Cross-country skiing : start of the popular season on 20 December at Les Moussières, end of winter on 29 March at Les Saisies
The mainstays of the cross-country skiing season, the popular races will once again be attracting large numbers of cross-country skiers to the French slopes this winter, from December until the end of March.
The 2025/2026 season opens on 20 and 21 December with Les Belles Combes in Les Moussières (Jura), organised by Haut-Jura Ski. The club, chaired by Kirsten de Stryker, has already planned for possible withdrawals in the event of a lack of snow, with 14 and 15 February as the back-up dates.
After that, cross-country runners will be able to take part in the Risouxloppet, the Ronde des Cimes, the Marathon de Bessans, the Foulée Blanche, the Tour de Sagnard, the Envolée Nordique, the Nordique des Crêtes, the Bornandine and the reinvented Trace Vosgienne. This year’s event in the Vosges will feature a brand new formula: a night-time “Trace Vosgienne Night” headlamp race on 31 January, over three distances (7.5, 15 and 30 km).
On the programme for the rest of the winter: the Marathon des Neiges, the Savoyarde, the Trans’Vercors – which is making a comeback after a three-year absence – the Transju’Classic, the Transjurassienne, the Marathon du Turchet, the Marathon du Grand-Bec, the Traversée du Massacre, the Traversée de la Ramaz, the Gérômoise, the Marathon des Glières, and finally the Marathon des Saisies, on 29 March, to round off the popular season.
The 2025/2026 calendar of popular cross-country ski races
- 20 December: Les Belles Combes, Les Moussières, 15-30 km FT
- 21 December: Les Belles Combes, Les Moussières, 21-42 km CT
- 28 December: La Risouxloppet, Chaux-Neuve, 12.5-25 km FT
- 4 January: Ronde des Cimes, Les Fourgs, 10-30 km FT
- 10 January: Bessans Marathon, Bessans, 15-30 km CT
- 11 January: Bessans Marathon, Bessans, 10-23-42-60 km FT
- 25 January: Foulée Blanche, Autrans-Méaudre, 5-10-21-42 km FT
- 25 January: Tour de Sagnard, La Sagne, 20-20 km FT
- 25 January: Envolée Nordique, Chapelle-des-Bois, 25-42 km FT
- 25 January: Nordique des Crêtes, Markstein, 10-25-42 km FT
- 31 January: La Bornandine, Le Grand-Bornand, 25-42 km FT
- 31 January: La Trace Vosgienne, Gérardmer, 7.5-15-30 km FT
- 1 February: Marathon des Neiges, Nanchez, 15-30 km FT
- 1 February: La Savoyarde, La Féclaz, 21-42 km FT
- 1 February: Trans’Vercors, Saint-Agnan / Villard-de-Lans, 53 km FT
- 7 February: Transju’Classic, Les Rousses, 25-50 km CT
- 8 February: Transjurassienne, Lamoura, 25-50-70 km FT
- 15 February: Marathon du Turchet, Les Pontets, 15-30 km FT
- 22 February: Marathon du Grand-Bec, Champagny, 10-21-42 km FT
- 1st March: Traversée du Massacre, Prémanon, 21-42 km FT
- 1st March: Traversée de la Ramaz, Praz-de-Lys, 15-30 km FT
- 13 March: La Gérômoise, Gérardmer, 15-30 km FT
- 15 March: Marathon des Glières, Plateau des Glières, 4-10-30 km FT
- 29 March: Marathon des Saisies, Les Saisies, 20-21-42 km FT
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