MaXi-Race Annecy course maps and aid stations

You start from Quai de la Tournette in waves between 1:25 and 3:20 AM, and the cutoffs count from the last wave. The first climb is the Massif du Veyrier, in the dark, and most runners see the sunrise from a viewpoint. For the first 20 km your poles stay on your pack, and there are silent zones where spectators aren't allowed. Break either rule and the penalty runs from an hour to disqualification.

Alex and Montremont are light aid stations, and your first full stop is the Doussard base vie, 46.6 km in, where you can have a drop bag (€12). Leave there with 1.5 liters. The second half crosses into the Bauges through Bellecombe-en-Bauges and climbs to the Semnoz base vie at 85.5 km. From there it's mostly downhill to the lake, with no aid station on the way. If you drop after Doussard, or a cutoff stops you there or later, you're ranked as a "MaXi-Challenger". The map draws the 2026 line, and the 2027 chart has the same stops at the same kilometers.

Day 1 runs the tOur du Lac's first half, with the same night start, the same rules on poles and silence, and the same stops. You finish at the Doussard base vie, where a drop bag waits for every 2-day runner, and buses take you back to Annecy at no extra cost.

The Doussard cutoff is 1:30 PM. Miss it and you can't start on Sunday.

On Sunday you run the Demi-tOur course with its field, starting in waves from 8:00 AM. That's why the two days add up to more than the one-day tOur. You don't need a headlamp today. A bus to the start leaves Annecy at 6:30 AM (€12, booked before April 23).

The Semnoz cutoff is 4:00 PM. If you reach the Demi-tOur's shortcut, the bascule, after 4:30 PM, you're sent onto it.

The Demi-tOur, mapped here as it ran in 2026, starts in waves from 8:00 AM on the cycle path by Doussard's Marcel Talin stadium, and you need at least 40 Betrail points to enter. Water points come around km 13, 21 and 30, then the Semnoz base vie at 36.7 km, with views across to the Mont Blanc range on the last climb. It tops out at about 1,650 m.

At 43.1 km there's a shortcut, the "bascule". Anyone who reaches it after 4:25 PM is sent on a route about 3 km shorter with 400 m less climbing, and finishes behind everyone who ran the full course. The limit is 11 hours, or about 9 h 30 min on the bascule.

The Marathon-eXpérience is for runners who don't get much mountain training. It needs no minimum level, and there's no podium. You start in waves from 6:00 AM on boulevard de la Corniche above the MaXi-Village. The loop, drawn here as it ran in 2026, climbs to the Semnoz summit above 1,500 m and passes the base vie at 18.7 km (cutoff 10:35 AM). There's one water point around km 33 on the way down, then the finish at the MaXi-Village.

The Quart de tOur is two races on one course (the map shows its 2026 line): the men start at 9:00 AM and the women at 9:10 AM, from the Semnoz ski station. The organizer calls it a "negative trail": the chart gives 410 m of climbing and 1,440 m of descent. There's no aid station, no water point and no crew access between start and finish, so carry what you need. A runner bus leaves Annecy at 7:30 AM (€10).