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Ultra Trail du Vercors course maps, aid stations and cutoffs

A one-day race in the Vercors, 35 km from Grenoble: 84 km alone or as a team of four, or 48 km.

2027 dates not announced yet, usually in September Villard-de-Lans, Isère

The UTV is a September race in the northern Vercors on a new course every year, and the base moves too. In 2026 everything started and finished at the Colline des Bains in Villard-de-Lans; in 2025 it was Autrans-Méaudre.

The 2026 84 km, run solo or as a four-person relay, went by Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, the La Sure ski area above Autrans and Rencurel before coming back to Villard. The 48 km Trail des 4 Montagnes also reached Saint-Nizier at km 25, then turned for home by La Croix Perrin. The organizer pitches the solo as a format for running your first ultra.

The lines are the organizer's 2026 courses, and the pins their aid stations and cutoff points. The organizer only puts the GPX out about a week before the race, because parts of the course cross private land the owners open for race day alone, and holding the file back keeps recon down. Download the map once the file is out, so the course is on your phone, which has to stay on during the race anyway.

This is an unofficial guide: Goat Maps isn't affiliated with Ultra Trail du Vercors. Check the official site before you enter or race.

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Every course's aid stations on the Goat Maps topo map. Each course has a map of its own further down.

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UTV courses

CourseDistanceClimbingStartTime limit
L'Ultra solo84 km (52.2 mi)4,300 m (14,108 ft)Sat, Sep 12, 5:00 AM18 h 30 min
L'Ultra relais84 km (52.2 mi)4,300 m (14,108 ft)Sat, Sep 12, 7:00 AM
Trail des 4 Montagnes48 km (29.8 mi)2,400 m (7,874 ft)Sat, Sep 12, 7:00 AM15 h 30 min

Start times are the 2026 edition's.

UTV L'Ultra solo

A 5 AM start and a lap of the northern Vercors, with three aid stations in 84 km.

Distance
84 km (52.2 mi)
Climbing
4,300 m (14,108 ft)
Start
Sat, Sep 12, 5:00 AM
Time limit
18 h 30 min

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There are only three aid stations: Saint-Nizier at km 25, the La Sure ski area at Autrans at km 41 and Rencurel at km 65. That leaves 25 km to the first, 24 km between Autrans and Rencurel and 19 km to the finish, and the kit list asks for room for at least 2 liters of water.

Reach the Gîte de la Molière (km 33) after 2 PM and you're diverted onto the 48 km course. Autrans closes at 3 PM and the point below the Pas de Pertuson (km 56) at 3:30 PM. The organizer says Pertuson is the one to plan for, so don't linger at Autrans. Runners past 7 PM at the Balcons du Méaudret (km 73) are diverted along the road, and Les Jarrands (km 76) closes at 9 PM. The 18½ hour limit means finishing by 11:30 PM.

A rocky ridge on Le Moucherotte with snowy peaks behind
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UTV L'Ultra relais

The 84 km course for a team of four, changing runners at each aid station.

Distance
84 km (52.2 mi)
Climbing
4,300 m (14,108 ft)
Start
Sat, Sep 12, 7:00 AM

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The relay starts at 7 AM, two hours after the solo. Leg 1 is 25 km and 1,300 m of climbing to Saint-Nizier. Leg 2 is the shortest, 15.9 km and 850 m to Autrans. Leg 3 is 24.1 km with 800 m to Rencurel, and leg 4 brings the team home over 19 km with another 1,300 m.

The relay's cutoffs are later than the solo's at Autrans (3:30 PM) and Rencurel (7 PM), and the same at Saint-Nizier (12:30 PM).

UTV Trail des 4 Montagnes

Saint-Nizier at km 25, then La Croix Perrin and back down to Villard.

Distance
48 km (29.8 mi)
Climbing
2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Start
Sat, Sep 12, 7:00 AM
Time limit
15 h 30 min

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The 48 km starts at 7 AM with the relay and has 2,400 m of climbing. Its two aid stations are Saint-Nizier at km 25, with a 12:30 PM cutoff, and La Croix Perrin, in Lans-en-Vercors, at km 40. The limit is 15½ hours, and the organizer expected the first runners back around noon.

A young fir and pale rocks near Villard-de-Lans, with a rocky crest behind
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Registration

For 2026, entries opened on February 7 through the race site's registration page. To get more women into ultra running, the organizer keeps 30% of the solo ultra bibs and 40% of the 48 km bibs for women, so enter the race for your own sex.

You need a sports licence from an accepted federation or a PPS, the French athletics federation's online health check, no more than three months old. A bib can change hands: email the organizer the name of the runner giving it up, and the new runner's name, date of birth and email.

The 2027 date wasn't announced when this page was checked.

Getting to Villard-de-Lans

Grenoble and the mountains beyond, seen from the top of Le Moucherotte
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Villard-de-Lans is 35 km from Grenoble, whose train station is the nearest. Cars Région Isère's T64 coach runs every day between Villard-de-Lans and Grenoble station, by way of Engins and Lans-en-Vercors.

The race site points to the Vercors tourist office for places to stay.

Bib pickup and race day

In 2026 bibs were handed out at the Colline des Bains on Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, with the race briefing at 7 PM, and the organizer asked runners to come on Friday if they could. On Saturday solo runners could still collect theirs from 4 to 4:30 AM, and 48 km and relay runners from 4 to 6:30 AM.

The organizer expected the first solo runners and relay teams back around 2 PM, with the podiums at 6 PM and the last runners in by 11:30 PM.

Weather and what to carry

September in Villard-de-Lans averages a high of 18.8°C and a low of 6.3°C, with 121 mm of rain, by Météo-France's 1991 to 2020 normals for the station in town.

The race site's mandatory kit list, set for the forecast, includes a phone switched on for the whole race, room for at least 2 liters of water, a survival blanket, a whistle, a buff, gloves, a headlamp, a windproof jacket, clothing with reflective parts and a long-sleeved top in a waterproof bag. The headlamp is compulsory before 7 AM and after 8 PM.

UTV aid stations and GPS coordinates

For crews and spectators: each place on the map in decimal degrees, latitude first. Paste them into any map app or add them as waypoints in Goat Maps.

  • Colline des Bains, Villard-de-Lans (start and finish)

    45.06656, 5.55091

  • Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte

    45.17070, 5.62964

  • Gîte de la Molière

    1,565 m (5,135 ft)

    45.17992, 5.59014

  • Autrans, La Sure ski area

    45.22979, 5.58180

  • Below the Pas de Pertuson

    1,203 m (3,947 ft)

    45.16432, 5.51720

  • Rencurel

    45.10281, 5.47271

  • Balcons du Méaudret

    45.07473, 5.50334

  • Les Jarrands

    45.08585, 5.52082

  • La Croix Perrin, Lans-en-Vercors

    1,218 m (3,996 ft)

    45.13038, 5.55976

UTV FAQ

When is the Ultra Trail du Vercors 2027?

The 2027 date hadn't been announced when this page was checked. The 2026 race was on Saturday, September 12, and the 2025 and 2024 editions were on September 6 and September 7.

Where can I get the UTV GPX?

From the race pages on the organizer's site, about a week before the race. Parts of the course cross private land the owners open only for race day, and the course is new every year, so there's nothing to download months ahead.

What happens if I miss a cutoff on the UTV solo?

Two of the cutoffs send you a different way. After 2 PM at the Gîte de la Molière (km 33) you're diverted onto the 48 km course, and after 7 PM at the Balcons du Méaudret (km 73) you're sent along the road.

Are there places for women at the UTV?

Yes. For 2026 the organizer kept 30% of the solo ultra bibs and 40% of the Trail des 4 Montagnes bibs for women.

What should I do if I meet a guard dog on the course?

The course crosses summer pastures with flocks and their guard dogs. The organizer asks you to stop running as you near a flock, put your poles away and go around it if you can. If a dog comes up to you, stand still with your arms and poles at your sides, don't look it in the eye, talk to it and give it time to settle before you walk on slowly.

Can you get to the UTV without a car?

Yes. The T64 coach runs every day between Grenoble station and Villard-de-Lans, where the 2026 race started and finished.

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Updated . An unofficial guide, from the organizer's published information. Coordinates from the organizer's course and OpenStreetMap contributors. Photos from Unsplash. Organize a race? We help with course files.