Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour 2026
Forecast published: 47°F feels-like at the coldest, 60°F at the warmest, with rain expected.
Here you'll find the elevation profile, an estimated finish time based on your UTMB Index and details of the 5 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 - Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour · 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 | km 4km 4.0 | km 23km 23.0 | km 29km 29.0 | km 38km 38.0 | Lorcières, salle des fêteskm 53.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | available | available | available | available | available |
| Brand products | available | available | available | available | available |
Elevation profile
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Sources and method
- Time projection — for lack of results on this race, times by UTMB Index rely on a Riegel law whose exponent is adjusted to elevation gain — the model's fallback, not its usual method. Peter Riegel (Wikipedia)
- 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 — Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour
Weather for Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour
Section-by-section forecasts for Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour, 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.
Forecasts for a 600 UTMB Index runner, at their estimated passage time. Coldest: 47°F feels-like at Ravitaillement du km 4 (Sun, 10/25 08:30 AM); warmest: 60°F at Ravitaillement du km 38 (Sun, 10/25 12:45 PM). Rain expected on 6 segments, including Ravitaillement du km 4, Ravitaillement du km 23, Ravitaillement du km 29, Challèles, …; up to 0.3 mm on one segment. Gusts up to 24 mph at Ravitaillement du km 4.
Forecast, not guaranteed: in the mountains a model describes a grid of several hundred meters, not the slope you're on.
Weather data: Météo-France (AROME), DWD (ICON), ECMWF (IFS) — CC BY 4.0, via Open-Meteo
Frequently asked questions
How many checkpoints?
Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour has 7 checkpoints: 5 aid stations and 2 checkpoints without aid station (Challèles, km 29.4 ; Barrière du km 44,6, km 44.6). Details are in the two tables above.
What's the longest segment without aid?
The one leading to Ravitaillement du km 23: 19.0 km and 702 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?
Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour is 53 km long with 2500 m of elevation gain.
How long to finish?
With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 6h39 for Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour.
What's the weather forecast?
Forecast published: 47°F feels-like at the coldest, 60°F at the warmest, with rain expected. RAVIT publishes the weather for Tour du Nipalou - Le Grand Tour 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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