The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international

high altitude Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...

endurance race competition, defunct in 2008, in upper

Valtournenche Valtournenche (local Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers most of the ''Valtournenche'', a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from C ...

Valley, in the

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. The summer event in the

Monte Rosa : , other_name = Monte Rosa massif , translation = Mount Rose , photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg , photo_caption = Central Mon ...

's massif has been carried out annually by the

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

association since 2000, and was also named in honor of the mountain guide

Ottorino Mezzalama Ottorino Mezzalama (born September 25, 1888 – February 23, 1931) was an Italian mountain climber, and is deemed to be one of the two pioneers of Italian ski mountaineering besides Luciano Roiti. He died in an avalanche accident in the Rochemoll ...

Course description

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

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of the Grand Glacier of Verraz (french: Grand glacier de Verraz, it, Grande Ghiacciaio di Verra) to reach the

Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama (original name it, Refugio Ottorino Mezzalama) is a refuge in the Alps in Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , p ...

, 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.

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Course description

Winners

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