Grand Raid des Pyrénées course maps and aid stations

It's called the 160 but the 2026 timetable runs to 174.2 km with 10,406 m of climbing, and you have 50 hours. You climb to the Col de Portet on roads and ski runs, cross the Col de Bastanet into the Néouvielle and face the steep Serpolet wall before La Mongie. Then you go up to the Col de Sencours and the Pic du Midi summit, and along a string of cols to Hautacam. The first base vie is down at Pierrefitte. From there you go round the Cabaliros to Lac d'Estaing, over the Col d'Ilhéou to Cauterets and the Col de Riou to Luz, the second base vie, and back into the Néouvielle by Tournaboup and the Hourquette Nère.

Campana de Cloutou and the Refuge d'Ilhéou are water only, and the first pass at Sencours has only water and soft drinks. There's an extra cutoff with no aid on the descent from the Col d'Aoube, km 51.2, at 17:50. Pierrefitte, Luz and Tournaboup also have entry cutoffs half an hour before the exit times shown. The 160 can be run as a relay of four legs by a team of two to four, handing over at La Mongie, Pierrefitte and Luz, with 44 hours.

The Cirques starts at Piau-Engaly with a loop above the resort facing the cirque de Barroude. You cross the Port de Campbieil, the high point, and drop a long way to Gèdre. A gentle climb takes you onto the Saugué plateau facing the cirque de Gavarnie, then through Gavarnie village to the foot of the great waterfall. A balcony path leads to the Refuge des Espuguettes, and a steep climb over the Hourquette d'Alans into the cirque d'Estaubé.

After Gèdre a second time and the base vie at Luz, you climb a long way to the Refuge de la Glère and finish over the Hourquette Nère and the Col de Portet. The 2026 timetable gives 126.7 km and 7,036 m of climbing, with 41 hours. Luz and Tournaboup have entry cutoffs half an hour before the exit times shown.

The Lacs starts on Saturday at 5 am and follows the 160 up to the Pic du Midi summit: the Col de Portet, the Col de Bastanet, the lakes, the Serpolet wall and La Mongie. From the Col de Sencours it turns for Tournaboup, then climbs past Aygues Cluses to the Hourquette Nère. You come down to the Lac de l'Oule on open ground and then through the Bastanet fir forest, and finish over the Col de Portet and the Cap de Pède.

Campana de Cloutou is water only. The second pass at Sencours has no aid but a cutoff at 18:00, and Tournaboup has an entry cutoff at 19:30.

The Moudang starts on Thursday at 5:30 am with a loop in the Piau-Engaly resort, then drops to the chapelle des Templiers. A long climb leads to Port Vieux with the muraille de Barroude ahead, and on under the pic de l'Aiguillette, where the organizer asks for care on a balcony section. You come down a steep path beside the Hourquet stream to the aid station at the Bielsa tunnel.

From there you climb to the Port de Bataillence and the Lac d'Héchempy, follow a rough path to the granges de Moudang and run five km of forest road to the Pont du Moudang. The lakes road and paths past the Lac de l'Oule bring you to Les Merlans and the final descent.

The Bastan starts at the Pla d'Adet above Saint-Lary and climbs the ski runs to the Col de Portet. After Les Merlans you drop to the Lac de l'Oule, climb through the Bastanet fir forest to the Lac de Port Bielh and cross the Hourquette Nère. A kilometer later comes the Pas de la Crabe and its scree, which the organizer warns about both ways.

You reach La Mongie on ski runs, then climb hard to the Serpolet and on past the Laquets dam to Campana de Cloutou. The Col de Bastanet, 2,509 m, is the high point, and a nearly level path past the Bastan lakes brings you back to Les Merlans before the long descent. The finish cutoff is 22:30, 15 and a half hours after the start.

The Géla starts and finishes at Piau-Engaly, with a loop over the top of the resort first. You drop through the village of Le Plan to the chapelle des Templiers, then climb a long way to Port Vieux and the pic de l'Aiguillette and come down beside the Hourquet stream to the aid station at the Bielsa tunnel. The climb to the Port de Bielsa takes you into Spain and the cirque de Pinarra.

Then it's a hard climb back over Port Vieux to the Pic de Port Vieux, 2,723 m, above the Lac de Barroude. You run along the lake under the muraille de Barroude, cross the Hourquette de Chermentas and come down past the Lac de Badet. The organizer warns of exposed passages and long stretches on your own: the Difficulties page counts up to six and a half hours between aid stations and 10 km above 2,400 m. There's also a cutoff at Port Vieux on the way back, at 16:50.

The Néouvielle starts on Friday at 8 am in the center of Saint-Lary-Soulan and climbs by roads and ski runs to the Col de Portet. After Les Merlans you cross into the Néouvielle to the Refuge de Bastan and the Col de Bastanet, 2,509 m and the high point. A path across the slope crosses the Hourquette de Caderolles, then a long descent passes the Lac de Port Bielh to the Lac de l'Oule. You climb back to Les Merlans and the Col de Portet and come down the Cap de Pède ridge to Vielle-Aure.