Dear Irontrailers, 

Absolute alpine… "The Irontrail is the perfect match for the brand values of Mammut: Swiss quality and mountain sport, quite simply 'absolute alpine" is the crux of the Mammut Sports Group’s commitment.

We are proud and fortunate to be able to introduce Mammut as our Presenting Sponsor. In backing the Irontrail, Mammut has a clear idea of the target group it wants to reach: "Sportsmen and women who are looking for a completely new challenge in the mountains - and one that involves not only top sporting performance but also, above all, an alpine adventure and the discovery of our wonderful natural environment."

Follow us on our journey of discovery as we look at the 3rd section of the course:

Bergün – Lenzerheide (km 100 - 154)

km 100 - 141

• Parc Ela is Switzerland’s largest nature park. The diverse landscape characterized by the alpine passes of Albula, Julier and Septimer offers pristine nature, unspoilt villages and a living culture in Rumantsch, German and Italian, the three languages spoken within the park.

km 105 -108

• In the middle of the nature park – around the mountains of Piz Ela, Piz Tinizong and Piz Mitgel - different dinosaur species have left their traces. The fossil footprints of a predatory dinosaur on the summit of Piz Ela – only discovered in 2009 - turned out to be the oldest ones of the world.

km 132 - 137

• Phenomenal 180-degree view:
  Lenzerheide / Albula valley / Landwasser valley / Savognin

     
(Photos: Bergün Tourismus, Savognin Tourismus und Parc Ela)

Landscape / nature

lakes

• Lai Tigiel (km 111)
• Lai Barnagn (km 121)
• Heidsee (Igl Lai) (km 154)

Culture

Alps

• Alp Spadlatscha (km 106)
• Tgant Son Martegn/Rigins (km 112)
• Sars (km 128)
• Tgamona (Alp Sot Tgernas) (km 134)

The holiday region Savognin is in the centre of the nature parc “Parc Ela”, in the heart of Graubünden. Whether in summer or winter, your stay will be rich in variety. Our region is rewarded with the quality label “Families welcome” and is a paradise for hikers and bikers. You’ll find a surge of pure adrenalin on more than 240 km marked bike trails and you can explore nature on more than 1’000 km hiking trails. If you want to refresh, jump in the crystal-clear lake “Lai Barnagn”, situated in the centre of Savognin.

(Photo: Savognin Tourismus)

Picture the landscape of the 3rd section and immerse yourself in it. You feel completely fit, laid back, relaxed…you’re in the flow. You have lost all sense of time; the only thing that matters to you is what you are doing in each moment. Everything is happening automatically, intuitively, even instinctively - you are brimming with self-confidence…

That's what the perfect performance feels like. To enable you to also call up your optimum performance in the race, Dr. Beat Villiger, chief Irontrail physician, has a few tips for you... 

Don't forget that 31 March 2012 is the last date for entries. We're counting on you!

Your Trail-Heidi and OC-Team

Swiss Irontrail
Gäuggelistrasse 16 | CH-7000 Chur, Switzerland
Phone +41 (0)81 258 40 14 | Fax +41 (0)81 258 40 10
infoirontrailch | www.irontrail.ch

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