Le Trail du Grand Genève - Sunday 15 June 2025

The Salève Marathon is a cross-border trail starting from the Vessy sports centre in Geneva. It offers several race formats across the Salève massif, between Switzerland and France, with a passage through the Orjobet cave, the Salève ridge, the village of Monnetier, then a return to Switzerland via the Seymaz and a finish in the La Grange park, facing Lake Geneva.

Course

• Salève Marathon - 40 km / 1504 m D+ (climb)
  Start at 08:00 - 3 refreshment points - time barrier at Monnetier (km 20.9, 12:00) and Étrembière customs (km 30.6, 13:30)
  Technical section in the Orjobet cave, ridge, Petit Salève, return via the Seymaz.
  UTMB Index 50K

• 25 km - D+ 738 m
  Start at 09.00 - 2 feed stations - same time barriers
  Climb the Pas de l'Échelle, loop around in France and return via the Seymaz.
  UTMB Index 20K

• Relay 2 - 2 x 20 km
  Relay at Monnetier - 1st mountain section (+1359 m), 2nd more gentle section (+61 m)

• 3-way relay - 10 / 18 / 9 km
  Corner and Pas de l'Échelle relay - 1st section: 459 m D+, 2nd: 900 m D+, 3rd: 61 m D+.

• 12 km - D+ 146 m
  Start at 09:30 - 1 feed station
  Trail, walk or joëlette format - looping route through the islands of Étrembière and the Seymaz.

• 8 km - D+ 85 m
  Start at 10.00 - 1 feed station
  Trail-walking format - loop around the Arve cliffs and return via the Seymaz.

• 1 km children and parents-children
  Start at 2.00 pm from La Grange - refreshments at the finish

Practical information

• Departure point Vessy sports centre (except 1 km race)

• Place of arrival At: Parc La Grange, Geneva

• Refreshments depending on distance, no cups provided - personal containers compulsory

• Compulsory equipment Telephone, water (quantity varies according to format), survival blanket, whistle, food, appropriate weather equipment

The Trail du Grand Genève offers a range of accessible formats for different levels of ability, on a variety of routes including forest paths, technical sections and urban sections.