Ultra Géant de Provence - UGP

Ultra Géant de Provence - UGP

It is the only race here that takes in all of the area’s ground. From Malaucène it climbs past the Groseau, the Saint-Sidoine chapel, Pic du Comte and the Crête de la Plate, with the Dentelles de Montmirail, the Baronnies and the Toulourenc valley below. It then runs the Toulourenc gorges from Entrechaux to Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux before the big climb to the summit of Mont Ventoux.

The second half turns south and west: down to the Lac du Paty, through Le Barroux, across the northern Dentelles de Montmirail to Gigondas, and home over the Saint-Amand ridges to Malaucène. The organiser lists 4 Running Stones and direct entry to the finals category. Aid stations, cutoffs and start waves are not on the race page.

A midnight start means the first climbs, and the gorges, happen in the dark, and the finish can come late on Saturday night. With a Livebib link the runner shares, family follow the position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates through the night and the day. In the Toulourenc gorges and on the far side of the mountain, if the phone loses signal, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated rather than frozen. It opens in a browser, with no account or app, and the runner decides who gets it.