It was September 1, 2017, and 2,200 fellow trail runners joined me in the 14th edition of the iconic Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, or UTMB. Held each year at the end of August and easily the world's most ...

About three years ago, Durangoan Cameron Winters said he was eating too much and wasn’t super healthy. “I needed to do something big to get in shape,” he said. Three years before that he had run the ...

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 2, 2023, history was made on the streets of Chamonix, the French town beneath Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s highest mountain. A partisan crowd had reached fever ...

The word superhuman is probably overused in the world of sport. However, where Kilian Jornet is concerned, it’s very much merited. He’s won the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) four times. This is a ...

During an early morning run in Chamonix, France, on Monday, the town was surprisingly quiet. There were a few trail runners jogging casually along the Arve River path as the sun began to light up the ...

On paper, it sounds remote, rugged, and demanding. On the ground, the experience is different. The Tour du Mont Blanc is not wild in the way many hikers imagine. It is structured, supported, and ...

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc—aka UTMB—isn’t just one thing. It’s the Spandex Superbowl, wrapped in Gore-Tex Mardi Gras with a dash of Chafing World Cup. It’s a week-long festival of mountain racing ...

In the heart of the Alps, RW's Joe Mackie upskills his trail technique and tastes the best of the UTMB A leisurely lunch of gnocchi with blue cheese and pears washed down with a crisp white wine at ...

Hiking is the best way to push your limits, get moving and feel the touch of nature. But it gets much more interesting when you travel to a completely new country and get familiar with an absolutely ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...