"Monterosa Ski Alp": night competition of ski mountaineering
Resorts: Champoluc /Ayas /Antagnod, Gressoney-La-Trinité
Thursday 7 March 2024
- 6.00 pm - Closing of online registrations, after which it will be possible to register only on the day of the race at the race office in the multipurpose hall in Edelboden (departure of the Punta Jolanda chair lift) in the municipality of Gressoney-La-Trinité, according to the established procedures by the regulation.
Friday 8 March 2024
- From 2.00pm to 5.00pm - Confirmation of registrations and collection of bibs, control chips and race packs at the race office
- 5.00 pm - Technical briefing at the multipurpose hall of the municipality of Gressoney-La-Trinité in the Edelboden area (tender office). At 5.00 pm: the race direction will communicate any changes to the timetable/route, the environmental situation, the state of the route and information on the mandatory material.
- 5.15pm - Opening of the starting line - “Jolanda” ski slope in Gressoney-La-Trinité.
- From 5.30pm to 5.45pm - ARTVA and chip control in front of the Edelboden ticket office (Punta Jolanda chairlift departure).
- 6.00 pm - Departure of the XIII Monterosa Ski Alp.
- 8.45pm - Expected arrival of the first team at the finish line in Gressoney-La-Trinité in the Edelboden area (arrival of the “Jolanda” ski slope).
- From 9.00pm to midnight - Athletes' dinner at the multipurpose hall in Edelboden. Awards ceremony during dinner.
Contact
The Monterosa Ski Alp ski mountaineering competition runs at night on the slopes of the Monterosa Ski area, linking the Ayas and Gressoney valleys in an exciting challenge on the snow. Born in 2010, after the first editions, it is proposed again in 2014 with a new look and new important objectives: it becomes a team race, it changes the route and above all it proposes to change the start and arrival place every year, alternating them between Champoluc and Gressoney-La-Trinité. The current record on this route is 2h28 set in 2020.
For the 2024 edition is the 13th one:
- Start and finish of the race in Gressoney La Trinité, Edelboden (start of the Punta Jolanda chairlift)
- Classic technique competition in pairs
- Race with an altitude difference of 2,800 metres and a development of 30 km
The following lifts will be open for free:
- Funicular Frachey-Alpe Ciarcerio, in the Ayas Valley, from 6pm to 10pm
- Staffal-Sant’Anna cable car, in the Gressoney Valley, from 6pm to 10.45pm.