Enjoy this race report video of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2012. Experience lived by The North Face athlete Seb Chaigneau and other epic trailers.
Extreme weather conditions forced organisers to establish a new route for The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2012 races. The headline UTMB® race was revised to trail only through France, starting in Chamonix, Friday 31th August at 7pm, for a distance of 103km at 6000 D+, with 2,482 participants. Conditions included heavy rain, glacial wind, and slippery mud and rock.

Join us in congratulating The North Face® athlete, Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Hawker (GBR) winner of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2012, and ranked 16th in the race overall. “Sometimes the best race is not when you win but when you overcome the inner competition. This year shows you have to look inside of yourself and [...]

In the women’s category, The North Face Athlete Lizzy Hawker (GBR) successfully defended her title in a record performance that saw her become The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc Champion for the 5th time, the only runner to have made this incredible achievement.

Ultra runners arrived at Le Contamines 2 – the Return after 54 km. The North Face Athlete Sebastien Chaigneau is in 5th position. We are in the middle of the race and he still running with a great energy.
The North Face Athlete Tsuyoshi Kaburaki passed through the check point 9th, and Zigor Iturrieta is 21st.
In the woman category Lyzzy Hawker is leading the race arriving at Le Contamines 2 at 00:51am.

If you have never seen the starting line-up for The North Face ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc then check out these images. A line-up of over 2600 runners taking the bold step out for a long night of trail running under very tough weather condition with rain, snow and cold wind albeit ready to take on the course under the forecasted tough weather condition. The race kicked off at at 7.00 pm in Chamonix – Mont Blanc.

The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc is about to start in one hour.
While we wait for this epic moment to begin we want to share few Athletes interviews.
We caught up with The North Face athlete Jez Bragg, winner of the UTMB 2010 edition, and The North Face Athlete Lizzy Hawker, four time winner of the UTMB women category. They shared their feelings on the UTMB.