Nice Côte d'Azur by UTMB course maps and aid stations

The 100M leaves Auron on Friday afternoon and climbs to its high point, over 2,650 m, at Rabuons. From there it heads for Colle Longue, skirting the Italian Piedmont, then drops on a remote, technical descent. Next come chestnut woods, the Tinée river and a long ridge above 2,000 m, before the course turns south into warmer, more Mediterranean country. The four hills of Leuze, Vinaigrier, Alban and Boron come last, then the coast into Nice.

Your drop bag goes from Auron to Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, then on to Levens and the finish, and both of those aid stations serve hot food. The longest gap is Granges de la Brasque to Utelle, about 17 km. Brec d'Utelle, on the way, has first aid but no food or water. The start goes in two waves 15 minutes apart, and the cutoffs count from the second.

The 100K starts on Saturday morning in Roubion, a village built on a cliff in the south of the Mercantour National Park. After a few kilometers on the Vignols track, the course follows the ridges between the Tinée and Vésubie valleys, with views of the Alps and the Mercantour's main peaks. From Brec d'Utelle on, it follows the same route as the 100M to the finish, over the four hills above Nice.

La Tour to Utelle is 15.7 km, with the climb over Brec d'Utelle in between. Your one drop bag is at Levens. Runners set off in four waves, 15 minutes apart.

The 50K starts at Col d'Èze, at about 500 m, in the Grande Corniche departmental park. It tops out at just over 1,000 m, around the radio mast aid station. The course drops to the hill villages of Peille and Peillon, then follows an old irrigation canal and joins the 100K and 100M for the Mont Leuze trails.

Plateau Saint-Michel, the last aid station, looks over the harbor of Villefranche-sur-Mer and Cap Ferrat. From there you run past Port Lympia, Nice's old port, to the Promenade. Crews can only help at Laghet-La Trinité, and runners set off in five waves.

The Levens 50K starts at 7 PM on Friday and heads into the night, so you run by headlamp. It passes through the streets of Tourrette-Levens, then over the parks of La Justice, Mont Leuze, Vinaigrier, Mont Alban and Mont Boron before quiet trails take you down into Nice.

There are three aid stations and no crew access on the course, so carry what you need between them. The cutoff at the finish is 4:15 AM Saturday.

The 20K starts at the port of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on Sunday morning and runs nearly all the way around the peninsula. It climbs to the Chapelle Saint-Grat and on to Plateau Saint-Michel, the one aid station, with a view over Cap Ferrat. Then it crosses the Col des Quatre Chemins and drops back to the coast. The last few kilometers run past the port of Nice and along the shore below Castle Hill to the finish on the Promenade.

About half the course is along the sea, and it mixes roads with trails.