YCC is a 15.0 km trail race of HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc 2026 in Courmayeur, France. The race starts on August 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM. It starts in Courmayeur. The time limit is 4 h.
The course climbs 1200 m+. With 80 m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 53% downhill and 5% flat. The longest climb runs 2.6 km at an average 21.4% grade (556 m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.4 km at 16.7% (561 m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 33.8% over 0.4 km. The steepest descent drops at 30.0% over 0.4 km. Surface: 69% trail, 14% technical, and 13% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 26.9 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are worth taking: about 3.8 km of the course favours them.
Quad damage risk is low (index 19 of 100): a few descents worth noticing, none that decides the result.
Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 14°C to 24°C, around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 46%. Heavy rain of 10.0 mm or more falls on about 10% of days around this date.
This page has the interactive elevation profile, gradient matrix, pacing and nutrition planner and weather climatology for YCC.
Other distances of HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc 2026UTMB (174 km)·TDS (145 km)·CCC (108 km)·OCC (60.0 km)·MCC (40.0 km)·ETC (15.0 km)
Other editions of YCC2025
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