The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international high altitude endurance race competition, defunct in 2008, in upper Valtournenche Valley, in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The summer event in the Monte Rosa's massif has been carried out annually by the Mezzalama Trophy association since 2000, and was also named in honor of the mountain guide Ottorino Mezzalama.
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 (), then they take back the main track and meet to the moraine of the Grand Glacier of Verraz (, ) to reach the Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama, 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.
Winners Year Men's winner Women's winner 2000 Bruno Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2001 Bruno Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2002 Manfred Reichegger Gloriana Pellissier 2003 Davide Bonansea Emanuela Brizio 2004 Dennis Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2005 Paolo Bert Gloriana Pellissier 2006 Dennis Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2007 Dennis Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2008 Dennis Brunod Gloriana Pellissier 2009not held 2010
See also Skyrunner World Series Mezzalama Trophy
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