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Patrouille des Glaciers ready to host the ISMF-LGC World Championships Long Distance Team 2023/24
Lausanne, 15 March 2024 – Jointly with the Local Organising Committee, the ISMF is glad to confirm the ISMF-LGC World Championships Long Distance Team 2023/24, Patrouille des Glaciers, which will be held on 20 April 2024 in Zermatt-Verbier, Switzerland.
Technical information
Participation requirements:
- Compulsory ISMF Elite Licence (licence A)
- Compulsory LGC Card: 30,00 €/athlete
Registration fee:
- Team (3 athletes): 1680 CHF.
- Accommodation is included in the registration fee. It will be provided for the night between 19 and 20 April 2024. The teams taking part in the WCH will be informed about the hotel name during the material check to be done in Zermatt. The selected hotel facilities will be located in Zermatt.
Registration & payment:
- Registration at https://www.mso.swiss/en/events/1966-patrouille-des-glaciers/subscriptions – you should select the ISMF event which will be present in the list.
- Payment: it will be held at the same time of online registration on the MSO website (at the link above)
- Registration period for the WCH LDT: from 10 to 17 April 2024. The link above will be active from 10 April.
- Important note – if a team has already registered for the WCH LDT when registration process for the Patrouille des Glaciers was open: it is compulsory to write the first and last names of the athletes composing the team and the name of the team to valeria.ponzo@ismf-ski.org no later than 17 April 2024.
Teams’ composition:
- The team must be composed of athletes of the same nationality and gender.
- The composition of the teams is already definitive at the time of registration.
- There will be one last chance to change the team composition (in exceptional cases) only on Friday 19 April 2024 from 10:00 to 12:00 directly in Zermatt, at the race office.
Quotas (as per ISMF Rules & Guidelines 2023/24 – page 144):
- 3 teams Senior M per nation
- 3 teams Senior W per nation
- Bonus granted by the ISMF-LGC WCH LDT of last year as follows:
- France for Women
- Italy for Men
Programme of the event:
- Please refer to: https://www.pdg.ch/en/program/
- Most important appointments:
- Opening Ceremony (Friday 19/04 – h. 18:00 – Church in Zermatt): the participation is highly recommended for all delegations with all athletes
- Team Captain Meeting – Technical Briefing (Friday 19/04 – h. 18:30 – Church in Zermatt): the participation of at least one coach/one athlete/one representative person of each participating nation is highly recommended. At the end of the TCM there will be a short meeting only with the coaches of the teams participating in the WCH LDT to discuss any further details that could arise.
- Award Ceremony (Saturday 20/04 – h. 14:15): the presence in person of the athletes who should be awarded is compulsory.
Accommodation:
- Please see above at the point “Registration fee”
For any additional information please refer to the event’s website at: https://www.pdg.ch/en/.
About the ISMF:
Founded in 2007, the ISMF is the global governing body for competitive ski mountaineering. Since 2016, the organisation has been officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee. Its main goals are the promotion, regulation and development of the sport of ski mountaineering worldwide. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the ISMF’s membership consists of 49 national federations located in Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The ISMF organizes ski mountaineering Senior and Youth World Cups, as well as Masters and World Championships. For the first time, ski mountaineering was a medal sport at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been included in the programme of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
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