GAP factor 18.8% slower than flat · net elevation -0 m
Decision summary
Lower than 9% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Var Verdon Trail Canyon Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Var Verdon Trail Canyon Marathon route has 1,807 m of ascent, 1,807 m of descent and an estimated 18.8% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Var Verdon Trail Canyon Marathon route starts at Aiguines village centre and finishes at Aiguines village centre. Underfoot, expect technical mountain trail: rocky terrain, scree slopes, roots, forest paths and secured handhold/chain passages in the Cirque de Vaumale; very little grassy or runnable flat ground on the longer courses. It passes Gorges du Verdon, Galetas, Col d'Iloire, Cirque de Vaumale and Petite Foret. one of the pioneering trail races in France.
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Its normalised GAP factor is 18.8% slower than a flat course, with about 1807 m of total ascent.
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