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Trail Verbier Saint-Bernard

Run on 10 July 2026. Next race: date not out yet. Verbier
Grand Combin
Grand Combin. Photograph by Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

For 2027 the Verbier Marathon splits into the 43 km X-Treme over Mont Rogneux and a new 47 km Verbier Marathon that bypasses it, with the X-Traversee route revised near the Col du Grand-St-Bernard.

The course in short 2 lines
  • 2027: two marathons and a revised route near the Grand St BernardMont Rogneux at 3,084 m stays on the X-Treme; the X-Alpine keeps its route.
  • A UTMB World Series weekend in VerbierX-Alpine on 9 July 2027, X-Traversee on 10 July, shorter races on 11 July.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometry2027: two marathons and a revised route near the Grand St BernardMont Rogneux at 3,084 m stays on the X-Treme; the X-Alpine keeps its route.

The organiser says the X-Treme (43 km, 3,000 m of climbing, 800 runners) keeps the passage over the summit of Mont Rogneux at 3,084 m, while the new 47 km Verbier Marathon (2,900 m, 1,100 runners) goes round it from Col de Mille via Cabane Brunet. Both start on Friday 9 July 2027 from Moay (Bruson) and split at Cabane de Mille. After delays near the Col du Grand-St-Bernard in 2026, caused by a technical section, the X-Traversee route changes there; the X-Alpine keeps the same route.

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Whole courseConditionsA UTMB World Series weekend in VerbierX-Alpine on 9 July 2027, X-Traversee on 10 July, shorter races on 11 July.

The organiser’s race list shows the X-Alpine starting in Verbier on 9 July 2027 and the X-Traversee from La Fouly on 10 July. The Verbier Marathon and the Verbier Marathon X-Treme start from Moay (Bruson) on 9 July, and the X-Plore, Trail Decouverte and X-Orient run on 11 July.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Verbier

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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