VDA 163K Aid Station Planner
All 21 VDA 163K checkpoints pre-loaded. Prepare your inputs here, then unlock your complete roadbook in the app.
Full Val d'Aran by UTMB - VDA 163K course data: aid stations, cutoffs, course profile
Prepare your VDA 163K goal and checkpoints across 163 km and around 10,000 m of climbing. The public example is fixed; your complete personalized roadbook opens in the app.
Your start date and time travel with your inputs to the app.
Checkpoints (21)
Cutoff Fri 19:15
Cutoff Fri 22:15
Cutoff Sat 04:00
Cutoff Sat 05:30
Cutoff Sat 08:00
Cutoff Sat 09:15
Cutoff Sat 16:00
Cutoff Sat 20:45
Cutoff Sat 22:15
Cutoff Sun 00:00
Cutoff Sun 02:45
Cutoff Sun 07:00
Cutoff Sun 10:45
Cutoff Sun 13:15
Cutoff Sun 16:00
A fixed roadbook example
Example only: a 10 km section with 500 m of climbing, 300 m of descent and a 90-minute budget. This is not a prediction for your race.
- Dist (km)
- 10 km
- Section time
- 1:30
- Planned average pace
- 9:00 / km
Unlock the complete saved roadbook in the app: checkpoint times, pacing, fueling and a printable crew card. Public course facts remain available here.
Stops are not separately modeled. The app works out your splits with its own course model.
Add your race start date and time to save this plan.
VDA 163K course in numbers
- Climbing per kmClimbing per mile
- 61 m324 ft
- ITRA km-effort
- 263 (100M)
- Highest point
- 2,520 m8,268 ft
- Biggest climb
- +1,520 m over 11.0 km at 12.6% (up to Mines de Liat)+4,987 ft over 6.8 mi at 12.6% (up to Mines de Liat)
- Steepest climb
- +1,107 m over 5.9 km at 18.8% (through Santet Escunhau)+3,632 ft over 3.7 mi at 18.8% (through Santet Escunhau)
- Longest descent
- -1,190 m over 14.2 km at 7.2% (through Mont-Romies)-3,904 ft over 8.8 mi at 7.2% (through Mont-Romies)
- Track climbing above 3%
- 39%
- Winning time / cutoff
- 21h32 / 48h00 (2.2x the winner's time)
Section-by-section climbs, descents and grades are on the VDA 163K course page.
About Val d'Aran by UTMB - VDA 163K
Val d'Aran by UTMB - VDA 163K covers 163 km with around 10,000 m of elevation gain, starting in Vielha, Spain. The overall cutoff is 48 hours.
Crew access is allowed at Bossòst (49.17 km), Salardú (113.58 km) and Arties (148.81 km). Drop bags are available at Bossòst and Salardú.
Checkpoint data approximate - verify against the current official race guide at valdaran.utmb.world before your race.
How the splits are allocated
Your goal time is split across the VDA 163K legs by km-effort: distance + gain/100 + loss/200. Full methodology.
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