FRANCOIS D’HAENE 2022 CALENDAR: PIERRA MENTA, HARDROCK100, L’ECHAPPÉE BELLE AND DIAGONALE DES FOUS. Our MOUNTAIN RACING CALENDAR bring us today the latest news from Francois D’Haene who has made public his 2022 calendar as Kilian Jornet did some days ago. In Francois own words: “I don’t know why but I’ve received so many messages about my 2022 […]
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March
02
FRANCOIS D’HAENE 2022 CALENDAR: PIERRA MENTA, HARDROCK100, L’ECHAPPÉE BELLE AND DIAGONALE DES FOUS.
posted by Héctor Rubio
February
23
KILIAN JORNET 2022 CALENDAR: PIERRA MENTA, ZEGAMA, HARDROCK100, SIERRE ZINAL & UTMB
posted by Héctor Rubio
KILIAN JORNET 2022 CALENDAR: PIERRA MENTA, ZEGAMA, HARDROCK100, SIERRE ZINAL & UTMB. Our MOUNTAIN RACING CALENDAR bring us today the latest news from Kilian Jornet who has made public his 2022 calendar. In Kilian own words: “It looks like I will do some races this year…1 skimo race, 2 short distances, 2 long distances: Pierra Menta, Zegama, […]
March
14
PIERRA MENTA 2021-ISMF LONG DISTANCE WORLD CHAMPIONS: ITALY WINS BOTH FEMALE AND MALE CATEGORY.
posted by Héctor Rubio
The athletes of the Italian national team have won the last world title of the 2020/21 ISMF competitive season on the transalpine snows of Arêches-Beaufort, France. It has been a test bench of these new World Championships, as a result of the rediscovered collaboration between the ISMF and La Grande Course, and has represented a real marathon with 3400 metres of positive height […]
March
10
LA GRANDE COURSE: “READY FOR A WORLD PIERRA MENTA”
posted by Héctor Rubio
Arêches-Beaufort, the home of the celebrated Pierra Menta, is ready to host a “world” edition of this spectacular race. The scheduled date is next friday even though starting from today many teams are already in the area in order to inspect the course. As announced by the local organizing committee this year edition will take […]
December
02
LA GRANDE COURSE 2021 PIERRA MENTA, ADAMELLO SKI RAID & MEZZALAMA TROPHY. ALTITOY COMES BACK IN 2022.
posted by Héctor Rubio
After the cancellation of the 4th edition, the sport tour of the most prestigious Alpine and Pyrenean skimountaineering races is ready to restart with many interesting innovations. This season “La Grande Course” will be composed of Pierra Menta, Adamello Ski Raid and Mezzalama Trophy. The first great change concerns the executive board with the new […]
March
20
Kilian Jornet officially confirms two month recovery after broken fibula at Pierra Menta, yet no additional surgery will be required.
posted by mayayo oxigeno
Kilian Jornet fell when racing at Pierra Menta last weekend and broke his fibula. His team has officially confirmed today that will be out of action for at least two months and will miss the end of the ski season, although he won’t need surgery. Kilian was leading the race together with his teammate Jakob Hermann […]
February
06
Kilian Jornet returns to competition: Skimo World Cup, then on to Grande Course´s Altitoy, Pierra Menta and Tour du Rutor.
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. Kilian Jornet returns to competition three months after his shoulder surgery. He will participate in the Skimo World Cup on February 8 and 9 in Sant Vincent, France, then go on to his main objective at the Grande Course where he will compete in three iconic events such as Pierra Menta, Tour de […]
March
11
Kilian Jornet & Alexis Sevennec take second at Pierra Menta after Lenzi/Eydallin victory. Laetitia Roux wins for 7th time, now with Emelie Forsberg.
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. The Pierra Menta 2017 was just completed today, with the iconic stage at the Grand Mont as the last of four stages The usual human wall once again welcomed the peloton for the 32nd edition of the race in Arêches-Beaufort (France), The track covers every year a total of around 100k/D+10,000m rcing in pairs, […]
March
15
LA GRANDE COURSE-ALTITOY 2022: READY, STEADY AND GO…
posted by Héctor Rubio
LA GRANDE COURSE-ALTITOY 2022: READY, STEADY AND GO… Our SKI section brings us today the news about La Grande Course 2022, which starts this weekend in the French Pyrenees, the curtain will rise on the new 2022/2023 biennium with the legendary Altitoy. As we presented you here some weeks ago, this season “La Grande Course” will […]
February
22
CIMALP MAX FLY: ULTRA LIGHT (45G.) SKI MOUNTAINEERING GOGGLES
posted by Héctor Rubio
CIMALP MAX FLY: ULTRA LIGHT (45G.) SKI MOUNTAINEERING GOGGLES. Our SKI section bring us today another winter gear fomr the French brand CIMALP: the MAX FLY ultra light goggles, designed for ski mountaneering, paragliding and also for alpine ski. Although the utterly minimalist design of these goggles may first seem somewhat surprising at first glance, far […]
January
09
LA GRANDE COURSE 2022: ALTITOY, TOUR DE RUTOR & PATROULLE DES GLACIERS
posted by Héctor Rubio
LA GRANDE COURSE 2022: ALTITOY, TOUR DE RUTOR & PATROULLE DES GLACIERS. Our SKI section brings us today the news about La Grande Course and its races for this 2022. This season “La Grande Course” will be composed of Altitoy, Tour de Rutor y Patrouille des Glaciers. In 2023 it will continue with Pierra Menta, […]
March
07
ISMF SKI MOUNTAINEERING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL RACE : MATTEO EYDALLIN (ITA) AND AXELLE GACHET-MOLLARET (FRA) WIN GOLD.
posted by Héctor Rubio
Yesterday, the Italian athlete Matteo Eydallin and the very strong French competitor Axelle Gachet-Mollaret have won the most beautiful and prestigious medal: the got the gold one in the Individual race. On the final day of the 2021 ISMF World Championships, on the Andorran snows of Arinsal in the natural park of Comapedrosa, the Italians Giulia Murada and Sebastien Guichardaz have been victorious as well, […]
February
11
LA GRANDE COURSE: “THE SKI ALP TOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED, BUT LGC CARD REMAINS OPERATIVE”
posted by Héctor Rubio
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 […]
January
07
DYNASTAR SKI TOURING- FREETOURING 2021: NEW TOP RANGE SKIMO COLLECTION.
posted by Héctor Rubio
DYNASTAR MOUNTAIN SKI 2021: New top range ski touring and freetouring collection. DYNASTAR: The French brand returns to its origins with the best mountain ski collection according to experts. Our ski section presents us today the new collection of skis from the Chamonix firm for this 2020-2021 season. Analysed by our #patroncarrerasdemontana Iker Martínez. Passionate […]
January
04
HH ODIN MOUNTAIN INFINITY SHELL JACKET: TOP RANGE JACKET FOR SKI AND MOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES.
posted by Héctor Rubio
HH ODIN MOUNTAIN INFINITY SHELL JACKET: Top range jacket for skiing and mountain. Our SKI section brings us today the brand new HELLY HANSEN ODIN Mountain Infinity Shell Jacket. The brand of Norwegian origin, renews its range for skiing and mountain of its ODIN range with new technologies and details. Analysis by our #patroncarrerasdemontana Iker […]
March
18
La Grande Course 2019/2020: 4th edition cancelled
posted by adefrutos
The coronavirus outbreak continues cancelling events. This time will be the turn of the La Grande Course 2019/2020. After the failure in carrying out the 4 stages 2020, the organizing committee of La Grande Course has officially cancelled the 4th edition of the ski mountaineering tour competitions which groups the most important and prestigious […]
November
22
UTMB 2019: NEW COURSE FOR TDS 145KM/D+9,000M (6/6 ITRA POINTS, 9/15 MOUNTAIN POINTS)
posted by adefrutos
. Last August Trailrunningspain.com and carrerasdemontana.com was in UTMB 2018 to describing and narrating to you all happened in the seven races of UTMB 2018. Today UTMB presents a new course for TDS, 145km and 9100 metres of height gain for a new harder and more beautiful course race. _____________________________________ . UTMB 2019 TDS: […]
January
31
International Ski Mountaneering Federation answers Kilian Jornet´s statement from Skimo World Cup 2017 at Cambre d´Aze
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. The Skimo World Cup 2017 completed its second leg this weekend at Cambre d’Aze. Laetitia Roux and Robert Antonioli were the official winners at yesterday´individual after the stormy award ceremony, where the three top senior men (Jornet, Lenzi, Eydallin) were disqualified. Later on, Kilian Jornet issued a personal statement on the reason why the […]
January
28
Skimo World Cup 2017: Roux and Antonioli win individual Cambre d´Aze. Podium senior men disqualified. Official ISMF and Kilian Jornet statements
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. The Skimo World Cup 2017 reached its second leg this weekend at Cambre d’Aze. Indivual and sprint races will be held at the facilities of the ski resort of Cambre d’Aze on the north side of Puigmal, a familiar territory for much of the spanish team. The individual race of today had Laetitia […]
January
19
Skimo World Cup 2017 starts at FontBlanca (Andorra) with Kilian Jornet and Laetitia Roux as defending champions
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. The Skimo World Cup 2017 is set to start this weekend at Fontblanca, Andorra with Killian Jornet and Laetitia Roux as defending champions from 2016.T his competition will be held at Vallnord’s ski station facilities, also as the second event for the XV Andorra Cup of the specialty. The 2017 calendarar for the Skimo […]
March
19
Kilian Jornet wins Indivual Skimo World Cup, for the fourth time. And doubles up with the Vertical title.
posted by mayayo oxigeno
. Kilian Jornet has just won today the individual category at the Mondolé SkiAlp, the last event in the ski mountaineering World Cup, winning his fourth world trophy in this category. The spanish skier competing for the national team FEDME completes the 2016 Skimo World Cup with a double, having already won the vertical […]
Mireia Miró (Salomon Running) entrevistada por Mayayo en Font-Romeu
posted by mayayo oxigeno
Mireia Miró (Barcelona, 1988) ha desembarcado como un ciclón en los deportes de montaña: Tal como se retrata ella misma en su interesante nota biográfica, abordó primero el esquí de montaña, y ahora cada vez con más fuerza las carreras por montaña. En estos momentos disfruta tanto más en carrera cuanto más explosiva y técnica sea ésta. Y […]
Kilian Jornet´s “Summits of my life Project”: Skyrunning from Mont Blanc 2012 to Everest 2015. And Bruno Brunod.
posted by mayayo oxigeno
Kilian Jornet has just unveiled his “Summits of My Life” project. A personal challenge that shall take him running from the summit of Mont-Blanc in 2012 to that of Mount Everest by 2015. In between, mystic mountains such as Matterhorn, Elbrus, Aconcagua and Mc Kinley. In doing so, he treads in the footsteps of ilustrous pioneers, […]
