e-Raid OIKEN
DATE
August 22, 2026
FREE START BETWEEN
10H00 and 10H30
DISTANCES
35 KM
ELEVATION GAIN
845 M
(With gondola)
36th BCVS Grand Raid
Would you like to go for a bike ride, taste local produce and discover a route accessible to all?
The OIKEN e-Raid is for you!
The OIKEN e-Raid offers you a 35km route, without a stopwatch, on an e-bike or traditional mountain bike. Enjoy local produce along the way and a raclette at the summit of Crêt du Midi in Vercorin.
New for 2026
From 2026, the finish of the OIKEN E-Raid course will be in front of the Grimentz-Zinal (Bendolla) ski lifts in the village of Grimentz, just a hundred meters from the Grand Raid BCVS party zone.
Route Map and Technical Information
Departure time
From Nax
| Nax e-Raid OIKEN | Départ libre de 10h00 à 10h30 |
Access Crêt du Midi – Vercorin
Restaurant Crêt du Midi
You can choose to take the gondola up to the top of the hill, or for the more sporty, you can go up by mountain bike.
(Estimated time: approx. 1h00)
Don’t forget your Magic Pass if you have one.
Informations
- Start: Balcon du Ciel in Nax.
- You will be allocated a race number at the race number ceremony in Sion.
- You can take the cable car up from Vercorin to Crêt du Midi or ride your mountain bike.
- There are no podium awards planned for this category.
- Part of the route is on forest roads and asphalt.
- This category combines local produce tasting and discovery.
- The return journey by bus from Grimentz is only as far as Sion.
- No electric bike rental service is planned. We recommend that you contact one of our check point partner stores.
Transportation arranged to get to the starting point in Nax for the E-Raid OIKEN
If you’d like to take the shuttle bus departing from Sion to the starting point in Nax, click below:
1) By post
or
2) Friday, August 21, 2026
In Sion: Cave Maison Gilliard SA
In Verbier: In the parking lot at the post office
Route without cable car to the summit of Crêt du Midi in Vercorin
