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The OCC left Orsières, in the Swiss Val d’Entremont, at 08:15 on Thursday 27 August 2026 for 60 kilometres to Chamonix.

Orsières → Chamonix

Distance
60 km
Ascent
+3,500 m
High point
2,311 mTête de Balme
Start
08:15 AMThu, Aug 27

The course

The whole race, as a ridgeline

▲ Tête de Balme · 2,311 m

▲ high point

Course & challenge

OCC

The organiser gave 60 km and 3,500 metres of climb with a maximum time of 14 hours 30, which made it a one-day race: the last finishers were due in Chamonix by 22:45. The course climbed to Champex-Lac at 7 km, then took the same line as the longer races through Plan de l’Au and La Giète to Trient at 24 km.

From Trient it climbed past the Chalet des Grands to the Col de Balme (2,202 m) at 34 km on the Franco-Swiss border and on to the Tête de Balme, which the organiser names as the new high point of the course. It then dropped onto the Swiss side toward Vallorcine, climbed back to the Col des Posettes, and descended through Le Tour and Argentière at 50 km before the northern balcony trails into Chamonix. The OCC is the 50K final of the UTMB World Series, open to runners with at least one Running Stone.

This page belongs to the 2026 OCC. It was the one course of the week run entirely between morning and late evening, so followers could watch it in a single sitting. On Livebib the runner’s own link shows family and friends the position on the course line, the distance covered and an updating finish estimate, with no account or app. Where the phone loses signal around the border cols, the position is carried forward and marked as estimated.

About UTMB Mont-Blanc OCC 2026

UTMB Mont-Blanc OCC 2026 started on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 08:15 AM in Orsières.

OCC: 60 km, 3,500 m of climbing, from Orsières to Chamonix.

This distance

OCC

What the name means
Orsières, Champex, Chamonix.
First run
2014

The OCC is the week’s race for mid-distance runners, and it starts in Switzerland: in Orsières, in the Val d’Entremont in the south-west of Valais, below hanging glaciers and the last ridges of Mont Blanc’s eastern flank, which mark the border with France.

From there it runs to Champex-Lac and Trient, crosses into France at the Col de Balme and reaches its high point at Tête de Balme (2,321 m) before dipping back into Switzerland. It re-enters France at Vallorcine, climbs to the Col des Posettes and comes into Chamonix along the balcony trails on the north side of the valley.

Sources: malaysia.utmb.world, montblanc.utmb.world, montblanc.utmb.world

The climbs

The climbs that decide the day

  1. 3D
    01

    Champex-Lac

    2.6 km+448 m17 %

    crest at km 6.9

  2. 3D
    02

    Porte à l'Ô/Col de Portalo

    5.5 km+714 m13 %

    crest at km 17.4

  3. 3D
    03

    Tronc du Berger

    5.8 km+841 m14.4 %

    crest at km 29.2

  4. 3D
    04

    Tête de Balme

    3.6 km+263 m7.3 %

    crest at km 34.5

  5. 3D
    05

    Aiguillette des Posettes

    3 km+319 m10.8 %

    crest at km 42.4

The course

On the map

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The course

Marked trails along the course

Course data verified August 12, 2026