High Trail Vanoise

High Trail Vanoise
DateJuly
LocationFrance Val d’Isère
Event typeUltra SkyMarathon
Distance70 km / 5,400 m
Established2016
Official siteHigh Trail Vanoise

The High Trail Vanoise is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It is held every year at the Val-d'Isère in the French Alps at the end of July or beginning of May. The race is part of the Skyrunner World Series.[1]

Races

High Trail Vanoise

  Race of Skyrunner World Series
Year Date Men's winner Women's winner
2016 10 July France Nicolas Martin France Anne-Lise Rousset
2017 8 July Spain Luis Alberto Hernando United States Megan Kimmel

Kilomètre Vertical de Val d’Isère

Also known as Kilomètre Vertical Face de Bellevarde,[2] was interrupted in 2003 and rescheduled in 2014.[3]

  Race of Skyrunner World Series
  Race of Vertical Kilometer World Circuit
Year Date Men's winner Women's winner
2002 1 September Italy Marco De Gasperi Italy Antonella Confortola
2003 12 July Italy Marco De Gasperi France Corinne Favre
2014 11 July Italy Marco Moletto France Christel Dewalle
2015 10 July France François Gonon Spain Laura Orgué
2016 8 July France Xavier Gachet France Christel Dewalle
2017 7 July France Xavier Gachet France Jessica Pardin

See also

References

  1. ^ "High Trail Vanoise - Presentatiom". high-trail-vanoise.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Face de Bellevarde VK – champions past and present sky high". archive.skyrunning.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Kilomètre / KM Vertical Face de Bellevarde". high-trail-vanoise.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017. Val d'Isère opens its summer festivities a week-end before the Bastille day celebration on 14 July, with the challenging and unique Vertical Kilometre race on the Bellavarde Face. Rescheduled 2 years ago