UTMB Mont-Blanc 2026 race week: the ultimate guide

UTMB Mont-Blanc race week runs Monday 24 to Sunday 30 August, and the brands arrive early. We count 14 pop-ups and chalets and 67 runs, hikes, talks, parties and races worth a place in the week, from a crystal hike above the Mer de Glace on the Saturday before to a Sunday morning toast at the rabbit Clubhouse before everyone drives home. The Ultra-Trail Village on Place du Mont-Blanc is the hub. The best of it is spread across town, out to Argentière and up to a ski jump.

Twelve brands run a programme from their own space. HOKA has the La Folie Douce terrace, Columbia a chalet with a daily hike, rabbit a hotel, Maurten a talks room, SATISFY a shop with a run every morning. Every one of them is listed with maps and tickets on the edition pages: pop-ups, group runs, talks, after parties and recovery. This is the long version, sorted the way you will use it.

How the week runs

Before the week. La Marzocco and i-Run open the Home of Mountains chalet on Saturday 22 with a barista workshop every morning, Columbia opens its residency on Sunday 23 with a full-day crystal hike, HOKA Base Camp is open from Friday 21.

Monday 24. The Village opens. Runpack opens the ASICS Trail Camp with a trail run, SATISFY Run #1 climbs the south balconies, Goldwin starts its Voxeloft field tests at Japonyard, HOKA goes on air from the Flylab. From 15:00 NNormal, Rossignol and Sidas all run.

Tuesday 25. The big shakeout morning. HOKA's official run at 08:30, Raide, SUMS and rabbit at 08:00 and 08:30, NNormal x Julbo at 09:00. Molly Seidel and Petter Engdahl at Maurten, NNormal films at the brewery, SunGod's live podcast, then the rabbit reception and Naak's Ultra Night.

Wednesday 26. Compressport, Mountain King, La Sportiva, Shokz and Sidas all run from the Village between 09:00 and 11:00. Columbia goes cold-water. NNormal tests gear at the Heliopic at 17:30, Oakley at 18:00, HOKA celebrates Ludo at 18:00, Icebreaker closes the day with yoga.

Thursday 27. OCC day. SATISFY Run #4 heads for the snowline, rabbit runs with Run the Alps, Tom Evans talks at Maurten, Trail Keepers premieres, then the evening stacks up: La Sportiva at sunset, Merrell at the ski jump, Oakley again, Unsanctioned Athletics at 18:30, CHAM-O at 19:00.

Friday 28. UTMB start day. SATISFY Run #5 is the hardest of the week at 07:15, the Triple Espresso Run and NNormal's breakfast test at 09:00, Columbia debates at 11:00, Tove Alexandersson at 14:00, then the sunset hike with a podcast near the top.

Weekend. SATISFY's long slow run and Columbia's course-side cheer hike on Saturday morning, rabbit's toast on Sunday at 09:00.

Pop-ups and chalets

Fourteen of them, most in town, one in Argentière, five on the Village stands. The chalets are where the week actually happens: every run, talk and party below starts from one of these. Full list on the pop-ups page.

• HOKA Base Camp. The title partner takes over the La Folie Douce terrace, 21 to 30 August. Home of the official shakeout and the Ludo party.
• La Marzocco x i-Run Home of Mountains Chalet. 22 to 30 August, True Artisan Café by guest roasters 09:00 to 15:00, espresso machines to try and a barista workshop at 11:00 daily. Address to be published.
• Columbia Hike Society Summer Residency. 23 to 29 August at 89 Chemin de la Para, a chalet with a daily hike and workshop programme, the slow counterpoint to race week. Eleven sessions, all free with registration.
• Enduraw at UTMB Mont-Blanc. 24 to 27 August at the Enduraw Performance Center in Argentière, three community runs, a KOM challenge and a performance and data conference.
• Merrell at the Ultra-Trail Village. 24 to 28 August in the Village, community runs, product testing and team meet-ups, plus the ski jump challenge on Thursday.
• Ronhill at the Ultra-Trail Village. 24 to 28 August, stand 35. A test run is teased with details to come.
• Goldwin: Motion Studies Vol. 10 by Product Index. 24 to 29 August at Japonyard, 52 Chemin du Lai, an installation around the Voxeloft insulation with a field-test hike, a run, a shakeout and a Tour du Chamonix.
• rabbit Clubhouse at Hotel Le Faucigny. 24 to 30 August at 118 Place de l'Église, open 09:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 11:00 Sunday, seven sessions from a shakeout walk to a Sunday toast, one movemint form for all of them. A second chalet sits in the Vendor Village 24 to 28 August.
• La Sportiva at the Ultra-Trail Village. 24 to 30 August at the booth, a morning run, a sunset run, Test and Feel and espresso with the athletes.
• ASICS Trail Camp. 24 to 27 August at L'Index, 309 Promenade des Crémeries, open 10:00 to 19:00 with runs, product tests and athlete meets. Runpack opens it with a run on the Monday.
• SATISFY Off-Road Supply & Fuel Station. 24 to 29 August at 133 Chemin du Nant Favre, new and limited trail gear, a Fuel Station and a community run every morning.
• Maurten at UTMB Mont-Blanc. 25 to 28 August at 2 Chemin de la Corbette, the Facing Limitations talks and fuelling clinics, all free with registration.
• NNormal at UTMB Mont-Blanc. 24 to 28 August across La Guinguette, ARCUS Coffee, the MBC brewery and the Heliopic. Six sessions, every one booked separately.
• Naak at UTMB Mont-Blanc. Ultra Night at Le Chalet Savoy on the Tuesday, invitation only, and the Triple Espresso Run on race morning.

Shakeouts, group runs and hikes

The shakeouts are 5 to 7 km at conversation pace and finish at coffee. The SATISFY runs and the Columbia hikes are 500 to 1,000 metres of climbing and two to three hours out, built for people with time to spend. The group runs page has all of them on a map.

First time in Chamonix. HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc Shakeout Run, Tuesday 08:30 from Base Camp. The official one, three pace groups with their own route and climb, Tecton X 4, Speedgoat 7 and Mafate 5 on test, breakfast after.

Shoe testing. NNormal Gear Test and Apéro, Wednesday 17:30 at the Heliopic, Cadí, Kjerag 02 or Tomir 02 for a self-paced loop and an apéro. The Oakley Meta Vanguard run leaves the Oakley store at 18:00 Wednesday and again Thursday. Rossignol tests Vezor, Venosk and Vercors from its stand at 17:00 Monday to Wednesday, one ticket page for all three evenings.

Climb. SATISFY Run #5, Friday 07:15, 1,000 metres in 11.3 km with poles. The five SATISFY runs get harder through the week. LSD Trail Edition on Saturday is the long slow one.

Coffee. Triple Espresso Run, Friday 09:00, a free hour on UTMB race morning with Naak, Suunto and BUFF. The Coffee Run with Sums, Tuesday 08:00, socks and a tee for the first 50. Carbs and Coffee at the rabbit Clubhouse, Tuesday 09:00, pastries from the best pâtissier in Haute-Savoie until they run out.

Crew and spectators. Columbia Race Insider, Saturday 08:00. Sign-making at the chalet, then a hike out onto the course to cheer the leaders through.

Not a morning person. Merrell: Run All In All Down, Thursday 18:00 at the Grépon ski jump, repeats in the latest shoe and an after party. CHAM-O at 19:00 sends you around town after six checkpoints.

Staying by the Village. Sidas Monday 17:00, RunMotion Tuesday 17:00, Compressport Wednesday 09:00, La Sportiva Wednesday 10:00 and at sunset Thursday, SIDAS Wednesday 11:00, Rudy Project Thursday 09:00. Most are free and turn-up.

Sunday 23 August

1. 07:00 Crystal Curious, Hike x Gems, Columbia chalet. Full-day 12 km hike above the Mer de Glace with a crystal hunter, 610 m of climbing.

Monday 24 August

1. 08:00 Fuel the Machine, Hike x Nutrition, Columbia chalet. Trail-snack workshop with nutritionist Justine Villard, then a 9 km hike.
2. 08:30 SATISFY Off-Road Supply Chamonix Run #1, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 7.1 km on the south balconies, 405 m up, meet 08:30 for 08:45.
3. 09:00 Goldwin Voxeloft Field Test: Hike, Japonyard. Guided field-test hike in the Voxeloft insulation, free.
4. 10:00 Runpack x ASICS Trail Camp Opening Run, ASICS Trail Camp at L'Index. Group run on the trails above town in the newest ASICS models, register by DM.
5. 15:00 NNormal Women's Cadí Shoe Test and Talks, La Guinguette. Women-only Cadí test run, then Emelie Forsberg, Joyce Njeru and Lucille Germain on resilience and community.
6. 17:00 Rossignol Community Run with Püls and Shokz, Rossignol stand. 17:00 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Vezor, Venosk and Vercors on test, Püls and Shokz on the Monday.
7. 17:00 What's Life Project x Sidas Community Run, Sidas stand. 4 to 5 km charity-linked community run, 30 places, meet 17:00 for 17:15.

Tuesday 25 August

1. 07:45 SATISFY Off-Road Supply Chamonix Run #2, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 11.7 km balcony route, 520 m, about two hours fifteen.
2. 08:00 Get Flexy, Hike x Yoga, Columbia chalet. 9 km hike to a buvette, outdoor yoga with Rose Labeille after, mats provided.
3. 08:00 Raide Research Feedback Loop, Sanglard Sports, Place du Mont-Blanc. 8 km from the Raide showroom to the Raide Refuge, breakfast and product feedback.
4. 08:00 The Coffee Run with Sums, Ultra-Trail Village. 6 km at conversation pace to find the SUMS camper, socks and a tee for the first 50.
5. 08:30 HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc Shakeout Run, HOKA Base Camp. The official shakeout, three groups, 6 to 7 km, breakfast after.
6. 08:30 rabbit 5K Shakeout Walk with Natalia Mastrota, rabbit Clubhouse. Easy 5K walk through town with Natalia Mastrota, meet in the hotel lobby. Waitlist.
7. 09:00 Carbs and Coffee at the rabbit Clubhouse, rabbit Clubhouse. Coffee cart and pastries, free.
8. 09:00 Goldwin Voxeloft Field Test: Run, Japonyard. The running half of the Voxeloft field test, free.
9. 09:00 NNormal x Julbo Test Run with Lucille Germain, ARCUS Coffee. Borrow NNormal shoes and Julbo sunglasses for a morning run with the French athlete. Waitlist.
10. 17:00 RunMotion Coach Community Run, RunMotion Coach stand. Open social run from the Village.

Wednesday 26 August

1. 07:30 SATISFY Off-Road Supply Chamonix Run #3, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 12.5 km sunrise run to the Christ-Roi statue, 730 m.
2. 08:00 Recovery Lab, Hike x Recovery, Columbia chalet. 8 km hike, then cold-water immersion in a mountain river, stretching and self-massage.
3. 08:00 SAP Good Energy Shakeout, Japonyard. 6 km at social pace, coffee and pancakes back at the Voxeloft installation, free.
4. 09:00 Compressport Support Morning Run, Fan Experience, Ultra-Trail Village. 30 easy minutes in pace groups with Ludo Pommeret and the team, athlete reveal at 10:30.
5. 09:00 Mountain King SkyRunner Edge Test Run, Mountain King booth, 61 Avenue du Mont Blanc. Two hours with the 138 g SkyRunner Edge carbon poles, fitting and run.
6. 10:00 La Sportiva Morning Run, La Sportiva booth. 5.7 km with 257 m of climbing, free.
7. 10:00 Shokz Social Run and Julbo Product Test, Shokz booth. Very easy 6 to 8 km with Shokz audio and Julbo eyewear on test, Baouw recovery pack after.
8. 11:00 SIDAS Community Run, Sidas stand. Short social loop on the valley floor, free, no registration.
9. 17:30 NNormal Gear Test and Apéro, Heliopic Hotel. Gear pick-up 17:30 to 18:30, self-paced trail run, apéro until 19:30. Identity card as deposit.
10. 18:00 Run Test Meta x Oakley (Wednesday), Oakley Store, 12 Avenue Michel Croz. 8 to 9 km with the Meta Vanguard glasses on, limited places.

Thursday 27 August

1. 07:15 SATISFY Off-Road Supply Chamonix Run #4, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 12 to 14 km towards the snowline, 800 to 900 m, for experienced trail runners.
2. 08:00 Get Lost, Hike x Orientation, Columbia chalet. Map, contour lines and the Whympr app, then a 9 km hike to test the plan.
3. 08:00 Tour du Chamonix by Natalia, Japonyard. Athlete-led morning run through town, free.
4. 08:30 5K Shakeout with Run the Alps, rabbit Clubhouse. Easy 5K with Run the Alps from the hotel lobby. Waitlist.
5. 09:00 Rudy Project High Protection Social Run, Rudy Project stand. Brand social run, free, turn up.
6. 16:30 La Sportiva Sunset Run, La Sportiva booth. 5.2 km with 210 m of climbing at the end of the afternoon, free.
7. 18:00 Merrell: Run All In All Down, Tremplin du Grépon. Three hours of repeats around the ski jump in the latest shoe, after party follows.
8. 18:00 Run Test Meta x Oakley (Thursday), Oakley Store. The Wednesday run again.
9. 19:00 CHAM-O Orienteering Challenge, Big Mountain Basecamp. Six checkpoints around central Chamonix in 3.5 hours with SportsShoes, HOKA and Silva, food, music and prizes.

Friday 28 August

1. 07:15 SATISFY Off-Road Supply Chamonix Run #5, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 11.3 km and 1,000 m with poles, the hardest of the week.
2. 09:00 NNormal Gear Test and Light Breakfast, ARCUS Coffee. Pick up shoes and vest 09:00 to 10:00, test them on local trails, breakfast after. Waitlist.
3. 09:00 Triple Espresso Run (Naak x Suunto x BUFF), Fan Experience, Ultra-Trail Village. One-hour coffee shakeout on UTMB race morning, free.
4. 14:30 Sunset Stories, Hike x Sunset Podcast, Columbia chalet. 11 km and 970 m up to a viewpoint for sunset, Vadim Druelle's Annapurna podcast near the top, headlamp for the way down.

Saturday 29 August

1. 07:00 SATISFY Chamonix LSD Trail Edition, SATISFY Off-Road Supply. 13.7 km in three hours at a long slow pace, 286 m.
2. 08:00 Race Insider, Hike x Race Follow, Columbia chalet. Sign-making, then a hike out onto the course to cheer UTMB runners through.

Talks, films and workshops

15 sessions, most of them free with a registration. Maurten's Facing Limitations series is the spine: Molly Seidel Tuesday 10:00, Petter Engdahl Tuesday 16:00, Tom Evans Thursday 10:30, Tove Alexandersson Friday 14:00, a female athletes panel on Wednesday and two fuelling clinics. SunGod puts Evans and Hayden Hawks on a podcast stage at Vert Lodge on Tuesday evening. Two film nights at the MBC brewery. Full list on the talks page.

Saturday 22 August

1. 11:00 La Marzocco Home Barista Workshops (daily to 30.08.), Home of Mountains chalet. Every morning to 30 August, fifteen places, registration only.

Monday 24 August

1. 09:00 HOKA OTOTW Radio from the Flylab, HOKA Flylab. On air from 09:00, follow race week from anywhere.
2. 10:00 La Sportiva Espresso with the Athletes (daily to 28.08.), La Sportiva booth. Coffee with the athletes, daily to Friday.

Tuesday 25 August

1. 10:00 A Chat with Molly Seidel, Maurten. The Olympic medallist on going from road to trail ultras.
2. 15:00 NNormal Films and Conversations, MBC Chamonix Microbrewery. Three NNormal films, conversations with the people behind them, an apéro.
3. 16:00 A Chat with Petter Engdahl, Maurten. The CCC champion on preparing for OCC and building a fuelling plan.
4. 18:00 SunGod Live Podcast with Tom Evans and Hayden Hawks, Vert Lodge. Two hours of RunCensored live with the 2025 UTMB and 2024 CCC champions, supported by SportsShoes.

Wednesday 26 August

1. 10:00 Fuelling with Ainhoa Prieto, Maurten. Practical fuelling clinic with the Maurten nutritionist.
2. 16:00 Facing Limitations as Female Athletes, Maurten. Sophia Laukli, Clémentine Geoffray and Sylvie Geissler with nutritionist Ainhoa Prieto.

Thursday 27 August

1. 10:30 A Chat with Tom Evans, Maurten. The 2025 UTMB champion on the fuelling behind the win.
2. 15:00 Trail Keepers Film Premiere and Roundtable, MBC Chamonix Microbrewery. Premiere and roundtable with drinks and food, NNormal hosts.
3. 15:00 Wine and Cheese with Raziq Rauf, rabbit Clubhouse. Cheese, charcuterie and a workshop on running and creativity with the author of This Is Running. Book and journal to take home. Waitlist.
4. 16:00 Fuelling with Lucie Meyer, Maurten. The fuelling clinic in French.

Friday 28 August

1. 11:00 Fish and Fraude, Reset x Community Debate, Columbia chalet. A participatory debate on the fishing talents of trail athletes, built on dubious anecdotes.
2. 14:00 A Chat with Tove Alexandersson, Maurten. The world champion on OCC fuelling and racing around an injury.

Parties

4, and only one of them is hard to get into. HOKA: Let's Celebrate Ludo on Wednesday is the one to book: a film, a live conversation, free drinks and a DJ for Ludovic Pommeret. The after parties page carries the rest.

Tuesday 25 August

1. 18:00 rabbit Welcome Reception, rabbit Clubhouse. Drinks and light bites, 90 minutes, free, limited places.
2. 19:00 Ultra Night at the Naak Chalet Camp, Le Chalet Savoy. Food, drinks and Naak's international athletes. Invitation only.

Wednesday 26 August

1. 18:00 Let's Celebrate Ludo, HOKA Base Camp. Film, live conversation, free drinks and a DJ for Ludovic Pommeret. Free with registration.

Sunday 30 August

1. 09:00 Toast to Chamonix, rabbit Clubhouse. Fruit and prosecco, a mimosa or something sparkling without alcohol, one last hour before the drive home.

Races

Two, and neither is the UTMB. Unsanctioned Athletics Round 3 on Thursday at 18:30 is a new format open to all abilities, ticket includes Chamonix 2026 merch and post-race beers. Mind The Gap x KEEN runs a checkpoint race across the valley, invitation only, date still unpublished.

Recovery

3 sessions, all small. Escape the Crowd is an hour in the Columbia chalet garden with coffee and cake, Breathe In is guided breathing and writing, Icebreaker runs its weekly yoga outdoors on Wednesday evening. The recovery page has them on the map.

Wednesday 26 August

1. 13:00 Escape the Crowd, Reset x Community, Columbia chalet. A quiet hour in the chalet garden with coffee, infusions and homemade cake.
2. 19:30 Icebreaker Chamonix Yoga, Icebreaker, 163 Rue Joseph Vallot. An hour of athletic yoga with Andréa, outdoors if the weather allows.

Thursday 27 August

1. 14:45 Breathe In, Reset x Mindfulness, Columbia chalet. Guided breathing, outdoor meditation and a little writing.

Tickets

Most brand runs want an RSVP on Eventbrite, and every event page carries the link. Columbia's eleven sessions sit in one Eventbrite collection. rabbit's seven sessions sit behind one movemint form, you pick the session inside it. The Rossignol community run is one ticket page for all three evenings. Runpack wants a DM. The SATISFY runs are mandatory sign-up and fill up. Already on a waitlist: the two NNormal test runs, the rabbit shakeouts and the wine and cheese hour.

Free and turn-up: the Sidas and Rudy Project runs, both La Sportiva runs, the Triple Espresso Run, the SAP shakeout and Tour du Chamonix at Japonyard, the Big Mountain Trail Club run and the Compressport programme. The Maurten talks, the Columbia sessions and most of the rabbit Clubhouse are free with a registration. Ultra Night and the Mind The Gap race are invitation only.

How far, the week of

UTMB starts Friday evening, CCC Friday morning, OCC on the Thursday. Nothing on the shakeout list is more than 7 km at conversation pace. The SATISFY runs and the Columbia hikes are a different thing, 500 to 1,000 metres of climbing and two to three hours out. Pick the shakeout that starts closest to your hotel and give the climbs to the people who are not racing.

Everything on one map

The five edition pages hold the complete lists: pop-ups, group runs, talks, after parties and recovery. All of it, on one map, is at marathon-weekend.com/chamonix/utmb-2026.

Updated daily until race day. New events land on the edition pages first.