{"id":425,"date":"2018-06-20T10:18:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/its-back-to-the-roots-for-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:53:16","slug":"its-back-to-the-roots-for-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/en\/its-back-to-the-roots-for-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s back to the roots for the Monte Rosa SkyMarathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1800\" style=\"width: 1260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AMA-5_dirtto-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"840\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Margherita Hut at 4.554m, race summit. \u00a9Action Movie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What was one man\u2019s dream back in 1992 became history, the history of skyrunning. <strong>Twenty-five years<\/strong> after the first race to the summit of <strong>Monte Rosa<\/strong> in 1993, the race is back on <strong>June 23<\/strong> in <strong>Alagna Valsesia<\/strong> in the <strong>Italian Alps<\/strong>. With a \u201cmere\u201d <strong>35 km distance<\/strong> and a total vertical climb of <strong>7,000m<\/strong>, it represents the pure essence of the sport. Tagged as \u201cthe race of the century\u201d the <strong>Monte Rosa SkyMarathon<\/strong> is Europe\u2019s highest race, summiting at <strong>4,554m altitude<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>300 runners<\/strong> racing in teams of two hail from no less than <strong>23 countries<\/strong>. This unique challenge has attracted some of the best athletes in the world including skyrunning stars <strong>Kilian Jornet<\/strong> and <strong>Emelie Forsberg<\/strong> who will race, together for the first time, in a mixed-gender team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1799\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2\u00a9iancorless.com_GlenCoe2017-206942-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyrunning superstar Emelie Forsberg will team up with Kilian Jornet. \u00a9iancorless.com \/ SWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c<em>Monte Rosa is a summit I\u2019ve been waiting to climb and now I have the opportunity to do it in a race! To do it with Kilian will be great as I want to try to push my own limits and I\u2019m very motivated to set a good time up and down the second highest mountain in Europe!<\/em>\u201d exclaimed Forsberg. \u201c<em>To race with Kilian will be the first time and it\u2019ll be so much fun! I also know that I can just focus on myself, as he is much stronger,<\/em>\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Among the elites are Britons <strong>Tom Owens<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Symonds<\/strong>, both accomplished skyrunners, racing as a team, they are potential podium material.<\/p>\n<p>Owens stated, \u201c<em>I\u2019m super excited to take part in the Monte Rosa SkyMarathon combining elements of skyrunning and mountaineering. It will be full on adventure and extremely hard at altitude. Fingers crossed for good weather!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1801\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u00a9iancorless.com_TrofeoKima2016-9232-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Owens will aim for the podium. \u00a9iancorless.com \/ SWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Symonds, after a period of recovery from injury this winter, is now ready to race. &#8220;<em>I\u2019m looking forward to getting back into the running with a no faff about, real mountain race!<\/em>&#8221; he declared. &#8220;<em>After several months off I&#8217;m just starting to run again and the perfect way to get fit is by having fun at the same time \u2013 like running up Monte Rosa!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For most, fun is something else, but for the 300 entrants, fun is included in the demanding uphill and downhill sections, the steep pastures, moraine, snow fields, glaciers with crevasses, exposed areas and potentially severe weather conditions. This year, the amount of snow on the course is beyond expectations, adding to the severe challenge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1810\" style=\"width: 1117px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1810 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Andy_2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1117\" height=\"744\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Symonds, dopo l&#8217;infortunio invernale \u00e8 pronto a puntare al podio. \u00a9ISF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The women\u2019s field is led by top skyrunners Briton <strong>Holly Page<\/strong> and American <strong>Hillary Gerardi<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u201c<em>I\u2019m so excited to go the birthplace of skyrunning and participate in the Monte Rosa SkyMarathon. It seems it really embodies the spirit of skyrunning, moving quickly through amazing mountain landscapes &#8211; as well as that of alpinism, where you get to share an incredible experience with a friend on the other end of your rope.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact competitors in this unique race will be roped together for safety, racing with harnesses and crampons on the upper stretches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1808\" style=\"width: 2111px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hillary_hi.\u00a9iancorless.com_LimoneExtreme2017-00663-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2111\" height=\"1408\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Hillary Gerardi, racing with Briton Holly Page are strong favourites. \u00a9iancorless.com \/ SWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A total of four editions took place from 1992 to 1996. The first successful edition to the summit was in 1993 and in 1994 the standing records were set by Italians <strong>Fabio Meraldi<\/strong> and <strong>Gisella Bendotti<\/strong> in an incredible <strong>4h24\u2019<\/strong> and <strong>5h34\u2019<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Bendotti, 55, a local from Alagna, went on to take podiums as far afield as Colorado and Tibet and retains the Mont Blanc ascent record. She will be back, teaming up with her niece <strong>Sabrina Bendotti<\/strong>, 30, a real family affair.<\/p>\n<p>Meraldi, who will attend the race as ambassador, went on to become a skyrunning legend, conquering records on Mount Kenya, Aconcagua and Mont Blanc. He comments, \u201c<em>I\u2019m very proud the race is back, but with a formula focussed on safety! Then, we were not na\u00efve in facing the glacier alone. They were different times and we were pioneers! On the day of the race in 1994, the memory is still fresh and I still feel the pre-race emotions deep inside of me because of the preparation and context where we were running!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1437\" style=\"width: 1260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fabio-Meraldi_Monte-Rosa_96.-\u00a9Dario-Ferro-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"840\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fabio Meraldi, Monte Rosa 1996. \u00a9Dario Ferro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c<em>I want to remember two moments in the race. The first, as I came close to the Margherita refuge, I felt the energy the mountain was giving me! I thought I was invincible that day!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Then, on the long descent, the sensation of flying! I was going so fast that I did 3,400m of descent in just 1h10\u2019&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I\u2019d like to thank Marino <\/em>[Giacometti]<em> for giving me the possibility of living so many and such beautiful sensations running in the mountains!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, 25 years on and the vision of <strong>Marino Giacometti<\/strong>, the founder of the sport, today has a global reach counting some <strong>50,000 participants<\/strong> from <strong>65 countries<\/strong> and <strong>41 member<\/strong> nations of the federation he presides, the <strong>International Skyrunning Federation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1804\" style=\"width: 1047px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-camino-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1047\" height=\"698\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marino Giacometti, skyrunning founder. \u00a9Fabio Menino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A shorter race for individual runners, the <strong>Alagna-Indren SkyRace\u00ae<\/strong> will also take place on the same day reaching 3,260m altitude.<\/p>\n<p>Race director Manuel Gambarini is already excited. \u201c<em>We\u2019re working as a team, all together. Saturday I was up on the course. It was really emotional. The perception is that it will be a really tough race, even for the elite. There\u2019s so much snow! Looking at the weather forecast is the hardest part right now. Can\u2019t wait for Saturday!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The challenge is on and while the quality of the field is top, racing as a two-man team and the severe snow conditions make breaking the record unlikely. But then, who knows?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1805\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u00a9iancorless.com_TromsoSkyRace2017-08211-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kilian Jornet will test himself on Monte Rosa. \u00a9iancorless.com \/ SWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Join us on Saturday for the race of the century!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the support of our sponsors <strong>Cimberio International<\/strong>, <strong>Crazy Idea<\/strong>, <strong>Polartec<\/strong>, <strong>Buff<\/strong>, <strong>Ultimate Direction<\/strong> and our media partners <strong>4 Running<\/strong>, <strong>iancorless.com<\/strong>, <strong>Radio Dee Jay<\/strong>, <strong>Montagna TV<\/strong>, <strong>Il Sole 24 Ore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What was one man\u2019s dream back in 1992 became history, the history of skyrunning. 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