A single-stage crossing, with no assistance and no classic aid stations, through the four faces of Álava: forest, vineyard, mountain range and plain.
In its most literal sense, larre names the meadow and high pasture: open, uncultivated land where livestock grazes freely. It also names open mountain ground and places with no marked paths — by extension, wild and rugged terrain — and, figuratively, what remains undomesticated, still belonging to everyone and no one.
The word holds, in a single syllable, the whole map of Álava: the beech forests of Izki Natural Park and the oak woods of Valderejo Natural Park; the terraced vineyards of Rioja Alavesa beneath the Toloño range; the limestone ground and gorges of Okina; the cereal plain of Llanada Alavesa; the high pastoral paths of the Entzia range; and the vast Ullíbarri-Gamboa reservoir, the territory's inland mirror.
From the centuries-old beech forests of Izki Natural Park and the limestone gorges of Okina, we descend through Montaña Alavesa towards the Laguardia vineyards beneath the Toloño range, facing the Ebro valley and the first lands of Rioja.
We cross medieval villages in Rioja Alavesa, climb through Kanpezo and Maeztu, and reach the Entzia range, where the herds of the last Álava transhumant shepherds still graze, before returning through Agurain and Guevara to Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Forest, vineyard, mountain range and plain. No assistance, no classic aid stations, no mandatory rest. With a GPS track, a brevet card and the certainty that the mountains are earned step by step.
A 214 km ultra across the Álava mountain ranges, non-stop and self-supported, with 150 annual places and audiovisual production handled with obsessive care.
LARRE Long Distance is a 214 km ultra-trail with 6,020 metres of positive elevation gain, tracing a loop through the Entzia, Toloño, Cantabria and Izki ranges, starting and finishing in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Designed as a self-supported event, runners must manage food, navigation and rest with one backup only: a GPS tracker and a brevet card stamped at discreet checkpoints.
Entries are limited to 150 runners. Not for marketing — by conviction. A small community makes it possible to maintain a level of care in production, photography, merchandising and briefing that would be impossible in a mass event.
The aesthetic and communication philosophy has its own code: carefully crafted visual communication, a yearly cinematic film, bibs and caps treated as objects of desire, and a typographic web presence with its own personality built on Shopify (registration, payment gateway and merchandising store integrated). Each participant receives a welcome pack reduced to essentials: organic cotton cap, commemorative technical organic cotton shirt (a unique model each edition · collectible object), combined roadbook-brevet on FSC card stock and a finisher medal after crossing the line. The technical fabric bib is delivered separately as operational material. Four objects, none disposable, none repeated year after year.
No classic aid stations. The runner plans the race like an expedition.
150 bibs maximum. No expandable waiting list. A small community by design.
Visual production and materials treated as authored objects, not event giveaways.
Every passage through a village is a collaboration, not an intrusion. Zero conflict, maximum respect.
Some will approach it that way, but LARRE is a personal challenge. For many, the challenge will simply be to finish.
There will be a final classification by arrival order. But, following the traditions of ultra-cycling, bikepacking and long self-supported routes, there will be no prize for the fastest participant beyond the honour of arriving first.
Here, trophies are not handed out for speed. The privilege is having been there.
Vitoria · Okina · Maeztu · Laguardia · Kanpezo · Agurain · Guevara · Vitoria. A loop stitching Llanada Alavesa to Rioja Alavesa across four mountain ranges.
The mountain landscape we cross is not a backdrop. It is our only reason to exist as an event.
LARRE rests on a simple, hard idea: the only trace we leave in the mountains is our footprint. No wrappers, no stickers, no gels, no tape strips. What enters the mountains with the runner leaves the mountains with the runner.
It is not a slogan. It is the condition of entry. Every brevet card carries a zero-waste protocol signed at the briefing. Dropping a single package on the route — documented by photo, organiser, volunteer, another runner or scouting camera — means immediate disqualification and a ban from future editions. No nuance, no prior warning, no second chance.
That strictness is deliberate. It is the only way to build a community that understands the privilege of crossing Izki, Toloño and Entzia. Most runners already practising self-sufficiency live this naturally; we write it down so nobody arrives unaware.
The second axis is material durability. We produce few objects, make them to last for years, and design each one by thinking about how it will be repaired before how it will be discarded. The First Edition cap should still be in use in 2032. The brevet card is not a sheet of paper: it is FSC card stock meant to be framed. The bib is technical fabric with reinforced stitching, not a piece of tyvek that lasts one morning.
The most sustainable thing we produce is what we do not produce. Every year we review the whole pack and remove what adds no value. We do not give things away for the sake of it. If a shirt is not the best shirt you will own this year, we do not give it to you.
Almost everything that defines LARRE is a list of things we will not do. Every NO on this page is a conscious decision — something the inertia of the trail market would push us towards and that we have rejected as incoherent with the project.
Saying NO is the only way to protect what matters. This list is neither exhaustive nor final: it grows every year as we learn what erodes the event and what sustains it. It is the counterweight to the manifesto, just as explicit and much harder to fulfil.
This list will grow every year. If a decision we take today proves incoherent with the project, next year it enters WE DO NOT and stays there. It is the only honest way to improve: documenting what we reject, not only what we defend.
And if we are wrong in this document, we will correct it with the same bluntness with which we wrote it.
LARRE sustainability is not a badge on a website: it is a series of technical decisions at every stage of the project. No greenwashing, no green marketing — real measured reduction and symbolic compensation of the unavoidable through Retree the Planet.
Organic cotton cap and shirt (unique annual model · collectible object), combined roadbook-brevet on FSC card stock, recycled metal finisher medal. Technical bib delivered separately as operational material. Zero single-use plastics, zero decorative merchandising.
Pack produced in Álava whenever possible: local screen printing, sewing in local workshops, wines and preserves for the finish from producers less than 30 km from the route.
GPS devices rented year after year, not disposable. Reused cases and straps. All event electronics are managed through rental, not purchase.
Vitoria train station is 5 minutes from the start. Persistent communication encourages train over car. Shared and electric staff vehicles whenever possible.
Annual calculation of event emissions (transport, production, staff accommodation) and compensation through reforestation with Retree the Planet and local planting with HAZI / Provincial Council projects.
Every material in the pack is designed to last years, not hours. The cap should still be used in 2032. The roadbook-brevet should be framed, not thrown away. The organic cotton shirt — a unique model each edition — becomes a collectible object: repeat LARRE runners collect a different piece every year. It is the antithesis of the event kit.
Transibérica philosophy applied to trail: few brands, all coherent, all exclusive in their category. We do not sell logos on banners — we sell very high-quality visual content, expert product feedback and association with an authored event.
Brands valued by expert runners for durability, repairability and technical design, not mass advertising. Collaboration must provide useful product or real editorial content.
Far from sugary gels. Precise, solid and organic nutrition for ultra-distance.
GPS watch, headlamps and mapping. Critical in an event with self-supported night sections.
The finish is a moment of high emotional value. Brand activation here is pure marketing.
Brands that are not strictly sports brands but share the outdoor runner audience.
Why a brand should pay for LARRE despite it being a 150-runner event: six concrete levers that justify premium sponsorship.
Each brand receives a photo and cinematic video kit of its product in real use during 36-60 h of the event. Editorial-quality images the brand can use in annual communication: campaigns, ecommerce, packaging, social.
150 elite runners testing product for 30-50 continuous hours in extreme conditions. The structured technical feedback the brand receives (post-event questionnaire + interviews) is gold for R&D and sales arguments.
One brand per vertical: footwear, nutrition, GPS, insurance, winery. No saturation, no direct competition. Association value multiplies by being the only reference in its category at LARRE.
Each sponsor receives a dedicated editorial story on LARRE official web and social channels: interview with an athlete using the product, technical feature, short video. It is not advertising: it is brand journalism.
The 150 runners voluntarily publish their own content before, during and after the event. Estimated aggregate audience: 250,000-500,000 social impressions. Sponsors appear organically in hundreds of authentic posts.
The official briefing brings the 150 runners together in Vitoria 24 hours before the start. Sponsors can organise a showroom, technical talks, shoe-fitting sessions or pack adjustments. A 100% qualified and captive audience.
Everything a runner — and an organiser — wants to know before signing up. Direct, honest, no-marketing format, in the spirit of major self-supported routes.
Registration opens in January 2027. Places are limited to 150 runners. Selection combines two criteria: strict order of arrival of pre-registration + a mandatory motivation letter where the runner explains their link with self-sufficiency, previous sporting path and why they want to run LARRE.
The letter is not decorative: previous long-distance experience, knowledge of the territory, alignment with the zero code and personal reasons are valued. The organisation reserves 10% of places (15 bibs) for profiles that contribute to the project spirit regardless of chronological order.
The estimated fee is €387 (base model, without assuming institutional sponsorship) or €270 (aspirational model with confirmed institutional support). The price includes rescue insurance, GPS tracker, welcome pack (numbered edition organic cotton cap, commemorative technical shirt, combined roadbook-brevet, technical fabric bib), finisher medal, official briefing and event audiovisual production.
Immediate disqualification and ban from future editions. This is not a symbolic rule. It is the central condition of the project and is applied without nuance, prior warning or second chance. It is the only rule in the regulations with no appeal.
Any waste (gel wrapper, bar wrapper, tape strip, bottle, tissue, cigarette butt) dropped outside an authorised collection point in an inhabited area is grounds for disqualification. A report may come from any verifiable source: organisation, volunteer, another runner, neighbour, scouting camera or dated photo. Each brevet card carries the protocol signed at the briefing.
The rule also applies to companions following the runner in villages: the runner is responsible for the footprint of their immediate surroundings during the event. It is a collective commitment, not an individual one.
Yes. There is a mandatory official GPS track delivered 30 days before the start. The route is fixed: Vitoria – Okina – Maeztu – Laguardia – Kanpezo – Agurain – Guevara – Vitoria.
Leaving the track is not allowed except in force majeure cases (extreme weather, mountain closure due to fire, etc.). The brevet card must be stamped at each of the 6 intermediate checkpoints; missing any checkpoint stamp means disqualification.
214 km · 6,020 m D+ · 50-hour cut-off. It combines forest trails (Izki beech forests, Okina oak woods), rural tracks across Llanada Alavesa, vineyards and medieval villages in Rioja Alavesa, high pastoral paths across the Entzia range and some forest track and secondary-road sections between regions.
Technically it is a medium trail (no exposed passages or mountaineering), but the distance, accumulated elevation and self-sufficiency make it demanding at any level.
Yes. Along the whole route there are villages and bars every 15-30 km. The self-sufficiency philosophy means the runner plans stops at publicly open establishments: bars, bakeries, supermarkets and inventoried public fountains.
The organisation does not provide private aid stations. The pre-event roadbook details all supply points, their usual opening hours and the public fountains verified during scouting.
The organisation provides a list of partner accommodation in Vitoria, Laguardia, Maeztu and Agurain (with discount code), but each runner manages their own bookings.
We recommend arriving in Vitoria at least 24 h before to attend the official technical briefing (Thursday, July 1 in the afternoon) and mandatory kit check. The pre-event dinner is optional but highly recommended for community reasons.
Of course. The DotWatching platform allows every runner to be followed live from anywhere. The most accessible points for physical support are Laguardia (km 130) and Maeztu (km 165).
We ask for absolute respect for the self-sufficiency spirit: you may cheer and give emotional support, but not provide food, gear changes or mechanical/medical assistance outside official points. Breaking this rule means disqualification.
First Edition · Friday, July 2, 2027, start at 16:00 from Plaza de los Fueros, Vitoria-Gasteiz. Control closure: Sunday, July 4 at 18:00 (50 hours).
Mandatory technical briefing: Thursday, July 1 at 18:00. Mandatory kit check: Thursday from 15:00 to 18:00. Closing event, commemorative gift handover and official meal: Sunday, July 4 at 20:00.
It means the clock runs from start to finish without pause. Runners decide when and where to sleep, eat, rest or stop. There are no official stages, no daily cut-offs, no schedules.
It is the classic model of ultra-cycling, bikepacking and long self-supported routes: you manage your own race. Some runners will barely sleep; others will take two 4-hour bivouacs. Both are valid strategies.
Each runner carries a GPS tracker with SOS button and must also carry their own navigation device (GPS watch or phone with the track loaded and a powerbank). If you move more than 200 metres away from the track, the system detects the deviation and sends you an alert.
The organisation monitors positions in real time from the control centre in Vitoria. If a serious deviation persists, you will be called on your contact phone. If there is no answer, the search protocol with the local guard is activated.
There are no mechanical problems here :) — but there are injuries, chafing, digestive issues or damaged equipment (pack, headlamp, shoes). Each runner is responsible for their gear and must carry the mandatory minimum kit (thermal blanket, whistle, bandage, charged phone, water).
Bars, pharmacies and small shops in route villages allow minor issues to be solved. For serious emergencies: tracker SOS. The organisation does not repair or replace gear.
No. Some will approach it like a race, but LARRE is a personal challenge. For many, the challenge will simply be to finish.
There will be a final classification by arrival order. But, following the traditions of ultra-cycling, bikepacking and long self-supported routes, there will be no prize for the fastest participant beyond the honour of arriving first.
There is no trophy for speed. No cash prize. No record bonus. Each finisher receives the same commemorative gift: a medal, a photo and entry into the roll of honour. Nothing more, nothing less. The only difference between first and last is the time they cross the line.
Yes. A specific ultra-trail insurance policy is included in registration, with rescue coverage (including helicopter) and international civil liability. Coverage is valid during the event period (Thursday to Sunday) and activates automatically when you collect your bib.
Even so, we recommend each runner reviews their personal coverage (hospitalisation, repatriation if international, risk sports in private insurance).
By registering, the runner grants image rights for editorial and promotional event use: official website, social media, annual video, sponsor dossier, specialist press.
Direct commercial use of a runner's image (product advertising, external campaigns) requires individual written authorisation. The organisation does not transfer or sell runner images to third parties without consent.
Registration, sponsorship, press or territory. One contact point to keep the conversation organised.