Grand Raid des Cathares
ABOUT
About Grand Raid des Cathares
The Grand Raid des Cathares (GRC) is the flagship ultra of the Aude, based around Carcassonne, with a 12th edition slated for October 9-11, 2026. Five formats from 25 km to the 161 km Ultra cross the Cathar castles, the Corbières and the Montagne Noire.
PICK YOUR RACE
The course, estimator and times below adapt to your pick
Current pick: Grand Raid des Cathares — Trail des Vignes · 42 km · 1,800 m D+
The presentation above is shared across Grand Raid des Cathares · the blocks below (course, estimator, results, logistics, weather…) reflect your pick.
BLOCK 2 · COURSE
42 km, 1,800 m climb
Course map, elevation profile, notable segments, aid stations and cutoffs.
BLOCK 3 · ESTIMATOR
Your real finish time
Link your data or your ITRA, we calibrate against the historical peloton.
What's your real finish time?
Link Strava, Coros, Garmin or Suunto — or use your ITRA. We compare your profile to thousands of finishers and compute your time with confidence interval.
Ballpark by profile. Compute yours in 2 min.
- ~5h30
Trained runner
Top 10 % of finishers
- ~7h00
Regular runner
Around the median
- ~9h00
Conservative pace
Comfortable margin
BLOCK 4 · DATA & RESULTS
2026 edition — times and roll of honour
Winners, median time, finish rate, distribution. Claim your finish to reveal your full name.
Find your finish time
Search across all historical finishers.
No results yet for Trail des Vignes 2026.
Results are added shortly after each edition.
BLOCK 5 · LOGISTICS
Pre-race essentials
How to get there (train, carpool), bib pickup, mandatory gear, and everything you need to know on-site.
How to get there
Pick your way in
Come by train
Get to the race by train
Nearest station: Carcassonne — 1 km from the start. Eco-friendly, no parking hassle.
Dates on SNCF Connect must be re-selected on the next page (their URL doesn't yet carry them).
Carpool
Share the ride with other runners
Soon: a per-race carpool thread with direct runner-to-runner listings. In the meantime, check BlaBlaCar or local Facebook groups.
Weather & conditions
Plan for what's coming up there.
Live forecast
Available starting J-14 — 119 days to go.
BLOCK 8 · COMMUNITY
From finishers, for finishers
Ratings, race reports, photos, Q&A. What you won't read on the official site.
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