February 11

LA GRANDE COURSE: “THE SKI ALP TOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED, BUT LGC CARD REMAINS OPERATIVE”

Posted by Héctor Rubio on February 11, 2021 in trail running spain | Leave a comment

Safety comes first. How many times did we hear about this? Never as in this case the definition fits perfectly! Stopping while desiring a great restart is not so easy, but sometimes it is unavoidable. Considering the cancellation of Mezzalama Trophy and the fact that Pierra Menta is reserved only to the national athletes in the race that on Friday the 12th March will award the first ISMF-LGC Long Distance world title per teams, the organizing committee decided unanimously that the new ski alp tour will start in 2022 with Altitoy Ternua and will finish in 2023 with Mezzalama Trophy. For the ones that have already bought the card this year, no problem….it will be valid for the next three years.

Photo: Maurizio Torri

ADAMELLO SKI RAID “SPECIAL EDITION” SAVE THE DATE.

Even though it is not a stage of the tour, on the 10th of April the 7th edition of Adamello Ski Raid will take place in Italy. The registrations are open and the great show is guaranteed on the borders between Lombardia and Trentino mountains. Alessando Mottinelli’s staff promised a really “extreme” course which will be appreciated by the many ski alp lovers.

Photo: Maurizio Torri

Considering the technical nature of the course with 34 km of total lenght and 3.400 m. of positive difference in height, no more than 160 teams will be accepted at the starting line. In the case of requests will exceed the available quota the athletes curriculum and the sending date of the form will be taken into consideration in order to decide the registration priorities. As above mentioned, since La Grande Course tour will not take place this year, Adamello Ski Raid 2021 will be a Fisi race open to foreign athletes and it will award valuable points to the racers who dream about the great classic races next year.

AFFILIATED RACES, LGC….OTHER NOT-TO-BE-MISSED EVENTS

Did you hear about affiliated races to La Grande Course? It’s a group of selected races for their high level of organization and technical nature of the courses aimed at increasing mountaineering training of racers in order to ensure them the necessary technical skills to compete in the great classic races. As Adamello Ski Raid, these races will grant a kind of wild card to the finishers to be used as direct access to the registrations to the great classic ski mountaineering competitions. We suggest you the following scheduled affiliated races in 2021:

La Grande Trace, Le Dévoluy (F), scheduled on the 13th and 14th February.
Transcavallo, Alpago – Piancavallo (I) scheduled on the 20th March.
La Belle Etoile, Les 7 Laux – Isère (F) scheduled on the 27th and 28th March.