Course Descriptions

50 km

• North Road
• Right turn on East Road
• Left turn towards McDonald Lake Log Cabin
• Cross road into Poachers Trail
• Turn right onto Blue Lake Road
• Continue past Aid Station # 1 around right curve up hill
• Turn left on The Pass
• Turn right onto road
• Quickly turn left on Redstone Vista
• Turn left at To Ben’s sign
• Turn right on Ben’s Trail
• Turn right on Krista Trail
• Turn left onto “Krista Trail” (this is a rarely used portion of the trial)
• Continue to Aid Station #2 (formerly known as the second best aid station)
• Follow Marsh Lake Road to “T” intersection at East Road
• Turn right and go across the bridge
• Immediately turn left on Black Creek Trail.
• Black Creek trail becomes a road
• Turn left at Birchy Lakes road
• Turn right at Outlook
• Do not take the left turn to the Outlook, continue on Outlook trail
• Turn left onto Lookout trail
• Do not turn right on the trail up to the Lookout
• Turn left at the Y (if you miss the Y and see the road before you enter Aid Station #3 turn around you are off course)
• Enter Aid Station #3 (formerly the very best aid station in the world)
• Leave Aid Station #3 turning left on Dutton Road
• Turn left at mile post 8.0 (to Green Trail)
• Turn right on Green Trail
• Turn left on North Shore Trail (everyone’s new favourite)
• At the Water Stop, turn left across the bridge, follow Blue flags to East Road
• Turn left until you hit Greg Trail
• Turn right on Greg Trail
• Turn right on Marsh Lake Road
• Go through Aid Station #2
• Run up Krista Hill
• Curve right onto Krista Trail at the bottom of the hill
• Turn left on Ben’s Trail
• Be very careful not to miss a hard left turn onto the connector to Redstone Vista (it’s a very inviting downhill that is nasty to reclimb)
• Right on Redstone Vista
• Right on Pelaw Lake Road
• Immediate left on The Pass
• Right on Blue Lake Road
• Through Aid Station # 1
• Left onto Poachers Trail
• Across road towards McDonald Lake Log Cabin
• Run up East Road to Normac Trial (to Dog Trail)
• Turn left on Dog Trail
• Turn left on Dogs Ear to Aid Station #4
• Turn left on North Road
• Immediately turn right onto Wild Woods Walk
• Continue on WWW Top Side
• Follow flags to the left and then turn right on North Road towards Base

50 Mile (2 loops) and 100 mile (4 loops)

• North Road
• Right turn on East Road
• Left turn towards McDonald Lake Log Cabin
• Cross road into Poachers Trail
• Turn right onto Blue Lake Road
• Continue past Aid Station # 1 around right curve up hill
• Turn left on The Pass
• Turn right onto Pelaw Lake road
• Quickly turn left on Redstone Vista
• Turn left at To Ben’s sign
• Turn right on Ben’s Trail
• Turn right on Krista Trail
• Turn left onto “Krista Hill” (this is a rarely used portion of the trial)
• Continue to Aid Station #2 (formerly known as the second best aid station)
• Follow Marsh Lake Road to “T” intersection at East Road
• Turn right and go across the bridge
• Immediately turn left on Black Creek Trail.
• Black Creek trail becomes a road
• Turn left at Birchy Lakes road
• Turn right onto Outlook
• Do not take the left turn to the Outlook, continue on Outlook trail
• Turn left onto Lookout trail
• Do not turn right on the trail up to the Lookout
• Turn left at the Y after the shelter cabin (if you miss the Y and see the road before you enter Aid Station #3 turn around you are off course)
• Enter Aid Station #3 (formerly the very best aid station in the world)
• Leave Aid Station #3 turning left on Dutton Road. If you don’t go into the aid station, it’s a right turn)
• Turn left at mile post 8.0 (“to Green Trail”)
• Turn right on Green Trail
• Turn left on North Shore Trail (everyone’s new favourite)
• At the Water Stop, continue on North Shore Trail
• Left onto Chico Trail
• Cross Red Trail into Normac Trail
• Turn right on Dog Trail
• Turn left on Dogs Ear to Aid Station #4 (they think they’re the best but they are #4)
• Turn left on North Road
• Immediately turn right onto Wild Woods Walk
• Continue on WWW Top Side
• Follow flags to the left and then turn right on North Road towards Base
• After your 2 or 4 laps, sit down.