English guides for preparing UTMB, Diagonale des Fous, and Tor des Géants with a practical focus on travel, accommodation, mandatory gear, life bases, and race week.
A practical plan for preparing UTMB without wasting energy during race week: travel, accommodation, mandatory gear, bags, and the key decisions to lock in before Chamonix.
Updated on 21 May 2026
Choose a realistic logistics base in the valley instead of an Instagram-friendly place that is too far away.
Test your UTMB mandatory gear in cold, wet, and night conditions.
The Diagonale des Fous requires expedition-level logistics: long-haul travel, tropical climate, brutal terrain, and a start-to-finish plan for getting around the island.
Updated on 21 May 2026
Treat travel as part of performance, not as a simple transfer to the race.
Organize accommodation and mobility on the island around both the start and the finish, not a single town.
The Tor des Géants demands multi-day logistics: sleep, bags, gear rotation, life bases, accommodation in Courmayeur, and a plan for what happens after the finish.
Updated on 21 May 2026
Build your preparation around a multi-day effort, not just a stretched-out ultra.
Prepare accommodation, life bases, bags, and gear rotation in detail before Courmayeur.
Latest race guides
FR + EN race guides focused on logistics, mandatory gear, accommodation and the TrailCompanion Prep workflow.
Published on 13 October 2026
100 km · 5,500 m+ · Cuges-les-Pins and Sainte-Baume massif, France
Trail de la Sainte-Baume guide: 100 km, 5500 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 13 October 2026
65 km · 2,800 m+ · Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, Herault, France
Trail de l'Herault guide: 65 km, 2800 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 13 October 2026
42 km · 2,100 m+ · Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
Ultra Trail Montserrat guide: 42 km, 2100 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 13 October 2026
13 km · 250 m+ · Pays d'Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France
Trail du Pays d'Auge guide: 13 km, 250 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 13 October 2026
240 km · 8,000 m+ · Costa Rica, Pacific coast
The Coastal Challenge guide: 240 km, 8000 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 6 October 2026
42 km · 2,400 m+ · Veranne / Pilat massif, France
Trail du Pilat guide: 42 km, 2400 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 6 October 2026
65 km · 3,200 m+ · Navarre / Spanish Basque Country, Spain
Ultra Gortavo guide: 65 km, 3200 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
Read guidePublished on 6 October 2026
32 km · 900 m+ · Frejus / Esterel massif, France
Trail de l'Esterel guide: 32 km, 900 m+, transport, accommodation, gear, official links and TrailCompanion Prep CTA.
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Trail de la Sainte-Baume
13 October 2026 · Cuges-les-Pins and Sainte-Baume massif, France
Trail de l'Herault
13 October 2026 · Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, Herault, France
Ultra Trail Montserrat
13 October 2026 · Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
Trail du Pays d'Auge
13 October 2026 · Pays d'Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France
The Coastal Challenge
13 October 2026 · Costa Rica, Pacific coast
Trail du Pilat
6 October 2026 · Veranne / Pilat massif, France
Ultra Gortavo
6 October 2026 · Navarre / Spanish Basque Country, Spain
Trail de l'Esterel
6 October 2026 · Frejus / Esterel massif, France
UTMF / Mt. FUJI 100
6 October 2026 · Mount Fuji, Japan
Trail des Gorges de l'Ardeche
6 October 2026 · Saint-Martin-d'Ardeche / Ardeche Gorges, France
Ultra Trail du Verdon
29 September 2026 · Aiguines / Verdon Gorge, France
Trail Ardéchois
29 September 2026 · Désaignes / Ardèche, France
Trail de Guerlédan
29 September 2026 · Bon-Repos-sur-Blavet / Lake Guerlédan, France
Trail de l'Île de Ré
29 September 2026 · Les Portes-en-Ré / Île de Ré, France
Belle-Île en Trail
29 September 2026 · Le Palais / Belle-Île-en-Mer, France
Trail de Provence
22 September 2026 · Forcalquier / Haute-Provence, France
Trail des Alpilles
22 September 2026 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence / Alpilles, France
Trail de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
22 September 2026 · Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert / Hérault, France
Trail du Luberon
22 September 2026 · Cabrières-d'Aigues / Luberon, France
Trail de la Résistance
22 September 2026 · La Côte-Saint-André / Isère, France
Trail du Beaujolais
15 September 2026 · Beaujolais, France
Trail de la Meije
15 September 2026 · La Grave / La Meije, France
Trail des Passerelles du Monteynard
15 September 2026 · Lake Monteynard, France
La Portillera
15 September 2026 · Aure Valley, Pyrenees
Ultravasan
15 September 2026 · Sälen to Mora, Sweden
Trail des Aiguilles Rouges
8 September 2026 · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
Trail des Maures
8 September 2026 · Collobrières, Var, France
Grand Trail des Hauts-de-France
8 September 2026 · Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, France
Trail du Garlaban
8 September 2026 · Roquevaire, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Trail des Lacs du Jura
8 September 2026 · Clairvaux-les-Lacs, Jura, France
Trail de la Vanoise
1 September 2026 · Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Savoie, France
Ultra Raid de la Meije
1 September 2026 · Villar-d'Arène to La Grave, Hautes-Alpes, France
Trail de la Cerdagne
1 September 2026 · Font-Romeu, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Trail des Balcons du Léman
1 September 2026 · Chablais, Lake Geneva, Switzerland and France
Davos Trail
1 September 2026 · Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
Trans Mont-Blanc
25 August 2026 · Les Houches / Chamonix, France, Italy and Switzerland
Ultra Trail du Vercors
25 August 2026 · Villard-de-Lans, Vercors, France
Gavarnie-Gèdre Trail
25 August 2026 · Gavarnie-Gèdre, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Trail du Mercantour
25 August 2026 · Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Trail des Gorges du Tarn
25 August 2026 · Quézac to Millau, Lozère/Aveyron, France
Ultra Dolomites
18 August 2026 · Val Marzon, Auronzo di Cadore to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Ultra-Trail Cote d'Azur Mercantour
18 August 2026 · Saint-Martin-Vesubie, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Trail Sainte-Victoire
18 August 2026 · Sainte-Victoire massif, Provence, France
Trail des Cretes Vosgiennes
18 August 2026 · Lac Blanc 1200, Vosges mountains, France
Ultrabirken
18 August 2026 · Sjusjoen to Hakons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway
West Highland Way Race
11 August 2026 · Milngavie to Fort William, Scotland
North Downs Way 100
11 August 2026 · Farnham to Ashford, England
Oman by UTMB
11 August 2026 · Al Hamra to Birkat Al Mouz, Oman
Infernal Trail Vosges
11 August 2026 · Saint-Nabord, Vosges, France
Trail du Ventoux
11 August 2026 · Bedoin, Mont Ventoux, France
La Palma Ultra Trail
4 August 2026 · La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Ultra Marin
4 August 2026 · Vannes, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, France
South Downs Way 100
4 August 2026 · South Downs, Winchester to Eastbourne, England
Ultra Fiord
4 August 2026 · Rio Serrano, Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia
Aiguille Rouge Skyrace
4 August 2026 · Chamonix Valley, France
Atlas Mountain Race
28 July 2026 · Beni-Mellal to Essaouira, Morocco
Transvulcania
28 July 2026 · La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
EcoTrail Oslo
28 July 2026 · Oslo, Norway
Lakeland 50
28 July 2026 · Dalemain Estate to Coniston, Lake District, England
6000D
28 July 2026 · Aime-La Plagne, Savoie, France
Haria Extreme
21 July 2026 · Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Tenerife Bluetrail
21 July 2026 · Los Cristianos to Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Spine Race
21 July 2026 · Edale to Kirk Yetholm, Pennine Way, United Kingdom
Penyagolosa Trails
21 July 2026 · Castello de la Plana to Sant Joan de Penyagolosa, Spain
Buff Epic Trail
21 July 2026 · Barruera, Vall de Boi, Catalonia, Spain
UTMB
14 July 2026 · Chamonix, France
MaXi-Race Annecy
14 July 2026 · Annecy and Lake Annecy loop, France
Eiger Ultra Trail
14 July 2026 · Grindelwald, Switzerland
SaintéLyon
14 July 2026 · Saint-Etienne to Lyon, France
Tor des Géants
14 July 2026 · Aosta Valley, Italy
UTMB OCC
14 July 2026 · Orsieres to Chamonix, Switzerland / France
Hardrock 100
14 July 2026 · Silverton, Colorado, United States
Western States 100
14 July 2026 · Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, United States
UTMB MCC
14 July 2026 · Martigny-Combe to Chamonix, Switzerland / France
Dragon's Back Race
14 July 2026 · Conwy to Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Grand Trail des Templiers
14 July 2026 · Millau, Aveyron, France
Marathon du Mont-Blanc
14 July 2026 · Chamonix, France
PTL
14 July 2026 · Mont Blanc massif, France / Italy / Switzerland
Grand Raid Pyrénées
14 July 2026 · Saint-Lary-Soulan, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Swiss Canyon Trail
14 July 2026 · Couvet, Val-de-Travers, Switzerland
Ring of Steall
14 July 2026 · Kinlochleven, Highlands, Scotland
Transalpine Run
14 July 2026 · Lenzerheide (Switzerland) to Lago Maggiore / Locarno (Switzerland)
Andorra Ultra Trail
14 July 2026 · Ordino, Andorra
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia
14 July 2026 · Llanberis, Eryri / Snowdonia, Wales
Tor des Glaciers
14 July 2026 · Courmayeur and Aosta Valley, Italy
Badwater 135
14 July 2026 · Death Valley to Whitney Portal, California, USA
Barkley Marathons
14 July 2026 · Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee, USA
Skyrace des Maures
14 July 2026 · Collobrieres, Var, France
Marathon des Sables
14 July 2026 · Sahara Desert, Morocco
GR20 Trail Race
14 July 2026 · Calenzana and the north GR20, Corsica
Corsica Trail
14 July 2026 · West coast of Corsica, France
Grand Trail de la Vallée de Munster
14 July 2026 · Munster, Alsace, France
Traversée de Belledonne
14 July 2026 · Allevard to Aiguebelle, Belledonne, France
High Trail Verbier
14 July 2026 · Verbier and Val de Bagnes, Switzerland
UTMB TDS
30 June 2026 · Courmayeur, Beaufortain and Chamonix
La Diagonale des Fous
30 June 2026 · Reunion Island, Saint-Pierre to Saint-Denis
Lavaredo Ultra Trail
30 June 2026 · Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
Atacama Crossing
30 June 2026 · San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Grand Trail des Alpes
30 June 2026 · French Alps
CCC
23 June 2026 · Courmayeur, Champex and Chamonix
Transgrancanaria
23 June 2026 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Maspalomas, Spain
MB80
23 June 2026 · Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
Salomon Ultra Pirineu
23 June 2026 · Bagà, Catalonia, Spain
SwissPeaks 360
23 June 2026 · Brig and Valais, Switzerland
Lakeland 100
16 June 2026 · Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Tour du Beaufortain
16 June 2026 · Beaufort, Savoie, France
Échappée Belle
16 June 2026 · Vizille, Isere to Aiguebelle, Savoie, France
Pyrenees Stage Run
16 June 2026 · Ribes de Freser to Salardu, Pyrenees, Spain + Andorra
Ultra Sierra Nevada
16 June 2026 · Granada to Pradollano, Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
Tromso Skyrace
9 June 2026 · Tromsø, Norway
Val d'Aran by UTMB
9 June 2026 · Val d'Aran, Catalonia, Spain
Livigno Sky Marathon
9 June 2026 · Livigno, Lombardy, Italy
Trail de l'Ubaye Salomon
9 June 2026 · Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
MIUT
9 June 2026 · Madeira, Portugal
Zugspitz Ultratrail
2 June 2026 · Grainau, Bavaria, Germany
Ice Trail Tarentaise
2 June 2026 · Val d'Isère / Tignes, Savoie, France
Ronda dels Cims
2 June 2026 · Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Zegama-Aizkorri
2 June 2026 · Zegama, Basque Country, Spain
EcoTrail Paris
2 June 2026 · Versailles to Paris (Eiffel Tower), France