, Italy → Chamonix, France
Countdown
August
Distance
100km
Total climb
6,100m

The back half of the UTMB loop, run under its own banner. 100km and 6,100m of climbing from Courmayeur in Italy to the same iconic Chamonix arch, in the thick of UTMB week in late August.

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The course

The route

From Courmayeur a brutal climb to Tete de la Tronche opens the day, then the high balcony above Val Ferret and Grand Col Ferret at 2,537m into Switzerland. Bovine, Catogne and one last climb from Vallorcine drop you into Chamonix.

Weather

Late-August, Courmayeur

18°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
-1°CColdest in 20 years
39%Days with rain

Highs around 18°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 39% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Training

Training for the CCC (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix)

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What CCC throws at you
Typical sessions
6,100m of climbing and the same again in descent over 100km of alpine trail
A savage opening climb from Courmayeur, then a fast, deep, competitive field
One full night on the mountain, headtorch on, cold and windy on the high cols
Long technical descents late in the race that shred quads and end days
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long mountain runs building to a 6 to 8 hour day, plus back-to-back weekends (Saturday 6h, Sunday 4h)
Downhill repeats and long descent runs to armour your quads for late-race braking
Hilly tempo and trail threshold to keep genuine running speed for the runnable sections
Power-hike pole repeats, night runs, and full-kit, full-fuelling rehearsals
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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