Archive for ultratrail
Salomon Skyline Scotland day!
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags An Gearasdan, Aonach More, Ben Nevis, Bridge of Orchy, Carn Mor Dearg, Fort William, Glen Nevis, Glencoe, Highlands, Jacobite 100, Kinlochleven, Mamores, munroes, Rannoch Moor, Ring of Steall, running, Salomon, Salomon Skyrace Scotland, Scotland, Steall, trail running, ultratrail on September 20, 2025 by xi'an
UTMB, c’est parti/andiamo!
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Alps, Chamonix, Courmayer, France, French Alps, Hoka One One, Italian Alps, Italy, Orsières, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, trail running, ultratrail, Ultratrail du Mont Blanc, UTMB, Valais, Vale d'Aosta on August 25, 2025 by xi'an
les naufragés d’Angolon
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Ben Nevis, Cluses, crampons, French Alps, Haut-Giffre, L'Équipe, Martigny, Pointe d'Angolon, Ring of Steall, Samoëns, ultratrail, video on August 16, 2025 by xi'anOver the vacation break, I watched this video of testimonies from survivors of Haut-Giffre ultra-trail, on 15 June 2024, when weather turns deadly on the most dangerous section of the race, down from Angolon Peak, 2090m, between Cluses, France, and Martigny, Switzerland. Several trailers slipped on the steep, muddy slope and crashed into rocks. One of them did not survive his injuries, despite the support of other trailers. In a place and under conditions where no emergency service could have made a difference. I was a wee bit surprised at hearing that one of the Ben Nevis trail runs got cancelled by the organisers last year (?), despite remembering a death on the Ring of Steall the very day we rounded it (and having turned back on enough mountain climbs), but this video is slamming the fact in my face to never again wonder. One error of the organisers of the Haut-Giffre ultra-trail was to have waited much too long before cancelling the races. Another one was not imposing crampons in the compulsory gear.
Mountain King [82, 19d, 4000m, 75000m, 1200km, &c]
Posted in Mountains, Running with tags 4000'ers, 4000m, Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, Aiguille de Bionassay, Alps, Barre des Écrins, Dôme du Goûter, French Alps, Grand Paradiso, Grand Pilier d’Angle, Grandes Jorasses, Italian Alps, Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc du Tacul, Mont Brouillard, Mont Maudit, Monte Bianco de Courmayeur, Patrick Berhault, Picco Luigi Amadeo, Punta Baretti, Swiss Alps, ultratrail on October 9, 2024 by xi'an
UTMB 2024
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Courmayer, French Alps, Italian Alps, Martinique, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Swiss Alps, ultratrail, Ultratrail du Mont Blanc, UTMB on September 1, 2024 by xi'an
