A full dose of the Vaud Alps
100KM AND 6’800M+
An exceptional race calls for an exceptional landscape: after setting off from Bex, the route will quickly put your legs to the test, climbing from 500m to 2500m to face the Muverans and their touch of Mordor, before plunging into the stunning region of Pont-de-Nant, Bovonne, and Solalex.
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After this first section—sure to leave no one indifferent—it’s time to head toward the Col de la Croix to catch up with the final runners of Crossing Switzerland. Then, around a bend, the magnificent Lac des Chavonnes appears, just before the descent to the charming villages of La Forclaz and Le Sépey.
Leysin, with its majestic towers of Mayen and Aï, will be reached after another dose of elevation gain. The descent that follows is slightly technical, leading to the hamlet of Luan, which opens the way to the Malatraix ridgeline and its unmatched panorama over Lake Geneva.
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Before tasting the joy of the finish line, the climb toward the Rochers de Naye and the 1,600m descent through the wild Chauderon Gorge will leave no participant unmoved. Just a few more steps through Montreux’s old town and along its lakeside promenade, and you’ll arrive at the historic finish site of the Montreux Trail Festival: the Market Square and the statue of Freddie Mercury.
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MAGICAL, you say? We say MAJESTIC. Now it’s your turn!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
START,
FINISH AND
PODIUM
Start: Bex, Saturday July 25th 2026, 7 am
Finish: Montreux, Place du Marché + 33h of running
Podium:
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Scratch M/W -> Saturday, 3pm
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Other categories -> Sunday, 10.30am
RACE BIB DISTRIBUTION
Only in Bex:
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Friday 24/07: 18h00 - 20h00
Saturday 25/07: 5h00 - 06h30
REFRESHMENT STATIONS
Euzanne, Bovonne, Col de la Croix, La Forclaz, Luan, Joux-Verte, Col de Chaude, Hauts-de-Caux
MAXIMUM TIME
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Bovonnes : 9h of running
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La Forclaz : 15h30 of running
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Luan: 20h of running
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Col de Chaude: 27h of running
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Montreux: 33h of running
MANDATORY EQUIPMENT
Water reserve (1 litre minimum), waterproof jacket with a hood (10’000 mm/h), headlamp with spare batteries, spare headlamp, personal beaker, survival blanket, whistle, food reserve, long running trousers (leggings or a combination of leggings and long socks allowed), warm long-sleeved shirt (arm sleeves allowed), mobile phone working in Switzerland turned on
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
Gloves, spare T-shirt, cap or bandana, sunglasses, sun cream
SPARE BAGS
Each runner will be able to leave a personal bag (not provided by the organisation) as a drop bag at the base camp of Le Sépey. Participants may also leave their other personal belongings at the start in Bex and find them at the finish.
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The organiser declines all responsibility for the loss or theft of any valuables or cash.