Raid de l'Archange 2026

Raid de l'Archange is an unmarked ultra trail in Normandy, built around roughly 300 kilometers in four self-sufficient stages. It runs in June from Beaumont-Hague, where the race also finishes, and can be done solo or in a team of up to three. The format is deliberately stripped back: runners manage their own food, navigation, fatigue, and direction, with the compass and route reading mattering as much as leg speed. Shorter La Barjo events sit alongside it, with one-day options around 15, 25, 50, and 80 kilometers. The long raid uses hiking trails on the Cotentin peninsula, much of it on the GR 223 coastal path marked by the Manche department. Parts of the race follow the west and north coast of Cotentin, with material describing night running on the GR223 from Mont Saint-Michel toward La Hague by way of Normandy beaches. The fourth stage links into the 1/2 Barjo, and runners can also pair the Saturday night race with a 50 km or 80 km event. The whole thing is physical and mental: it asks for endurance, sleep management, navigation, and enough calm to keep moving when the course is not marked for you.