Grand Raid des Pyrénées Tour des Cirques

GRP Tour des Cirques Aid Station Planner

All 12 GRP Tour des Cirques checkpoints pre-loaded. Enter your goal finish time to get estimated arrival times at every aid station.

126.7km7,036m D+12 checkpointsCutoff: 41h

Full Grand Raid des Pyrénées Tour des Cirques course data: aid stations, cutoffs, course profile

Enter a goal GRP Tour des Cirques finish time and get estimated arrival times at every checkpoint - 126.7 km with around 7,036 m of climbing, with crew and drop-bag points flagged.

Goal finish time (hh:mm)

Start time

Turns every arrival into a clock time and every cutoff into a margin.

Terrain type

Terrain changes how the goal time is shared between segments, not the total. One surface everywhere cancels out.

Checkpoints (12)

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Cutoff Fri 08:45

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Cutoff Fri 13:15

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Cutoff Fri 16:15

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Cutoff Fri 18:30

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Cutoff Fri 23:15

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Cutoff Sat 03:45

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Cutoff Sat 12:30

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Cutoff Sat 16:15

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Cutoff Sat 20:15

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Cutoff Sun 00:00

Crew may meet you at

Piau-Engaly 7.1 km, by Fri 08:45
Gèdre 24.6 km, by Fri 12:52
Gavarnie 34.6 km, by Fri 15:18
Gèdre 58.7 km, by Fri 20:37
Luz-Saint-Sauveur 73.2 km, by Sat 00:02
Tournaboup 96.6 km, by Sat 05:32
Restaurant Merlans 113.5 km, by Sat 09:33

Drop bags

Luz-Saint-Sauveur 73.2 km, by Sat 00:02

Estimated arrival, cutoff margin and latest safe departure per checkpoint.
Checkpoint	Dist (km)	D+ (m)	Km-effort	Arrive by	Clock	Cutoff	Buffer	Leave by	Seg time	Seg pace/km
Start	0	0	-	0:00:00	Fri 07:00	-	-	-	-	-
Piau-Engalylikely hiking (pace)	7.1	+482	14.3	1:45:59	Fri 08:45	Fri 08:45	-1 min7:20/km-effort from the start to leave by Fri 08:45 (1% less time)	Fri 09:08Set by Gèdre (outbound)	1:45:59	14:56
Gèdre (outbound)likely hiking (pace)	24.6	+770	33.3	5:52:12	Fri 12:52	Fri 13:15	23 min	Fri 13:48Set by Gavarnie	4:06:14	14:04
Gavarnielikely hiking (pace)	34.6	+777	19.8	8:18:51	Fri 15:18	Fri 16:15	56 min	Fri 16:44Set by Refuge d'Espuguettes	2:26:39	14:40
Refuge d'Espuguetteslikely hiking (pace)	42.3	+652	14.2	10:04:01	Fri 17:04	Fri 18:30	1h26	Fri 19:41Set by Gèdre (return)	1:45:10	13:39
Gèdre (return)likely hiking (pace)	58.7	+488	28.8	13:37:03	Fri 20:37	Fri 23:15	2h38	Sat 00:19Set by Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie)	3:33:01	12:59
Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie)likely hiking (pace)	73.2	+783	27.8	17:02:54	Sat 00:02	Sat 03:45	3h42	Sat 07:00Set by Tournaboup	3:25:51	14:12
Refuge de la Glèrelikely hiking (pace)	88.2	+1610	31.9	20:58:53	Sat 03:58	-	-	Sat 10:56Set by Tournaboup	3:55:59	15:44
Tournaboup	96.6	+60	12.7	22:32:48	Sat 05:32	Sat 12:30	6h57	Sat 14:35Set by Refuge d'Aygues Cluses	1:33:55	11:11
Refuge d'Aygues Cluseslikely hiking (pace)	103.1	+695	13.5	24:12:39	Sat 07:12	Sat 16:15	9h02	Sat 17:53Set by Restaurant Merlans	1:39:50	15:22
Restaurant Merlanslikely hiking (pace)	113.5	+544	19.1	26:33:49	Sat 09:33	Sat 20:15	10h41	Sat 21:16Set by Vielle-Aure (Finish)	2:21:11	13:34
Vielle-Aure (Finish)likely hiking (pace)	126.7	+175	22.1	29:17:00	Sat 12:17	Sun 00:00	11h43	-	2:43:11	12:22

Piau-Engalylikely hiking (pace)
Fri 08:45
Cutoff Fri 08:45-1 minBehind cutoff
To leave Piau-Engaly by Fri 08:45: 7:20 min/km-effort from the start, stops included - 1% less time per km-effort than your plan's 7:24 to here.
Leave by Fri 09:08Set by Gèdre (outbound)
Dist (km)
7.1
D+ (m)
+482
Seg time
1:45:59
Seg pace/km
14:56
Gèdre (outbound)likely hiking (pace)
Fri 12:52
Cutoff Fri 13:1523 minTight
Leave by Fri 13:48Set by Gavarnie
Dist (km)
24.6
D+ (m)
+770
Seg time
4:06:14
Seg pace/km
14:04
Gavarnielikely hiking (pace)
Fri 15:18
Cutoff Fri 16:1556 minTight
Leave by Fri 16:44Set by Refuge d'Espuguettes
Dist (km)
34.6
D+ (m)
+777
Seg time
2:26:39
Seg pace/km
14:40
Refuge d'Espuguetteslikely hiking (pace)
Fri 17:04
Cutoff Fri 18:301h26
Leave by Fri 19:41Set by Gèdre (return)
Dist (km)
42.3
D+ (m)
+652
Seg time
1:45:10
Seg pace/km
13:39
Gèdre (return)likely hiking (pace)
Fri 20:37
Cutoff Fri 23:152h38
Leave by Sat 00:19Set by Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie)
Dist (km)
58.7
D+ (m)
+488
Seg time
3:33:01
Seg pace/km
12:59
Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie)likely hiking (pace)
Sat 00:02
Cutoff Sat 03:453h42
Leave by Sat 07:00Set by Tournaboup
Dist (km)
73.2
D+ (m)
+783
Seg time
3:25:51
Seg pace/km
14:12
Refuge de la Glèrelikely hiking (pace)
Sat 03:58
Leave by Sat 10:56Set by Tournaboup
Dist (km)
88.2
D+ (m)
+1610
Seg time
3:55:59
Seg pace/km
15:44
Tournaboup
Sat 05:32
Cutoff Sat 12:306h57
Leave by Sat 14:35Set by Refuge d'Aygues Cluses
Dist (km)
96.6
D+ (m)
+60
Seg time
1:33:55
Seg pace/km
11:11
Refuge d'Aygues Cluseslikely hiking (pace)
Sat 07:12
Cutoff Sat 16:159h02
Leave by Sat 17:53Set by Restaurant Merlans
Dist (km)
103.1
D+ (m)
+695
Seg time
1:39:50
Seg pace/km
15:22
Restaurant Merlanslikely hiking (pace)
Sat 09:33
Cutoff Sat 20:1510h41
Leave by Sat 21:16Set by Vielle-Aure (Finish)
Dist (km)
113.5
D+ (m)
+544
Seg time
2:21:11
Seg pace/km
13:34
Vielle-Aure (Finish)likely hiking (pace)
Sat 12:17
Cutoff Sun 00:0011h43
Dist (km)
126.7
D+ (m)
+175
Seg time
2:43:11
Seg pace/km
12:22

Highlighted rows use a pace heuristic (>12 min/km / >19 min/mi) - likely hiking by speed, not grade. The grade-based power-hike cue is ≥15% (see GAP and Incline tools). Times are distributed proportionally by km-effort. This is a budget, not a forecast: it assumes the same effort pace from start to finish, and in long races most finishers slow as the race goes on, so expect to be ahead of these times early and behind them late.

Leave by is the latest you can start the next segment and still make every cutoff ahead of you at this pace - often set by a station further on, not this one. It does not yet subtract the time you spend stopped, so treat it as the optimistic edge.

Cutoff buffers are estimates from your goal time and published barriers. Courses and barriers change - verify against the official race guide.

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GRP Tour des Cirques course in numbers

Climbing per km: 56 m
ITRA km-effort: 197 (100M)
Highest point: 2,596 m
Biggest climb: +1,770 m over 14.1 km at 11.1% (from Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie))
Steepest climb: +560 m over 3.6 km at 15.7%
Longest descent: -1,417 m over 11.6 km at 12.3% (down to Vielle-Aure (Finish))
Track climbing above 3%: 42%
Winning time / cutoff: 17h05 / 41h00 (2.4x the winner's time)

Section-by-section climbs, descents and grades are on the GRP Tour des Cirques course page.

About Grand Raid des Pyrénées Tour des Cirques

Grand Raid des Pyrénées Tour des Cirques covers 126.7 km with around 7,036 m of elevation gain, starting in Piau-Engaly, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. The overall cutoff is 41 hours.

Crew access is allowed at Piau-Engaly (7.1 km), Gèdre (outbound) (24.6 km), Gavarnie (34.6 km), Gèdre (return) (58.7 km), Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie) (73.2 km), Tournaboup (96.6 km) and Restaurant Merlans (113.5 km). Drop bags are available at Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie).

Checkpoint data approximate - verify against the current official race guide at grandraidpyrenees.com before your race.

How the splits are allocated

Your goal time is split across the GRP Tour des Cirques legs by km-effort: distance + gain/100 + loss/200. Full methodology.

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Checkpoints (12)

Piau-Engalylikely hiking (pace)

Gèdre (outbound)likely hiking (pace)

Gavarnielikely hiking (pace)

Refuge d'Espuguetteslikely hiking (pace)

Gèdre (return)likely hiking (pace)

Luz-Saint-Sauveur (base vie)likely hiking (pace)

Refuge de la Glèrelikely hiking (pace)

Tournaboup

Refuge d'Aygues Cluseslikely hiking (pace)

Restaurant Merlanslikely hiking (pace)

Vielle-Aure (Finish)likely hiking (pace)

GRP Tour des Cirques course in numbers

About Grand Raid des Pyrénées Tour des Cirques

How the splits are allocated

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