19th May 2023
Trail des Celtes
Legend has it that if you go there at night, you can meet elves. On this intermediate route, which follows the path of wonders to the meeting place of Saint Odile, you will see the peaks of the Bloss and the Heidenkopf.
Race Category
Running Stones
2
Practical Info
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You will find here all the information you need concerning your race.
Runners and supporters shuttles are available from Parking du Stade in Obernai, find all the information on this page.
Obernai, parking des remparts
- Thursday, 18th from 2:00pm to 8:00pm
- Friday, 19th from 6:30am to 8:30am
No collection of race numbers at the start of the race.
You will have the possibility to leave a bag at the starting point of your race in Barr, you will find it at your arrival in Obernai. You will find changing rooms and showers near the finish.
The start will be in three waves:
- The first at 9:50 am
- The second at 10 am
- The third at 10:10 am
The starting time is decided according to the runner's UTMB Index. If you don't have an UTMB Index, you will start in the 3rd wave.
Runners may take a shower only at the end of the race. Runners need to show their race bib in order to enter the shower. During the race, showers - when available - are only accessible on medical advice.
Discover the provisional race program and all the animations planned to enjoy these 4 days of event here.
Participate in Trail des Celtes
All the information you need to know before starting an extraordinary adventure.
Presentation Trail des Celtes
Celtic ballad at the summit
You will set off on this 50K trail from Barr, a wine-growing town in the foothills of the Vosges mountains. After leaving the wine trails, the course goes into the forest to reach the first of the 7 castles crossed by the course. When you arrive at the top of the Bloss, you will be able to admire a succession of clear panoramas before discovering the Mont Sainte-Odile, emblematic place of the region watching over the plain of Alsace. Over the next sixteen kilometers, you will evolve at the foot of the other castles to move away from the plateau of the Fairies and regain the legendary atmosphere of the elves until the summit of the Heidenkopf near an ancient Celtic site. The most courageous can climb the steps of the Mündel tower and marvel at the 360° view. After this last difficulty, the course will continue in the middle of the vineyards and will go towards the city of Rosheim, famous for its doors, vestiges of the fortifications of the city, before joining the arrival on the ramparts of Obernai.
Around the race
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