Ghost Train 2026
The forecast arrives five days before the start.
Here you'll find the elevation profile, an estimated finish time based on your UTMB Index and details of the 15 aid stations to plan your nutrition and hydration segment by segment.
What's your time based on your UTMB?
Times estimated by the RAVIT model, learned from real ultra-trail finish times. Enter your UTMB Index (utmb.world) to get a personalized estimate.
Cut-off times and crew - Ghost Train · 2026
Data from the official race rules, checked for every edition. The race rules prevail. Positions are interpolated along the GPX track and are a guide, not official course marking.
What you'll find at each aid station
| Product | Middle Aid Outboundkm 6.9 | Turnaround Aidkm 11.9 | Middle Aid Inboundkm 16.9 | Middle Aid Outboundkm 30.8 | Turnaround Aidkm 35.8 | Middle Aid Inboundkm 40.8 | Middle Aid Outboundkm 54.7 | Turnaround Aidkm 59.7 | Middle Aid Inboundkm 64.7 | Middle Aid Outboundkm 78.6 | Turnaround Aidkm 83.6 | Middle Aid Inboundkm 88.5 | Middle Aid Outboundkm 102.4 | Turnaround Aidkm 107.4 | Middle Aid Inboundkm 112.4 |
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Elevation profile
The course and its aid stations
Ghost Train: times, aid-station stops and fuelling needs by UTMB® Index
Between a UTMB® Index of 500 and 800, the estimated finish time on this race runs from 15h50 to 9h56, and the aid-station stop budget from 0h54 to 0h19. The longer the race, the more stops weigh: this is time you should plan to spend standing still, not only running.
| UTMB® Index | Estimated time | Of which stops | Night hours | Carbs | Fluid | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 15h50 | 0h54 | 6.8 | 950 g | 11.1 L | 7,918 mg |
| 550 | 14h42 | 0h44 | 5.7 | 882 g | 10.3 L | 7,349 mg |
| 600 | 13h21 | 0h36 | 4.4 | 801 g | 9.3 L | 6,673 mg |
| 650 | 12h07 | 0h30 | 3.1 | 727 g | 8.5 L | 6,059 mg |
| 700 | 11h19 | 0h25 | 2.3 | 679 g | 7.9 L | 5,659 mg |
| 750 | 10h40 | 0h22 | 1.7 | 640 g | 7.5 L | 5,335 mg |
| 800 | 9h56 | 0h19 | 0.9 | 596 g | 6.9 L | 4,963 mg |
Figures based on 60 g of carbohydrate, 700 mL of fluid and 500 mg of sodium per hour, "average" preparation and mild conditions (15–25 °C). Above 25 °C, count on roughly 900 mL/h and 700 mg/h. Carbohydrate intake is trained: 60 g/h is a floor, 90 g/h assumes a glucose-fructose blend and a gut used to it.
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Sources and method
- Time projection — les temps par cote sont repris des passages réels des coureurs de chaque tranche sur les éditions précédentes de cette course, arrêts aux ravitaillements compris. Aucune formule n'intervient tant que ces résultats existent.
- Trail nutrition — hourly targets for carbohydrate, fluid and sodium follow the commonly accepted ultra-endurance guidance. La Clinique du Coureur — Fuelling in trail running
- Course, aid stations and cut-offs — taken from the event's official rules, which prevail in case of any discrepancy. Official site — Ghost Train
Weather for Ghost Train
Section-by-section forecasts for Ghost Train, calculated at the estimated passing time: feels-like temperature, rain or snow, wind and thunderstorms. Three models — AROME (Météo-France), ICON (DWD) and ECMWF IFS — served from the finest to the farthest-reaching.
Forecast, not guaranteed: in the mountains a model describes a grid of several hundred meters, not the slope you're on.
Données météo : Météo-France (AROME), DWD (ICON), ECMWF (IFS) — CC BY 4.0, via Open-Meteo
Frequently asked questions
How many checkpoints?
Ghost Train has 20 checkpoints: 15 aid stations and 5 checkpoints with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.
What's the longest segment without aid?
The one leading to Middle Aid Outbound: 13.9 km and 100 m elevation gain. That's the one to load up for first.
How do I find the exact location of an aid station?
The Google Maps icon in the “Access” column opens the aid station's location: handy for planning your crew's routes.
What distance and elevation gain?
Ghost Train is 119 km long with 626 m of elevation gain.
How long to finish?
With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 13h21 for Ghost Train.
What's the weather forecast?
RAVIT publishes the weather for Ghost Train section by section: feels-like temperature, rain or snow, wind and storms, at the estimated passage time. Forecasts come from AROME (Météo-France), ICON (DWD) and ECMWF IFS, refreshed several times a day.
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