6 to 9 September 2023 - Registrations open 30 January 2023!
Registration options for the 2022 UTMR races
Registrations open now!
Namaste 🙏
As many of you already realise, we spend a lot of time in Nepal, and one of the biggest lessons we learn here is that of impermanence, that everything changes, nothing is fixed. And so it is also for us, we now have a period of change and restructuring ahead of us even within the UTMR team.
For 2022 we are scaling back so that we can deliver you a few wonderful race experiences (see below), safe for all runners, volunteers and host communities (whatever the Covid situation), whilst we also plan ahead for future editions. UTMR is a challenge for all of us – runners, organisation, volunteers, host communities alike. It takes training, preparation and commitment whichever side of the race we are on. But we hope it continues to be a positive experience for everyone involved and fun too!
We will be back in 2023 with the full set of races on the original UTMR route making a kora (circumnavigation) around the magnificent Monte Rosa. We have no plans to become ‘By UTMB’ or ‘By Spartan’, or anything else. We are what we are, an incredible mountain route around Monte Rosa, organised by a small team who are passionate about the mountains and proud of it. We try to bring you something different, a big race experience but within an intimate setting. Early on in 2022 we will open up an opportunity for our UTMR community of runners and volunteers to have a voice, make suggestions, and potentially shape UTMR’s future direction. And yes, the full 100 mile (170 km) kora around Monte Rosa will be back in 2023. (Lizzy still dreams of racing it herself one day!)
But first we look forward to welcoming you in September 2022 to share in your choice of a “bold, beautiful, brutal” race experience in the heart of the Alps. See you soon in Grächen!
Pre-registration is open!
We do not have a lottery or waiting lists, but we still require a simple pre-registration for all races. This is simply so that we have a check on your experience so that we are confident you will be prepared and able to enjoy this alpine environment, whatever the conditions on race day. After reviewing your experience we will notify you within 48 hours if we are able to give you a place. Your bib is only confirmed on receipt of your completed registration and payment.
From early January the race website will be fully updated with all the details for 2022. We will also introduce each race individually on social media and via our general newsletter. Please share the news with your running friends!
Stage Race 🇨🇭 & 🇮🇹 : 4-days, starting 06.30h in Grächen on Wednesday 31 August 2022. Overnights in Zermatt, Gressoney-la-Trinité and Macugnaga. Original 170 km loop around the Monte Rosa! Finish in Grächen.
Mischabel 100 🇨🇭 : 106 km with +6,970m ascent, starting 10.00h in Grächen on Friday 2 September 2022. Finish in Grächen.
Mischabel 60 🇨🇭 : 63 km with +4,445m ascent, starting 04.00h in Grächen on Saturday 3 September 2022. Finish in Grächen.
Grächen Berglauf 🇨🇭: 23 km with +1,507m ascent, starting 10.00h in Grächen on Saturday 3 September, 2022. Finish in Grächen.
Accessibility: all our 2022 race routes will start and finish in Grächen. This delightful small village at the entrance to the Zermatt valley in the Swiss Alps is very easily reached by public transport from Geneva and Zurich airports. We will give you all travel details after registration.
Training: throughout the summer months we will also have a series of training camps / days on the various race routes as well as some other exciting multi-day tours. We will finalise the programme in early January. Please sign up to our mailing list if you’d like to be kept informed. These tours are great training, a perfect opportunity to start to adapt to the terrain you will race on. But open to everyone, they are also simply a chance to enjoy a mountain adventure without the pressure of a race situation and in the company of a small group of like-minded new friends. Join us!
COVID-19: We’re confident our plans for 2022 can go ahead without concern. We will of course need to operate within federal and regional regulations and guidelines (IT and CH as applicable) and we ask for your understanding with this. We’ll make everything as clear as possible on our website prior to registration opening, and will keep registered runners updated. We will keep the situation under continual review and the safety of our runners, volunteers and host communities will always be our priority.
Our race routes bring you close to a host of 4000m summits, these are some of the best alpine trails we know, and that’s saying something.
