Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne 2027

May 7, 2027

Distance

105.7 km

Elevation gain

2948 m

Country

🇫🇷 France

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Course weather at your time of passage

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 8 aid stations to plan your nutrition and hydration segment by segment.

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Times estimated by the RAVIT model, learned from real ultra-trail finish times. Enter your UTMB Index (utmb.world) to get a personalized estimate.

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Cut-off times and crew - Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne · 2027

106 km race checkpoints: kilometers, elevation, crew, cut-off time and access
Aid station	Cum. km	Cum. D+	Seg. km	Seg. D+	Seg. D-	Crew	Cut-off
Ravitaillement km 13.6	13.6	659 m	13.6	659 m	284 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 23.5	23.5	919 m	9.9	260 m	236 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 35.6	35.6	1,192 m	12.1	273 m	166 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 47.8	47.8	1,457 m	12.2	265 m	376 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 57	57.0	1,641 m	9.1	184 m	174 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 63.6	63.6	1,742 m	6.6	101 m	149 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 80.7	80.7	2,296 m	17.2	554 m	503 m	—	—
Ravitaillement km 94.1	94.1	2,609 m	13.4	313 m	536 m	—	—
Arrivée	105.7	2,949 m	11.6	340 m	531 m	—	Sat 12:30 AM

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

Aid station contents: products in rows, aid stations in columns
Product	km 13.6km 13.6	km 23.5km 23.5	km 35.6km 35.6	km 47.8km 47.8	km 57km 57.0	km 63.6km 63.6	km 80.7km 80.7	km 94.1km 94.1
Water	available	available	available	available	available	available	available	available
Brand products	available	available	available	available	unavailable	available	available	available

La feuille de ton assistance pour Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne · 2027

Les règles d'assistance de cette course ne sont pas encore connues : tu marqueras tes rendez-vous toi-même.

Recto, verso et planche d'étiquettes, en PDF : l'exemple d'une coureuse de l'UTMB.

Elevation profile

The course and its aid stations

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Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne: 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 17h09 to 10h02, and the aid-station stop budget from 0h58 to 0h19. The longer the race, the more stops weigh: this is time you should plan to spend standing still, not only running.

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Below a UTMB® Index of roughly 395, the overall cut-off of 20h30 is no longer reachable at the estimated pace.

Estimated time, stop time and fuelling needs on Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne by UTMB Index
UTMB® Index	Estimated time	Of which stops	Night hours	Carbs	Fluid	Sodium	Cut-off margin
500	17h09	0h58	3.2	1,029 g	12 L	8,573 mg	+3h21
550	15h41	0h47	3	941 g	11 L	7,841 mg	+4h49
600	14h00	0h38	3	840 g	9.8 L	6,997 mg	+6h30
650	12h54	0h32	3	774 g	9 L	6,448 mg	+7h36
700	11h53	0h27	3	713 g	8.3 L	5,946 mg	+8h37
750	10h52	0h22	3	652 g	7.6 L	5,436 mg	+9h38
800	10h02	0h19	3	602 g	7 L	5,019 mg	+10h28

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.

In the 2027 ranking

Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne is 106 km and 2,948 m of elevation gain, that's 135 km-effort: category L, among 87 races in 2027. Its time limit of 20 h 30 requires a minimum speed of 5.2 km/h: rank 64 out of 83 of the widest cut-off times in L.

L ultra-trails 2027: 115 to 154 km-effort

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Sources and method

Time projection — times by UTMB Index are taken from the actual splits of runners in each level band on previous editions of this race, aid station stops included. No formula is used as long as these results exist.
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 — Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne

Weather for Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne

The weather for Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne 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 Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne, hour by hour on the course

Frequently asked questions

How many checkpoints?

Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne has 9 checkpoints: 7 aid stations, 1 water point, and 1 checkpoint with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.

What's the longest segment without aid?

The one leading to Ravitaillement km 80.7: 17.2 km and 554 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?

Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne is 106 km long with 2948 m of elevation gain.

How long to finish?

With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 14h00 for Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne.

What's the weather forecast?

The weather for Volvic Volcanic Experience - Ultra Trail Experience - Chaine des Puys - Faille de Limagne 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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