Mezzalama Skyrace

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The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international high altitude endurance race competition, defunct in 2008, [1] in upper Valtournenche Valley, in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The summer event in the Monte Rosa's massif has been carried out annually by the Mezzalama Trophy association since 2000, and was also named in honor of the mountain guide Ottorino Mezzalama.

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Course description

The starting point is in Saint-Jacques (1,680 metres a.s.l.), a hamlet in Ayas. The participants pass Verraz (2,380 metres a.s.l.), Saint-Oyen, and then the Blue Lake (French : Lac Bleu), then they take back the main track and meet to the moraine of the Grand Glacier of Verraz (French : Grand glacier de Verraz, Italian : Grande Ghiacciaio di Verra) to reach the Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama, which is the turning point of the circuit. Total course length is 15 kilometres with a 1,356 metre altitude difference, to be finished in a maximum time of 4 hours.

Winners

YearMen's winnerWomen's winner
2000 Flag of Italy.svg   Bruno Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2001 Flag of Italy.svg   Bruno Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2002 Flag of Italy.svg   Manfred Reichegger Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2003 Flag of Italy.svg   Davide Bonansea Flag of Italy.svg   Emanuela Brizio
2004 Flag of Italy.svg   Dennis Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2005 Flag of Italy.svg   Paolo Bert Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2006 Flag of Italy.svg   Dennis Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2007 Flag of Italy.svg   Dennis Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2008 Flag of Italy.svg   Dennis Brunod Flag of Italy.svg   Gloriana Pellissier
2009not held
2010

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References

  1. ↑ "Mezzalama Skyrace". varasc.it. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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