Festival des Templiers course maps and aid stations

The Endurance Trail leaves Millau at 4:00 and 4:25 on Friday and spends its first 20 km crossing the Causse Noir, which spreads the field out. It drops into the Tarn gorges at Le Rozier, takes the Balcon du Vertige down to Le Truel in the Jonte valley, then climbs to Espaliès and follows a slow, technical path along the top of the Jonte cliffs to the Champignon préhistorique and Saint-André-de-Vézines. From there it runs by Montméjean, Roquesaltes, La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite and the Larzac corniches, and finishes with the climb from Massebiau to Le Cade and the descent past the grotte du Hibou.

There are only five full aid stations, with water points between them, and a cutoff at every stop. The last two fall after midnight: Massebiau at 0:30 and Le Cade at 1:30. The organizer keeps a fallback route for runners at the last cutoff. Finish in under 19 hours and you can enter the lottery for the 2027 Western States Endurance Run.

The Grand Trail starts in three waves by bib number, at 5:10, 5:35 and 5:50. It begins gently on the road to Paulhe, then climbs the steep Côte de Carbassas onto the Causse Noir and follows forest tracks past Betpaumes and Le Sonnac before the first singletrack drops to Peyreleau, above the Tarn. From there it runs along the Jonte to the Saint-Michel hermitage and the chapel of Saint-Jean-des-Balmes, crosses to Saint-André-de-Vézines, then heads south by Montméjean, the Rajol cliffs and the arch of Roquesaltes, and climbs onto the Larzac for the exposed corniches above the Dourbie.

After the Larzac the course drops down the Roubelier to Massebiau. From there it makes the long climb to the farm at Le Cade, drops down the technical CAF ravine, then goes up the rocky nose of the Pouncho d'Agast and through the grotte du Hibou to the finish. Peyreleau is a light aid station, and crews can't help there. Runners reaching Massebiau after 19:10 are sent back along the Dourbie's left bank, and the cutoff there is 19:30. From 20:40, runners at the Ravin du CAF go straight up the Pouncho, which cuts about an hour and a quarter.

The Intégrale starts at 6:30 and 6:50 on Friday in Peyreleau, the Grand Trail's first aid station. A short loop above the village spreads the field out, then come 2 km along the Jonte, the climb to the Saint-Michel hermitage and the corniche path above the gorge as day breaks. It passes La Roujarie on the way to Saint-André-de-Vézines, then takes the classic route to Millau by Montméjean, Roquesaltes, La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite and the Larzac, down the Roubelier ravine to Massebiau, up to Le Cade and over the Pouncho d'Agast.

Its only cutoff is at Saint-André, km 17.9, at 10:30. To reach the start, take the shuttle from the Stade in Millau on race morning, at 5:00 for the first wave or 5:20 for the second (€10, booked on your registration page). A bag left at the start is taken to the finish.

The organizer pitches the Boffi Fifty as a test before the Intégrale or the Grand Trail, and warns that its finish is very technical and rough, with a slow average pace. It starts on Saturday at 6:40 and 7:05 and follows the Marathon des Causses route: 2 km of road to Carbassas, the hard climb onto the Causse Noir, and forest tracks you can run to Lauglanou.

After Lauglanou it adds a wild loop by Longuiers and the great cliffs of the Boffi above the Dourbie gorges, rocky trail right under the cliffs that's hard to run. It comes down the Monna ravine, climbs to the farm at Le Cade for the last aid station and finishes over the Pouncho d'Agast. The roadbook's cutoffs are 10:35 at Lauglanou, 15:45 at the Ravin du Monna and 17:45 at Le Cade.

The Marathon des Causses starts at 12:10 and 12:35 on Saturday and stays on the Causse Noir: cliffs above the valleys, conifer forest and the ravines cut into the plateau. Tracks lead to technical trail above the Tarn, the Roc Pointu and the descent to La Cresse, then the ravine climbs back up through narrow rock gaps toward Lauglanou. After that the course drops off the Dourbie corniches toward Massebiau and climbs back by the Rocher Troué, and the last kilometers follow an airy corniche with the Millau Viaduct in view.

Cutoffs are at La Cresse (15:10) and Lauglanou (16:50). Runners who reach the P93 point, at km 26.6 after Le Cade, later than 18:10 are sent onto a 6 km fallback route. The last runners need a headlamp.