12K/26K
12 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
- Turn around at Aid Station # 1
- Return via same route to base
26 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)
- Turn around at Aid Station #2 (formerly known as the second best aid station)
- Return via same route to base
100Mile/50Mile/50K
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)
Course runs clockwise, heading to Aid Station #4 first, then #3, #2, #1.
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- Start from Base and head out on North Road
- Turn left onto Wild Woods Walk
- Continue on WWW Top Side
- Follow flags to the right and then turn left on North Road
- Turn right onto Dogs Ear to Aid Station #4
- Turn right on Dog Trail
- Turn left into Normac Trail
- Continue onto North Shore Trail to Water Stop
- Continue on North Shore Trail
- Turn right on Green Trail
- Turn left to Dutton Road at mile post 8.0
- Turn right on Dutton Road to enter Aid Station #3 (if you skip Aid Station #3, go left)
- Leaving Aid Station #3, turn left onto Lookout Trail to Black Pond Shelter Cabin
- Pass by Black Pond Shelter Cabin
- Do not turn left up to the Lookout
- Turn right onto Outlook trail
- Do not take the right turn to the Outlook Lookout Point, continue on Outlook trail
- Stay left onto Outlook
- Turn left at Birchy Lakes Road
- Turn right where Birchy Lakes Road becomes Black Creek Trail/Road
- Immediately turn right after the bridge onto East Road
- Follow East Road to the “T” intersection at Marsh Lake Road
- Turn left on Marsh Lake Road to Aid Station #2
- Go down “Krista Hill” (rarely used portion of trail)
- Turn right on Krista Trail
- Turn left on Ben’s Trail
- Turn left to Red Stone Vista
- Continue on Redstone Vista to Pelaw Lake Road
- Quickly turn right on Pelaw Lake Road
- Turn left on The Pass
- Turn right on Blue Lake Road to Aid Station #1, down the hill around the curve
- Pass through Aid Station #1, Continue to Poachers Trail
- Turn left into Poacher’s Trail
- Cross East Road to McDonald Lake Log Cabin
- Past the Cabin, Turn right on East Road
- Finish by turning left onto North Road, arriving back at Base