Date
Sat, 19 Jun 2027
Start
06:00
Venue
Centre village, Vallouise
Vallouise-Pelvoux, Hautes-Alpes
Countdown
June
The big one of the weekend: 59 km and 3,400 m of climbing from Vallouise, with a duo option if you'd rather share the suffering. A proper day out in the mountains.
Key facts
01Enter solo or as a duo, with team results ranked separately
02Plan for a long day: this is a full ultra-distance mountain effort
Create a free training plan for the Grand Trail des Écrins 59 km
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The course
The route
Vallouise-Pelvoux
Distance59km
Total climb3,400m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate52.0 km
Weather
Mid-June, Vallouise-Pelvoux
17°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
-1°CColdest in 20 years
43%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 43% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserAssociation Trailers des Écrins (Écrins Trail Running)
Websitegrand-trail-des-ecrins.com
Instagram@traildesecrins
Running since2007
Training
Training for the Grand Trail des Écrins 59 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Grand Trail des Écrins 59 km plan targets
Typical sessions
59 km with 3,400 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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