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Regina Margherita Trail

UTMB World Series
15.2km·720m+
July 20
Gressoney-Saint-Jean,
Italy
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Regina Margherita Trail · Race profile

Distance
15.2km
Gain
720m+
FlatKM
22.1
Max
1889m
Min
1377m

About Regina Margherita Trail

Regina Margherita Trail is the 15.2km trail race at Monte Rosa WalserWaeg by UTMB 2025 (Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy). The race starts on July 20, 2025.

Race strategy

Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.

  • Final 588m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
  • Steep 38% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 8.7km.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.8km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.8km–8.7km · Climb of 520m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 8.7km–14.6km · Descent of 588m averaging 10%, high point 1890m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 720m+. With 47m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 37% of the distance is uphill, 32% downhill and 31% flat. The longest climb runs 8.7km at an average 6.0% grade (520m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.8km at an average 10.1% grade (588m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 30.1% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 43.3% over 0.6km. Surface: 85% trail and 13% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 22.1 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.4km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 8.7km.
  • 8.7–14.6 km · 588 m D−, -10.1% · 0.0 km ahead → free

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 13°C to 20°C, with around 15°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 52%.

Results

806 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Riccardo Borgialli (Italy) in 1:09:58. Women's winner: Sofia Chételat (Switzerland) in 1:25:23.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Regina Margherita Trail.

Other distances of Monte Rosa WalserWaeg by UTMB 2025Les Sentiers des Valdotains (122km)·Monte Rosa Trail (82.0km)·Walserwaeg Trail (43.0km)

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