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 ski de montagne) besides the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Trofeo Mezzalama.
Pierra Menta is a stage of La Grande Course that includes the most important ski mountaineering competitions of the season.
The athletes have to travel a cumulative altitude difference of around 10 000 meters, both ascending and skiing down. The race track is to be completed in teams of two and it varies year by year.Pierra Mente, Deutscher Alpenverein. The distance for the younger classes is shorter.
Top Ten lists 1st Pierra Menta (1986) Men ranking participants Pascal Fagnola Jean-Marc Joguet Yvan Hernandez Jean-Yves Igonenc Michel Fatras Lucas Meignan 4 Guy Challeat Thierry Carco 5 Eric Gachet Yves Cornu 6 Daniel Mestrallet Gilbert Villien 7 Jacques Bon Mardion Claude Perrier 8 Raymond Ulliel Jacques Cordola 9 Pierre Louison Alain Moustache 10 Denis Bochet Drivet Tarin L. Mathel 2nd Pierra Menta (1987) Men ranking participants Étienne Arthurion Didier Clavier Denis Pivot Philippe Foulon Michel Fatras Jean-Jacques Bouchage 4 Jean-Marc Joguet Thierry Bochet 5 Jean-Pierre Farys Patrick Denche 6 Gilbert Villien Yves Olbrecht 7 René Champange Yves Gay Perret 8 Pierre Jouty Noël Regnier 9 Joël Lunardi Daniel Ducoin 10 Henri Marchand Guillaume Prin 3rd Pierra Menta (1988) Men ranking participants Ján Filipský Milan Filipský Pierre d'Alboy André Favre Pascal Fagnola Dominique Gleizes 4 Didier Clavier Christian Roussel 5 Pierre Viard Gaudin Jean-Marc Joguet 6 Daniel Fougeray Jean-Luc Pardi 7 Yvon Blanc Thierry Bochet 8 Yves Olbrecht Gilbert Villien 9 Noël Regnier Pierre Jouty 10 Marius Favre Jacques Violon Women ranking participants Claudine Trécourt Sylvie Trécourt Françoise Gendarme Christine Morfin 4th Pierra Menta (1989) Men ranking participants Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Ján Filipský Milan Filipský Robert Galfy Peter Lichý 4 Olivier Besson Laurent Lukie 5 Dominique Gleizes Philippe Renard 6 Pierre d'Alboy Patrick Gabarrou 7 Thierry Bochet Jean-Jacques Bouchage 8 Hervé Frison Gilles Gobbo 9 Gilbert Villien Yves Olbrecht 10 Marius Favre Jacques Violon Women ranking participants Sylvie Trécourt Claudine Trécourt Christine Janin Martine Rolland 5th Pierra Menta (1990) Men ranking participants Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Daniel Lanne Gilles Trousselier Walter Schimpfossl Andreas Steger 4 Marius Favre Ruche Bibollet 5 Lionel Mailly Philippe Renard 6 Pierre d'Alboy Vincent Sprungli 7 Pierre Satge Christian Sabathe 8 René Roulet Bernard Moge 9 Enrico Lazzeri Matteo Lazzeri 10 Jean-Marc Culotta Daniel Fougeray Women ranking participants Sylvie Trécourt Claudine Trécourt Annie Pivot Marie-Christine Subot Christine Janin Catherine Destivelle 6th Pierra Menta (1991) Men ranking participants Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Thierry Bochet Francis Bibollet Daniel Lanne Gilles Trousselier 4 Lionel Mailly Patrick Gabarrou 5 Maurizio del Antonio Luca Leonardi 6 Pierre-Alain Morand Ludovic Chanut 7 René Roulet Ludovic Knoertzer 8 Paul Mollière Guillaume Prin 9 Olivier Besson Laurent Lukie 10 Daniel Fougeray Jean-Marc Culotta Women ranking participants Sylvie Trécourt Claudine Trécourt Martine Rolland Odile Ladret 7th Pierra Menta (1992) Men ranking participants Francis Bibollet Thierry Bochet Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Yvan Brondex Christophe Jond 4 Raphy Frossard Paul Joguet 5 Paul Mollière Guillaume Prin 6 Rasťo Frank C. (Dušan???) Trizna 7 Omar Oprandi Marco Polla 8 Jean-Marc Culotta Jean-Luc Pardi 9 Tibor Novajovský Miroslav Leitner 10 Michel Frison-Roche Bernard Frison-Roche Women and mixed ranking participants Bruna Fanetti Carlo Clerico Sylvie Trécourt Claudine Trécourt Olivier Pasteur Sylvie Pasteur 4 Rémy Bozonnet Chantal Bozonnet 5 Martine Rolland Jean-Jacques Rolland 6 Pierre Buttin Danielle Hacquard 7 Claudia Weber Edith Wachter 8th Pierra Menta (1993) Men ranking participants Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Francis Bibollet Thierry Bochet Miroslav Leitner Dušan Trizna 4 Omar Oprandi Marco Polla 5 Christophe Jond Marc Arvin-Berod 6 Guillaume Prin Paul Mollière 7 Gilles Barnéoud Eric Thole 8 Marco Clerici Michelangelo Oprandi 9 Pierre-Alain Morand Christophe Profit 10 Patrick Lambert Lionel Bonnel 9th Pierra Menta (1994) Men ranking participants Adriano Greco Fabio Meraldi Dušan Trizna Milan Madaj Adriano Salvadori Pietro Gozza 4 Sébastien Figliolini Pierre Blanc 5 Thierry Bochet Thomas Ilg 6 Patrick Lambert Lionel Bonnet 7 Carlo Clercici Michelangelo Oprandi 8 Guillaume Prin Paul Mollière 9 Bruno Bottollier Yves Trappier 10 Miroslav Leitner Jean-Bastipte Mang Women ranking participants Sylvie Trécourt Claudine Trécourt Danielle Hacquard Isabel Rogé Tartarini 10th Pierra Menta (1995) Men ranking participants Fabio Meraldi Thierry Bochet Dušan Trizna Milan Madaj Pierre Blanc Sébastien Figliolini 4 Christophe Jond Yvan Brondex 5 Pierre Gignoux Olivier Pasteur 6 Jean-Michel Bouvier Paul Joguet 7 Omar Oprandi Marco Polla 8 Ekkehard Dörschlag Martin Hornegger 9 Graziano Boscacci Ivan Murada 10 René Gachet Jean-Marc Joguet Women ranking participants Tatiana Moskova Jana Heczková Claudine Trécourt Alexia Zuberer Danielle Hacquard Isabel Rogé Tartarini 4 Lydia Fritz Irene Radler 5 Marie-Paule Nullans Josette Laborde 11th Pierra Menta (1996) Men ranking participants Fabio Meraldi Enrico Pedrini Sébastien Figliolini Pierre Blanc Dušan Trizna Milan Madaj 4 Francis Bibollet Pierre Gignoux 5 Miroslav Leitner Peter Matos 6 Cheto Blavaschi Camillo Vescovo 7 Christophe Jond Yvan Brondex 8 Olivier Pasteur Hubert Fievet 9 Paul Joguet Thomas Ilg 10 René Gachet Jean-Marc Joguet Women ranking participants Tatiana Moskova Jana Heczková Danielle Hacquard Isabel Rogé Tartarini 12th Pierra Menta (1997) Men ranking participants Fabio Meraldi Enrico Pedrini Yvan Brondex Pierre Gignoux Adriano Salvador Thierry Bochet 4 René Gachet Paul Joguet 5 Vincent Meilleur Jean-Michel Bouvier 6 Christophe Jond Olivier Callamard 7 Pep Ollé Gildo Vuillen 8 Lionel Bonnel Patrick Lambert 9 Miroslav Leitner Peter Matos 10 Patrice Bret Stéphane Brosse Women ranking participants Claudine Trécourt Alexia Zuberer Danielle Hacquard Véronique Lathuraz Jana Heczková Isabel Rogé Tartarini 4 Corinne Favre Nathalie Bourillon 13th Pierra Menta (1998) Men ranking participants Pierre Blanc Sébastien Figliolini Pierre Gignoux Yvan Brondex Fabio Meraldi Enrico Pedrini 4 Adriano Salvadori Omar Oprandi 5 Jérôme Arpin Vincent Meilleur 6 Graziano Boscacci Ivan Murada 7 Patrice Bret Stéphane Brosse 8 Dušan Trizna Milan Madaj 9 Adriano Greco Miroslav Leitner 10 Lionel Bonnel Michel Sibuet Becquet Women ranking participants Claudine Trécourt Alexia Zuberer Danielle Hacquard Véronique Lathuraz Corinne Favre Jana Heczková 4 Corinne Roux-Mollard Gloriana Pellissier 5 Anna Augusti Christine Pessonnier 14th Pierra Menta (1999) Men ranking participants Fabio Meraldi Enrico Pedrini Pierre Gignoux Francis Bibollet Patrice Bret Stéphane Brosse 4 Ivan Murada Graziano Boscacci 5 Pius Schuwey Heinz Blatter 6 Jérôme Arpin Vincent Meilleur 7 Jean-Yves Rey Jean-Daniel Masserey 8 René Gachet Paul Joguet 9 Tony Sbalbi Laurent Fabre 10 Cyril Champange Bertrand Blanc Women ranking participants Claudine Trécourt Danielle Hacquard Corinne Favre Gloriana Pellissier Véronique Lathuraz Alexia Zuberer 4 Catherine Mabillard Véronique Ançay 5 Valérie Ducognon Delphine Oggeri 6 Marie-Paule Nullans Laurence Picolo 7 Eva Rimnas Pia Johansson 15th Pierra Menta (2000) Pierra Menta 2000 Men ranking participants Fabio Meraldi Enrico Pedrini Francis Bibollet Pierre Gignoux Patrice Bret Stéphane Brosse 4 Miroslav Leitner Peter Svätojánsky 5 Graziano Boscacci Ivan Murada 6 Dušan Trizna Milan Madaj 7 Vincent Meilleur Jean Pellissier 8 Patrick Rassat René Gachet 9 Bertrand Blanc Cyril Champange 10 Adriano Greco Miki Oprandi Women ranking participants Alexia Zuberer Gloriana Pellissier Valérie Ducognon Delphine Oggeri Nathalie Blanc Nathalie Bourillon 4 Carole Toïgo Laurence Darragon 5 Véronique Lathuraz Sigrid Tomio 6 Anne-Laure Boniface Corinne Martin 7 Carole Vidor Valérie Conan 16th Pierra Menta (2001) Pierra Menta 2001 Men ranking participants Stéphane Brosse Pierre Gignoux Ivan Murada Graziano Boscacci Vincent Meilleur Cédric Tomio 4 Miroslav Leitner Peter Svätojánsky 5 Carlo Battel Omar Oprandi 6 Bertrand Blanc Cyril Champange 7 Jean-François Cuennet Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz 8 Emmanuel Blanc Grégory Gachet 9 Milan Madaj Dušan Trizna 10 Alexander Hug Olivier Nägele Women ranking participants Alexia Zuberer Gloriana Pellissier Valérie Ducognon Delphine Oggeri Véronique Ançay Nicole Gillioz 4 Catherine Guigon Sigrid Tomio 5 Séverine Champange Muriel Vaudey 6 Véronique Lathuraz Anne-Laure Boniface 7 Laurence Darragon Carole Toïgo 8 Marie-Paule Nullans Cécile Eichinger 17th Pierra Menta (2002) Pierra Menta 2002 Men ranking participants Ivan Murada Graziano Boscacci Stéphane Brosse Pierre Gignoux Luciano Fontana Luca Negroni 4 Vincent Meilleur Cédric Tomio 5 Bertrand Blanc Cyril Champange 6 Tony Sbalbi Patrick Blanc 7 Jean Pellissier Olivier Nägele 8 Miroslav Leitner Peter Svätojánsky 9 Laurent Fabre Olivier Pasteur 10 Eugen Innerkofler Ivano Molin Women ranking participants Valérie Ducognon Delphine Oggeri Corinne Favre Carole Toïgo Nathalie Bourillon Véronique Lathuraz 4 Séverine Champange Muriel Vaudey 5 Emma Roca Rodríguez Cristina Bes Ginesta 6 Sandrine Guet Laetitia Gachet 7 Elena Pedone Maria Rosa Morotti 8 Laure Bonnet Laurence Darragon 18th Pierra Menta (2003) Pierra Menta 2003 Men ranking participants Patrick Blanc Tony Sbalbi Stéphane Brosse Pierre Gignoux Vincent Meilleur Cédric Tomio 4 Bertrand Blanc Cyril Champange 5 Ivan Murada Graziano Boscacci 6 Damien Farquet Rico Elmer 7 Emmanuel Blanc Grégory Gachet 8 Laurent Fabre Gabriel Degabai 9 Patrick Rassat René Gachet 10 Alexandre Borot Paul Blanc Women ranking participants Valérie Ducognon Delphine Oggeri Anne Bochatay Catherine Mabillard Corinne Favre Carole Toïgo 4 Astrid Renzler Greti Rogger 5 Séverine Champange Muriel Vaudey 6 Nathalie Blanc Catherine Guigon 7 Jeanine Bapst Annick Rey 8 Simone Hornegger Anna Pažitná 9 Elena Pedone Maria Rosa Morotti 10 Laetitia Gachet Sandrine Guet 19th Pierra Menta (2004) Pierra Menta 2004 Men ranking participants Manfred Reichegger Dennis Brunod Vincent Meilleur Cédric Tomio Florent Perrier Grégory Gachet 4 Jean Pellissier Carlo Battel 5 Graziano Boscacci Ivan Murada 6 Patrick Blanc Tony Sbalbi 7 Cyril Champange Bertrand Blanc 8 Luciano Fontana Ivano Molin 9 Martial Premat Jean-François Premat 10 Fabien Anselmet Jean-Marcel Grillet Women ranking participants Cristina Favre-Moretti Catherine Mabillard Corinne Favre Carole Toïgo Delphine Oggeri Muriel Vaudey 4 Simone Hornegger Anna Pažitná 5 Valérie Chamson Corinne Philipp 6 Alice Lauga Anne Petit 20th Pierra Menta (2005) Pierra Menta 2005 Men ranking participants Stéphane Brosse Patrick Blanc Florent Perrier Grégory Gachet Guido Giacomelli Jean Pellissier 4 Graziano Boscacci Ivan Murada 5 Vincent Meilleur Bertrand Blanc 6 Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz Christian Pittex 7 Stéphane Chevallier Martial Premat 8 Tony Sbalbi Cyril Champange 9 Miroslav Leitner Peter Svätojánsky 10 Lionel Bonnel Daniel Degabai Women