The most technical race of UTMB week. 145km from Courmayeur to Chamonix by the wild, high, western side of Mont-Blanc, with 9,100m of climbing and the same again in descent.
The route
145km and 9,100m of climbing from Courmayeur in Italy to Chamonix in France, over the high cols of the Beaufortain: Col Chécrouit, the Cormet de Roselend and the Col du Bonhomme ground, then a final climb and the long technical descent to the Chamonix arch.
Late-August, Courmayeur
Highs around 18°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 41% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
Who finishes, and how
Training for the TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie)
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