The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international high altitude endurance race competition, defunct in 2008,[1] in upper Valtournenche Valley, in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The summer event in the Monte Rosa's massif has been carried out annually by the Mezzalama Trophy association since 2000, and was also named in honor of the mountain guide Ottorino Mezzalama.

Course description

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The starting point is in Saint-Jacques (1,680 metres a.s.l.), a hamlet in Ayas. The participants pass Verraz (2,380 metres a.s.l.), Saint-Oyen, and then the Blue Lake (French: Lac Bleu), then they take back the main track and meet to the moraine of the Grand Glacier of Verraz (French: Grand glacier de Verraz, Italian: Grande Ghiacciaio di Verra) to reach the Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama, which is the turning point of the circuit. Total course length is 15 kilometres with a 1,356 metre altitude difference, to be finished in a maximum time of 4 hours.

Winners

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Year Men's winner Women's winner
2000   Bruno Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2001   Bruno Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2002   Manfred Reichegger   Gloriana Pellissier
2003   Davide Bonansea   Emanuela Brizio
2004   Dennis Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2005   Paolo Bert   Gloriana Pellissier
2006   Dennis Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2007   Dennis Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2008   Dennis Brunod   Gloriana Pellissier
2009 not held
2010

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mezzalama Skyrace". varasc.it. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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