La Grande Course is an international competition of

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in stages. It includes the most important competitions of the season for teams of two or three competitors. As of 2015 the senior events of La Grande Course represented a total length of 355 km and 38 km in altitude, but not all events are run every year. There are also six races on specific trails aimed at the cadet (15-16-17 years) and junior categories (18-19-20 years) that compete in teams of two. Starting in the 2014/15 ski mountaineering season the La Grande Course events are integrated into the

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(ISMF) competition calendar, as the Long Distance Team events for the ISMF World Cup.

Events

Every year

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

, France, four-day race, teams of two * Altitoy Ternua, France, two-day race, teams of two

Even-numbered years (e.g. 2016 and 2018)

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, Italy, three-day race, teams of two *

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the can ...

, Switzerland, four-day race, teams of three

Odd-numbered years (e.g. 2017 and 2019)

Adamello Ski Raid The Adamello Ski Raid is an annual ski mountaineering competition at the Italian Tonale Pass declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). Starting poi ...

, Italy, teams by two *

Mezzalama Trophy The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

, Italy, teams of three

Events

Every year

Even-numbered years (e.g. 2016 and 2018)

Odd-numbered years (e.g. 2017 and 2019)

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