
Courmayeur Mont Blanc Sky Race
The Courmayeur Mont Blanc Sky Race is the spectacular run of 11 kilometers for a positive difference of over 2200 meters, which departs from the center of Courmayeur 1224 meters and arrives on the roof of Europe, on the terrace of Punta Helbronner on the Skyway Funivie Monte Bianco at 3,466 feet altitude.
A Vertical that takes your breath because of the difficulty of the race for both the unique scenery.
The Skyrace track is very challenging: in the first meters you make a selection, so that you can not find the stop at the entrance of the trail that brings competitors from Val Veny leads them to the Pavillon station, where the night race ends; Closed the first “sliding” part, the trail begins to become steeper, bringing the runners to the Rifugio Torino; the last obstacles towards the end of the race are the steepest strokes with fixed strings, stairs and rarefied air; reached the top after a last infinite staircase, the show that surrounds the finishers are the 4000 of the Alps: Mont Blanc, Dente del Gigante, Grandes Jorasses and Matterhorn.