The route
104 km on an overnight loop through the Aspe valley, over passes and past mountain huts, 6,888 m of climbing along the way.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
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Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Overnight, this loop strings together the passes of the Aspe valley, on a route that never stays down for long before climbing again.
9 pm, in Bedous, Place François Saraillé: night has barely fallen when it all begins. The route first climbs to the Plateau d'Ourdinse, then drops to the village of Aydius.
It climbs back to the Col de Bergout, crosses the Col de Bouésou, then passes the Refuge de l'Abérouat, before reaching the route's highest elevation.
The route drops through Lauzart before returning to Bedous for the finish. 24 hours, not a minute more, for the overnight loop.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The relief of the course, a loop from Bedous, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the title block, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Updated Route and text: Plotrek workshop (Fabrice Jolivet)
The organiser announces 100 km for the 2026 edition. Plotrek's illustrative route, redrawn on OpenStreetMap paths, measures 104.4 km and 6,888 m of gain. It is a loop, with Bedous as start and finish, Refuge de l'Abérouat at km 57.4 and Lauzart at km 87.9.
24 hours for the 2026 edition, according to the organiser's website, read on 17 September 2026. That is the time allowed to cover the announced 100 km. Start: Bedous, at 9 pm. The time limit can change from one edition to the next; the organiser's rules prevail.
The highest point of Plotrek's route is at 2,036 m, at km 77.9. The high point lies between two landmarks of the course: Refuge de l'Abérouat (1,447 m, km 57.4) and Lauzart (847 m, km 87.9). The start and finish are both at 417 m.
1,198 m of elevation gain in one go, from km 31.7 to km 41.5 of Plotrek's route. No other climb on the 104.4 km loop is as long. Average gradient of this section: 12.2%. It accounts for 17% of the route's elevation gain. Altitudes measured on the route, with a terrain model.
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