The Mont Blanc massif

Seven valleys, 71 glaciers, 400 summits, the Mont-Blanc massif fascinates.  
 
Doing the tour of Mont-Blanc is discovering a matchless universe that of the breathtaking and magic of the high mountains. It is sharing the eternal dream of the pioneers ; it is also discovering the intimate geography of the summits ; the rounded forms of Mont-Blanc, the ridge of Bionnassay, the black of Peuterey, the Dent du Géant, the rock face of the Grandes Jorasses. The south and north high peaks of l'Aiguille du Tour, l'Aiguille Verte and the verticals of Les Drus. 
The massif is permanent show of rock, water, ice and light. From the Chamonix valley to Courmayeur and from Val Ferret to Bovine along the French, Italian and Swiss hillsides the path ventures itself through pastures, glaciers and peaks getting over the various passes of Le Bonhomme, La Seigne, Grand Ferret, La Balme Nature's astonishing way to put a big show. 
On the slopes going though endless forests of oak, beech, fir, spruce, pine trees, moss and lichen. 
 
 
This fascination, we wish to share it with you, through an incredible individual adventure.  
 
This event is the culmination of a long time dream and a passion for the ultra-trail, shared by an increasing numbers of racers and accompanists from the three countries. Its achievement has been possible thanks to the friendship that links the inhabitants of the French, Italian and Swiss villages of the "Pays du Mont-Blanc". 
 
29 August,2008. It is 6:30 pm and we are more or less 2000 people sharing the same dream carefully prepared over many months. Despite the incredible difficulty, we feel serene thanks to the help and comfort offered with by five hundred or so keen volunteers who in a spirit of sharing and friendship are ready to partake in the same adventure.  
We are about to take off on a dream-world adventure.  
We will be rubbing shoulders with Aiguille de Bionnassay and crossing Col du Bonhomme by moonlight. At sunrise, we will cross Col de la Seigne into Italy and the magical Val Veni overlooked by Noire du Peuterey and the glaciers descending Mont Blanc. Later we will reach the Val Ferret, guarded by Dent du Géant and Grandes Jorasses before finally turning into Switzerland to relish the beautifully protected countryside. 
We will have to put up with fatigue, to overcome our fears and anxieties. Some participants, having pushed their limits to the extreme, will choose to break off the race keeping intact their hopes to make it from beginning to end at some later date. They will be rewarded for their achievement and their names will be added to the list with everyone else at the end of the race. 
The others will climb over Bovine and Les Tseppes. Then, with Aiguille Verte in front of them, under the vertical heights of the Drus and with majestic presence of Mont Blanc before them, they will dive down towards the finishing line in the heart of Chamonix.