As with many events in 2020, UTMR also had to be cancelled. But race director Lizzy Hawker is hopeful for 2021, “The terrible pandemic is still ongoing of course. However, we have hope and we are working hard with preparations for next September so that we can offer a great race edition.” She added, “Last September we successfully hosted a small race, the Grächen Berglauf, with all the necessary covid-19 precautions in place, so we have confidence that organising a smaller race like UTMR is very possible in 2021.”

Registration for all races opened on 1 January 2021.

What makes the UTMR different? “The race is beautiful, it is personal, not too many people,” said Corinne Kagerer, Swiss winner of the shortened 170 km Ultra Tour in 2019. The male winner, Damian Hall, from the UK said, “UTMR has more climb, more technical terrain, more altitude, more glacier crossings and more beauty than UTMB. I’ll definitely be back."

Why another ultra? “This is the race I wanted to race”, says Lizzy Hawker, an endurance athlete and five-time winner of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. “I trained here for the UTMB. I love this route - it’s bold, very beautiful and definitely brutal,” says Hawker.

Places are limited to 450 for the ultras and 250 for the stage race.

Further information:

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