Monna Lisa
The Monna Lisa Trail leaves the Domaine de Saint-Estève in Millau on Saturday 17 October 2026, in two waves at 09:25 and 09:50.
Millau
- Distance
- 31.5 km
- Ascent
- +1,275 m
- High point
- 845 mLauglanou (P14B)
- Stations
- 4
- Start
- 09:25 AMSat, Oct 17
The course
The whole race, as a ridgeline
▲ high point
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The organiser gives 31.5 kilometres and 1,210 metres of climb for 750 runners in the short-trail category, and describes a race within everyone’s reach by its distance but technical enough to spice up the outing on the Causse Noir. Full aid is at Betpaumes and Lauglanou, and the single barrier is at Lauglanou, km 22.9, by 14:30.
Finishers receive a dated medal and a Causses buffet in a traditional barn. Bibs are collected at the Salon du Trail on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October, from 12:00 to 19:00.
The Monna Lisa starts and finishes in Millau, and spends the hours between on the Causse Noir. A runner who shares their Livebib broadcast lets family follow the climb from Carbassas, the corniches of the Dourbie and the last stretch over the Pouncho d’Agast, with the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes, in a browser with no app.
About Festival des Templiers Monna Lisa 2026
Festival des Templiers Monna Lisa 2026 starts on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 09:25 AM in Millau.
Monna Lisa: 31.5 km, 1,275 m of climbing, start and finish at Millau.
There are 4 stations on the course, 1 of them with a cutoff time.
Official website: festivaldestempliers.com
Monna Lisa
- What the name means
- Named after the village of Le Monna, above which the course plunges toward the Dourbie on a narrow, rocky path.
Carbassas is the way onto the Causse Noir, by a climb local trail runners know well, to the Croix de Paulhe and a wide view over the Tarn valley and the villages of Compeyre, Paulhe, Rivière and Boyne. Sandy tracks and forest rides then lead to the corniches of the Dourbie, and a narrow, rocky path with many roots drops above the village of Le Monna.
The course passes not far from the Grotte Rouge with the cliffs of the Boffi behind, then finishes along the corniche, a balcony above the cliffs, to the antenna of the Pouncho d’Agast, which the organiser calls the mythical summit of the Templiers, before plunging to Millau through the Grotte du Hibou.
Sources: festivaldestempliers.com
The climbs
The climbs that decide the day
The course
On the map
Open the full-resolution mapThe course
Marked trails along the course
- Espace trail Millau Grands Causses 1 Millau / Le Monna3.5 km on this trail
The roadbook
Stations
Every station on the course. Life bases carry a barrier clock in race-local time.
Millau
31.3 km to Arrivée Millau
0 km360 m
- Betpaumes P1149.3822
- Lauglanou (P14B)crew22.1817Sat 02:30 PM
- Arrivée Millau31.3394
Getting there
Nearest airports
Nearest airports
- RDZRodez–Aveyron AirportRodez/Marcillac, France · 58 km
- MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportMontpellier/Méditerranée, France · 92 km
- TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportToulouse/Blagnac, France · 148 km
- MRSMarseille Provence AirportMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 186 km
Airports with scheduled flights. Distances are in a straight line, not by road. Sources: OurAirports and Wikidata.
Course data verified October 16, 2026
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