← All eventsMountain of Hell
Possibly the world's largest mass-start MTB race: ~1,000+ riders launch off the Les 2 Alpes glacier at ~3,400m for a ~2,400m descent over ~25km to the valley. Snow and ice up top, bike-park and singletrack below. Decided in minutes — descent skill, not FTP. Next date ~2027-06-19 approximate.
Possibly the world's largest mass-start MTB race. Over a thousand riders launch together off the Les 2 Alpes glacier at 3,400m, then drop toward the valley below. Decided in minutes, not hours.
One start, then roughly 2,400m of descent over 26km. Snow, ice and shingle up top, then bike-park tracks, singletrack, rock and fire road down to the valley floor.
This is gravity racing, not a fitness test. It comes down to handling loose ground at speed, holding a clean line through the chaos, and descending 2,400m without your hands giving out.
Is Mountain of Hell for you?
- Confident descenders who trust their handling on steep, loose, high-speed ground. This is where the race is won, not on the climbs.
- Enduro and gravity riders on a capable bike with real brakes and tough tyres, not XC racers on a light hardtail.
- Riders with nerve for a big, jostling mass start. Staying calm off the line matters more than raw fitness.
- Anyone who wants a short, high-adrenaline day rather than a long endurance grind.
Training plan for Mountain of Hell
A training plan for Mountain of Hell isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- A chaotic mass start on snow and ice at 3,400m, a thousand riders funnelling off the glacier together.
- Roughly 2,400m of near-continuous descent on snow, shingle, rock and fast bike-park trail.
- Non-stop braking that fatigues grip and forearms, with arm-pump a real risk on the lower trails.
- Short pedally sections toward the valley where a burst of fitness protects your speed.
- Long technical descents, repeating runs of 1,500m or more until the hands fatigue, to build descending durability.
- Loose-terrain skills: steep, off-camber and braking-control drills for snow and shingle-like ground.
- Full bike-park days for gravity volume and confidence.
- Punchy intervals, 6 to 10 by 30 to 60 seconds, plus start-scramble drills for a calm getaway off the line.
- 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
