VA Trail Festival 100 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 - VA Trail Festival 100 · 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 | Jubilee Parkkm 12.7 | The Junctionkm 24.3 | Frieskm 33.2 | Gambettakm 46.2 | Gambettakm 58.7 | The Junctionkm 62.7 | Jubilee Parkkm 74.3 | Start / Finishkm 86.7 | Depot Rdkm 98.7 | Hiawasseekm 109.2 | Draperkm 117.5 | Hiawasseekm 125.8 | Depot Rdkm 136.4 | Start / Finishkm 148.4 | Start / Finishkm 160.9 |
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Elevation profile
The course and its aid stations
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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 — VA Trail Festival 100
Weather for VA Trail Festival 100
The weather for VA Trail Festival 100 will appear here as soon as the forecast models reach that date, around five days before the start: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms, section by section and at your passage time.
Detailed weather for VA Trail Festival 100, hour by hour on the courseFrequently asked questions
How many checkpoints?
VA Trail Festival 100 has 17 checkpoints: 11 aid stations, 4 water points, and 2 checkpoints with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.
What's the longest segment without aid?
The one leading to Gambetta: 13.0 km and 221 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?
VA Trail Festival 100 is 161 km long with 2334 m of elevation gain.
How long to finish?
With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 21h14 for VA Trail Festival 100.
What's the weather forecast?
The weather for VA Trail Festival 100 will be published on this page around five days before the start, once the forecast models reach the race date. It will be detailed section by section: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms.
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