Patrouille des Glaciers

Winners and records

PdG. Three letters that make the hearts of many ski mountaineers beat faster. Who hasn’t dreamt of trying this adventure once in their life? And among the ever-increasing number of enthusiasts who sign up for this legendary race, some names have left their mark on the history of the Patrouille des Glaciers by winning and, at the same time, defying the stopwatch in previous editions.

Looking back, the athletic development is impressive. In 1944, the winners reached VERBIER from ZERMATT in 13 hours, but today the time has dropped well below six hours, and the women’s time is close to seven hours on the long route. From AROLLA, the record was set by a patrol in less than three hours.

Year	Race	Gender		Nationality	Time	Record
2024′	Arolla	Men’s	Hösch Finn Ruppert Oriol Olm Karvatn Erik	Germany	3h14’23’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Ulrich Caroline Deseyn Thiba Schmid Alessandra	Switzerland	3h41’52’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	–	–
	Zermatt	Women’s	–	–	–

Z1, Z2 und A1 cancelled

Year	Race	Gender		Nationality	Time	Record
2022	Arolla	Men’s	Besson Léo Bussard Thomas Bussard Robin	Swiss	3h01’45’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Deseyn Thibe Meier Léa Ulrich Caroline	Swiss	4h09’30’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	Martin Anthamatten Rémi Bonnet Werner Marti	Swiss	6h35’56’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Ilaria Veronese Alba de Silvestro Giulia Murada	Italie	8h38’25‘’
2020	Arolla	Men’s	Cancelled Covid
	Arolla	Women’s
	Zermatt	Men’s
	Zermatt	Women’s
2018	Arolla	Men’s	Julien Ançay Maximilien Drion Pierre Mettan	Swiss	2h44’32’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Déborah Chiarello Marianne Fatton Florence Buchs	Swiss	3h32’07’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	Robert Antonioli Matteo Eydallin Michel Boscacci	Italie	5h35’27’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Jennifer Fiechter Axelle Mollaret Laeticia Roux	Swiss-France	7h15’35’’
2016¹	Arolla	Men’s	Olivier Favre Laurent Favre Manuel Favre	Swiss	03h48’00’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Emily Vaudan Emmanuelle Ruchti Laure Baudois	Swiss	4h34’14’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	Markus Julier Matthias Imsand Charly Imoberdorf	Swiss	07h26’40’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Claudia Stettler Michaela Feurle Milena Landtwing		09h36’42’’
2014	Arolla	Men’s	Derivaz Vincent Leuenberger Christophe Steiner Jean-Pierre	Swiss	3h45’22’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Druelle Kéva Gaydon Manon Milloz Adèle		4h25’32’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	Lenzi Damiano Eydallin Matteo Boscacci Michele	Italie	6h01’50’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Pont Combe Séverine Roux Laetitia Mathys Maude	Swiss	7h27’31’’
2012	Arolla	Men’s	Hug Bastien Ferdinand Antoine Pollet Villard Yann	Swiss France	3h32’30’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Mazzucco Véronique Mazzucco Laurence Dal Molin Séverine		4h36’51’’
	Zermatt²	Men’s	Jornet Kilian Bon Mardion William Jacquemoud Mathéo		2h54’36’’
	Zermatt²	Women’s	Miro Mireia Roux Laetitia Pont Combe Séverine		3h31’35’’
2010	Arolla	Men’s	Xavier Gachet Alexis Sevennec Valentin Favre	France	2h42’00’’
	Arolla	Women’s	Favre Emilie Favre Sandrine Kilchenmann Caroline	France	3h39’15’’
	Zermatt	Men’s	Florent Troillet Martin Anthamatten Yannick Ecoeur	Swiss	5h52’22’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Marie Troillet Nathalie Etzensperger Emilie Gex-Fabry	Swiss	7h41’18’’
2008	Arolla	Men’s	Xavier Gachet Alexis Sevennec Valentin Favre	France	2h42’
	Arolla	Women’s
	Zermatt	Men’s	Florent Troillet Didier Moret Alexander Hug	Swiss	6h24’32’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Pont-Combe Séverine Magnenat Gabrielle Etzensperger Nathalie	Swiss	7h53’25’’
2006	Arolla	Men’s
	Arolla	Women’s
	Zermatt	Men’s	Brosse Stéphane Blanc Patrick Giacomelli Guido	France Italie	6h18’48’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Pont-Combe Séverine Mabillard Catherine Magnenat Gabrielle	Swiss	8h15’50’’
2004	Arolla	Men’s
	Arolla	Women’s
	Zermatt	Men’s	Brosse Stéphane Pellissier Jean Blanc Patrick	France	6h31’42’’
	Zermatt	Women’s	Favre-Moretti Cristina Mabillard Catherine Crettenand Isabella	Swiss	8h24’13’’

A2 & Z2 cancelled ↩︎
Zermatt – Arolla (course interrompue tempête) ↩︎