Mount Equinox, in Manchester, VT, peaks at just 3,855 ft of elevation. But unlike many mountains, you have to climb most of that to get to the summit. Prominence measures the elevation of the peak in relation to the land surrounding it, and is therefore a better metric for climbing in New England, where the summits are never really high enough for the altitude to play much of a role in fatigue and athletic performance.

The goal of this course is to climb in record time to the top of Chamechaude (2082m), the highest summit in the Chartreuse Massif in the Isère department in eastern France.  The departure will be from the Hotel Cartusia at the Col de Porte (1326m)