80 kmMixed road & trail🇫🇷 Saint-Etienne, France

Saintֳ©Lyon

Saturday, 28 November 2026In 48 days · Start 23:30

France's classic winter night race: about 80 km by headtorch from Saint-Etienne over the frozen Monts du Lyonnais to Lyon, with around 8,000 starters.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against saintelyon.com, saintelyon.com.

Elevation gain

2,000 m

Mountain · ↓ 2,350 m

Start altitude

526 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

4°C

Peaks around 4°C

Entry fee

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Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Point to point

16.5h cut-off

Getting thereFly into LYS (Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône), about 63 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Mountain: about 2,000 m of climbing and 2,350 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

4°C

Peak during race

4°C

Humidity

88%

Chance of rain

26%

Wind

10 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 28 November ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 23:30 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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