Running the course of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, whether during the race or some other time at a gentler space, is an unforgettable experience. Aside from having the Mont Blanc massif with its 170 ...

Has ultra-distance trail running become dangerous? That's also among the many questions trail runners around Chamonix were asking Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after a Brazilian athlete was ...

Jim Walmsley has been one of the top ultrarunners in the world since he won the JFK 50 in 2015. The Hoka-sponsored runner has won the Western States 100 three times (2018, 2019, 2021) and holds the ...

Trail running, but not as you know it - UTMB is an assault on the senses in every way It is just past 9pm on a cool summer evening at the foot of a steep hiking path in the French Alps. A place to ...

Often regarded as the most prestigious trail race in the world, the 2025 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) gets underway on Friday 29 August. Roughly 2,600 ultramarathoners embark on the ...

Entailing 176km of technical trails and almost 10,000m of positive elevation, the UTMB World Series Final, better known as the UTMB, is a formidable alpine endeavour – and this year’s edition saw some ...

In 2018, I was on one of the press vehicles for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, the 106-mile race around the Mont Blanc massif that is widely regarded as the most prestigious event on the ultra circuit ...

At 6:00 p.m. on the last Friday in August before the town Hall of Chamonix in the Alpine region of eastern France, 2,406 men and 355 women began a running race that would take them mostly on dirt ...

Les ultra-trails sont-ils devenus dangereux? That’s the question the front-page headline of the Le Dauphiné newspaper posed when it hit newsstands and coffee shops early Wednesday morning in Chamonix, ...