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Trail des Étoiles

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FRAugust 202721.1km · Other · Trail

Race date Aug expected: August 2027
City · Distance: Saint-Véran · 21.1km · Other · Trail
Entry fee: €32From the 2026 edition
Status: SoonSee how to enter ↗

2027Date August 2027 · expected · Soon

2026Date Aug 16, 2026 · Entry fee €21 · Start 05:00

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 11, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

The finish is at Saint-Véran, at 2,042m elevation.

Two of the four course pass through high-alpine sections and cross points above 3,000m elevation.

The course is set in the heart of the Queyras Regional Nature Park.

Four events are held — 10km, 21km, 36km, and 57km — with the 57km offering a choice between solo and 2-person relay.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from runners who've been there.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Full recap

Aéropsis Studio · Full recap

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

From the 2026 edition

Half

Entry cost €32

Le Semi du Rasis (21 km) · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

Ultra

Entry cost €72

La Route des Contrebandiers (56 km) · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

10K

Entry cost €21

L'Aigueblanche (10 km) · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

La tête des Toillies (36 km)

Entry cost €49

subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 21.1km

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

From the 2026 edition

Runners start · local timeFrom 05:00

City center · not the start line

We have not confirmed the start line coordinates yet. The map shows the host city.

START

Saint-Véran

The four course each have a different character.

The 10km Aiguille Blanche has 450m of elevation gain, with no technically difficult sections — almost the entire course is a steady climb.

The 21km Summum du Lazier is a course around the Lazier peak.

It mostly passes through forest, with a descent from the Estronques Pass, and 1,350m of elevation gain.

It was newly added in 2025.

The 36km is the race's original course.

It starts on the Grand Canal singletrack, crosses the Chamoussère Pass, the 3,000m Caramantran Peak, and the Saint-Véran Pass in turn.

It then loops around Tête des Toillies, passes the Longet lakes, and descends to Saint-Véran along the forest road that follows the Aiguille Blanche.

Elevation gain: 2,200m.

The 57km La Route des Contrebandiers crosses the border and is a course with 3,700m of elevation gain.

Organizers specifically flag it as a high-alpine trail profile.

Participants can enter solo or as a 2-person relay.

Elevation gain: 3700 m

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2026 edition

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startOfficial site: start is at 'Parking de Clot La Chalp, Station de ski de Molines, 05350 Molines-en-Queyras'…
Transit cardSaint-Veran is a small high-altitude village in the French Alps (Queyras) with no relevant transit card…

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

Official site: start is at 'Parking de Clot La Chalp, Station de ski de Molines, 05350 Molines-en-Queyras' (not Saint-Véran itself — race is point-to-point starting in the neighboring Molines-en-Queyras ski station). Official site info stated plainly.

No nearest train station is named on the official site (Queyras valley has no rail service).

Getting to the finish

Finish at 'Place de la Mairie, 05350 Saint-Véran', Europe's highest village (2,042m).

Start shuttle

Official site: a free return shuttle for participants operates from the parking at the bottom of Saint-Véran village back toward the start area, running 10:00am-6:00pm on race day.

Transit card

Saint-Veran is a small high-altitude village in the French Alps (Queyras) with no relevant transit card system; a car is needed to reach it, as public transport options are minimal to nonexistent.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The 2026 race will take place on Sunday, August 16.

The 57 km La Route des Contrebandiers starts at 05:00.

In August, Saint-Véran has average high and low temperatures of 20.1°C and 7.6°C, respectively.

Monthly precipitation averages 59.3 mm.

The finish area in Saint-Véran is at an elevation of 2,042 m, and course includes sections above 3,000 m.

Entry fee entry fees are €21 for 10 km, €32 for 21 km, €49 for 36 km and €72 for 57 km.

The 57 km relay costs €39 per participant.

Entry fee includes bib, chip timing, a T-shirt, photos, a finisher beer, aid stations and a return shuttle.

Registration requires a valid French Athletics Federation (FFA) licence or a PPS number.

Following changes to federation regulations in 2024, the medical certificate was replaced by the PPS, which is valid for three months.

Three course events have received a Bronze Label and qualify as qualifiers for the 2027 French Trail Championships (Long and Short).

Three course events are included in the FFA South Regional Trail Challenge, while two course events are included in the Provence Trail Challenge.

One event will serve as a qualifying race for the Long Mountain category of the 2026 National Trail Challenge.

Times are local to Saint-Véran. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Le Grand Tetras

Hotel · 555m

8.3/10(237)

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QC Terme Torino Spa

€71

Trail des Étoiles

About Trail des Étoiles — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run