The 2500m ascent cumulated with some zig-zagging through avalanche barriers below the summit of the Grand Chavalard, which was followed by a long-technical section with multiple static ropes (helmets mandatory again) a short snowfield, and finally the reward of an amazing chicken curry at Cabane Fenestral. Elle regroupe des équipes de 2 ou 3 personnes, et consiste à réaliser, en moins d’une semaine et sur un itinéraire chaque année renouvelée, un Tour du Mont Blanc élargi d’environ 300 kilomètres. DIFFICULTY Brutal . aura lieu à Chamonix le lundi 26 août à 8h. I’d imagined we’d finish the PTL in a broken state, but it was actually quite the opposite. August 23, 2021 (Monday) - 08:00 Running 290 kilometers 26,500 meters Extreme Mountain Range Trail.
Donning crampons, we crossed quickly, following the prescribed flagged route, and grateful for the presence of the race officials, harness and ropes over the short section of crevasses. La PTL ® (Petite Trotte à Léon) est l’une des épreuves proposées dans le cadre de l’UTMB ®. A tricky section of descending was great fun (although Jim was less of a fan of the technical sections on this race), but the wide gentle ridge beyond refused to end, and finally Konrad and I called another power nap stop, which Jim elected to preside over. L'esprit de la PTL ® repose sur l'engagement mental, l'esprit d'équipe et d'aventure, ainsi que sur les valeurs sportives et celles de la montagne. (GPS tracks and maps are supplied). des Houches aux alentours de 9h, tandis que les dernières devraient la quitter By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our
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With renewed momentum, we crossed the pass, and dropped to Refuge des Mottetes, and a welcome meal. Mountains Race 300KM / 186Miles 6 Days - 300 Runners. La Petite Trotte à Léon, c'est une course immense, imaginée par feu Jean-Claude Marmier, qui tient son nom d’une plaisanterie de son boulanger prénommé Léon, n’a en effet rien d’une promenade de santé.
I somehow remember the staff at the bar warming shots of liquor in the stove, which now in retrospect seems very unlikely, but the recollection of hot beef stew and vanilla dessert, and many wet shoes clustered around the fire to dry, I am certain of.After two hours of sleep, we set off downwards again, into the valley, before a long slog up to Col de By, the highest point of the route and roughly the halfway point.
While doing so, I twice fell asleep on my feet, and (looking back) was dangerously blasé about stumbling back into consciousness with a lurch, with the valley floor several hundred meters below in the darkness. équipes de 2 ou 3 personnes, et consiste à réaliser, en moins d’une semaine et
Visit the race website. The rocky summit could have been that of any Scottish mountain, cold, windy, and damp with fog, but as we started our descent into Switzerland the cloud cleared, and the Glacier du Mont Duran opened out in front of us, sparkling in the sunshine. YOUR RATING. From there, the course properly kicked off with a 1500m climb to Cabane des Rognes, with a short ‘helmets compulsory’ steep section with ladders at the top of the pass.Jasmin climbing towards the ladders below Cabane des Rognes, the first climb on day 1 of the PTL.The ladders below Cabane des Rognes on the first climbWe continued to make good progress throughout the day, until the afternoon when Konrad (who never does well with heat) started to suffer on the climb to Col de Enclave. It is one of the races during the Ultra-Trail du Mont- Blanc® week, but it is an event apart.... Each year around Mont-Blanc a new route, passing by 3 international boundaries, is concocted. We passed several caves, clearly occupied in times gone by (one even still had an enormous wooden door, with beds and tables inside – I almost wished for a storm to appear), before arriving at Cabane de la Tourche, at 6pm on Thursday evening.Torn between sleeping and making the most of the daylight, we hurriedly ate and continued, descending back down to 400m, and crossing the warm valley as it grew dark. We did go to sleep briefly on the next climb, lying on the rain-soaked grass beside the path, and for the first time experienced the scarcely credible restorative properties of the ‘power nap’. Despite our efforts to set off conservatively, the first 10km of easy trail down the valley to Les Houches were by far the fastest of the race.