Information about the 170 km Ultra Tour route
Wild spaces, 4000m mountains in every direction, and quiet trails – this is where I chose to train for UTMB and other races. It’s a tough route, high and technical in many places – and prior mountain running experiences is needed, the full route is more challenging than UTMB.
But it is wonderfully varied, taking you through magnificent alpine landscapes as well as delightful Walser hamlets and villages. I realised, “if this was a race, this is the race I would really like to run“. It didn’t exist so we created it for you to enjoy. As a one-stage race it is a serious challenge: bold, brutal, beautiful. Come and try it!
– Lizzy Hawker
The UTMR has more climb, more technical terrain, more altitude, more glacier crossings and more beauty than UTMB. I’ll definitely be back.Team INOV-8
You will reach the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge at or just after dawn, hopefully to see the sun rise on the Weisshorn (4506m).
One of the iconic scenes from the race: the Matterhorn, the world’s most recognised mountain, rising up on the skyline of the mountain town of Zermatt.
Leaving Zermatt (41 km) comes an enormous climb to the Swiss-Italian border, a Theodulpass (3295m). The last 2 km to the pass are on ice, where Matterhorn becomes Monte Cervino. The checkpoints following have Italian flavour and excellent coffee…
Crossing the Col Nord des Cimes Bianches, brings you in to the valley of Champoluc, and the grand, wild traverse on wild trails to the south of Monte Rosa.
The Monte Rosa’s South Face is a giant of Himalayan scale.
The way home is longer than you could imagine on the Höhenweg from Saas Fee to Grächen.
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| Check points | km | Cum. km | Altitude | m | m | Cut off | Refreshments | Dropbag | Rest | DNF | Medical | |
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| START | Grächen | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1619 | ↑ 0 | ↓ 0 | ||||||
| CP1 | Europahütte | 17.7 | 17.7 | 2266 | ↑ 2018 | ↓ 1375 | ||||||
| CP2 | Täschalp | 9.3 | 27.0 | 2172 | ↑ 621 | ↓ 705 | ||||||
| CP3 | Zermatt | 10.1 | 37.1 | 1600 | ↑ 286 | ↓ 774 | 13:00 Thu, 04 Sep |
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| CP4 | Trockenersteg | 9.5 | 46.6 | 2937 | ↑ 1320 | ↓ 72 | ||||||
| CP5 | Teodul | 4.0 | 50.6 | 3324 | ↑ 456 | ↓ 60 | ||||||
| CP6 | Rifugio Ferraro | 16.9 | 67.5 | 2083 | ↑ 420 | ↓ 1660 | 23:50 Thu, 04 Sep |
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| CP7 | Gressoney-la-Trinité | 12.0 | 79.5 | 1629 | ↑ 658 | ↓ 1051 | 4:00 Fri, 05 Sep |
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| CP8 | Passo dei Salati | 9.5 | 89.0 | 2961 | ↑ 1364 | ↓ 172 | ||||||
| CP9 | Rifugio Pastore | 14.9 | 103.9 | 1575 | ↑ 700 | ↓ 2079 | 13:30 Fri, 05 Sep |
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| – | Colle del Turlo | 11.7 | 115.6 | 2701 | ↑ 1515 | ↓ 86 | ||||||
| CP10 | Macugnaga | 10.5 | 126.1 | 1310 | ↑ 128 | ↓ 210 | 20:30 Sat, 06 Sep |
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| CP11 | Monte Moro Pass | 6.5 | 132.6 | 2789 | ↑ 1333 | ↓ 18 | ||||||
| CP12 | Saas Fee | 16.6 | 149.2 | 1792 | ↑ 296 | ↓ 1170 | 8:00 Sat, 06 Sep |
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| CP13 | Hannigalp | 17.1 | 166.3 | 2123 | ↑ 1006 | ↓ 718 | ||||||
| FINISH | Grächen | 3.8 | 170.1 | 1618 | ↑ 25 | ↓ 464 | 16:00 Sat, 06 Sep |
Registration & equipment check
Pre-race briefing
Start of the 170 km ultra in Grächen
First finishers of the 170 km Ultramarathon expected in Grächen
Close of the 170 km Ultramarathon in Grächen
Children's race in Grächen
Buffet dinner, prize giving and closing celebrations in Grächen
