Titan Desert Morocco stage maps and route guide

In 2026 the race opened with its biggest day of climbing, 2,175 m in 98 km. A mountain track and a stretch of road lead to a long climb through the Atlas, then a technical descent drops you to a crossing of the N'goum river. After a second climb on good track you ride a narrow canyon that usually has water in it.

The Škoda Challenge came at Boutharar: 4.5 km and almost 400 m of climbing, with ramps up to 15%. The fastest man and woman each got 60 seconds off. The last part winds through a palm grove, over small bridges across the water channels, then out on wide tracks to the finish.

The 2026 stage 2 was a classic Saghro day. After a short neutralized start from the hotel, good tracks climb gently all the way to Iknoiun. Past the village the track gets better still, and then comes the day's main climb.

From the top a long descent takes you into a riverbed at the bottom of a canyon, narrow and rocky, with mountains on every side. A few kilometers of road and a last track lead to Battou, the first real camp of the race.

Only 352 m of climbing in 98 km, but you carry everything for the night. This was the first half of the 2026 marathon stage: no mechanics, no physio and no luggage at the camp, and the tents have no mattresses or bedding, so you need your own sleeping bag and pad.

A rocky track and a stretch of road lead into open desert of long straights. You cross a salt lake on the diagonal, and the last part, through soft ground in a small palm grove, ends at the marathon camp.

Stage 4 was the longest day of 2026 and the second half of the marathon stage, on a route the race had never used. Fast track takes you to the Oued Gherist, a dry riverbed that isn't easy to cross, and you wind along it to Ramlia.

From Ramlia you turn north across a huge dry lake toward Ouzina. The track there starts sandy and turns stony, with a hard climb and two technical descents, before it opens out into fast going to Merzouga.

In 2026 the dune stage went to Erg Znigue instead of the usual Erg Chebbi. It starts along irrigation canals through farmland to the foot of the dunes, then a pass of just under 3 km climbs to the top of a high dune.

From the top you drop to where the route leaves the dunes and ride sandy ground to the end of the navigation section, about 20 km with no marked route. The second half is on soft tracks that firm up toward the finish, back where the day started.

The last day starts fast on wide tracks north to the banks of a large oued, then slows down on rockier ground. You leave the main track for a big, very rocky climb, and the descent on the far side, new to the race in 2026, takes you back into the valley.

The rest mixes fast track, riverbeds, a small palm grove and patches of soft ground, to the finish at Maadid, in the Erfoud area.