Mutha's Nature Trail Run - 25km Course

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25km Course Description

This first section heads east from on or parallel to the Trans-Canada Trail to Confederation Park.

  • start at New Brighton Park near the playgrounds
  • FOLLOW TRANS-CANADA TRAIL EAST under Ironworkers Memorial (Second Narrows) Bridge past CN Rail Turnoff on asphalt path
  • RIGHT ONTO SMALLER PATH a few metres after the asphalt path changes to gravel
  • LEFT ONTO WIDE GRAVEL PATH and follow it back down to the Trans-Canada Trail
  • RIGHT ONTO TRANS-CANADA TRAIL follow the trail markers (pay special attention to the green and red striped poles and trail logos on street signs) until the trail goes diagonally through a park and curves to the right alongside Willingdon Avenue

The next section takes you through Confederation Park on some nice hilly trails.

  • CONTINUE ACROSS WILLINGDON AVENUE ONTO SMALLER TRAIL approx. 10 metres to the right of a large blue Chevron sign follow this trail along a green fence ignoring any smaller offshoot trail until it comes out to a larger gravel trail
  • LEFT ONTO 'CONFEDERATION PARK LOOP'
  • LEFT AT 4 WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION ONTO SMALLER TRAIL with lots of wood planks keeping to the right and away from a fenced in area, THEN LEFT AGAIN staying on the smaller trail where a larger trail curves uphill to your right.
  • HEAD TOWARD THE RAILROAD TRACKS, GO RIGHT A FEW METRES, THEN RIGHT ON A SKINNY TRAIL UP A STEEP HILL WITH A YELLOW ROPE
  • LEFT AT 3-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION
  • LEFT AT SECOND 3-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION ONTO CONFEDERATION PARK LOOP follow it back out to Pezance Drive ingoring the smaller 'no trespassing' trails and a large wide service road to your right

This next section rejoins the Trans-Canada trail toward Burnaby Mountain.

***THE 10K COURSE SPLITS OFF TO THE RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL HEAD EAST***

  • LEFT ONTO THE TRANS-CANADA TRAIL ALONGSIDE PENZANCE DRIVE staying on the gravel path until you come to a crosswalk with a trailhead across the street
  • CONTINUE ON THE TRANS-CANADA TRAIL AFTER CROSSING THE STREET AT THE CROSSWALK
  • LEFT ON THE SIDEWALK ALONG HASTINGS STREET on the same side until you reach Kensington
  • RIGHT ONTO BIKE PATH ACROSS KENSINGTON AVENUE look down Kensington to the left about 15 metres from the corner
  • CONTINUE ONTO BACK ALLEY follow the alley until you are forced to turn to the right near some used car dealerships and come out near Hastings and Cliff

This next section takes you to Kask Brothers where you cross to the Velodrome to enter the Burnaby Mountain trails via a mixture of trails and bike paths.

  • LEFT ALONG HASTINGS THEN IMMEDIATELY LEFT ONTO BIKE PATH UNDER OVERPASS do not cross the overpass follow alongside Cliff Avenue
  • LEFT ONTO SMALL UNMARKED TRAIL WHERE GREEN FENCE PULLS AWAY FROM ROAD shortly after you pass Belcarra Street
  • CONTINUE ON BIKE ROUTE ACROSS STREET where trail comes out to road - follow the Francis/Union bike route for roughly 500m
  • LEFT WHERE BIKE PATH SPLITS AWAY FROM ROAD towards a large trail sign
  • LEFT ONTO DRUMMOND'S WALK which is a large gravel path
  • GO ACROSS BARNET HIGHWAY AT PEDESTRIAN LIGHT where the trail takes you out near Kask Brothers

This next section is the turnaround and takes you through some of the excellent running trails of Burnaby Mountain.

  • CONTINUE UP ROAD TO HARRY JEROME SPORTS CENTRE VELODROME go around the left side of the building and find a couple of paths, take the one along the fence onto the Velodrome trail
  • LEFT ONTO VELODROME TRAIL AT TRAIL SIGN there is a sign saying that the trail is closed but there is another shortly after telling you to use at your own risk due to some steep hills with no stairs. Keep this in mind as you proceed and slow down here as the trail is somewhat overgrown. Ropes have been placed where the stairs are going to be put in but I didn't need them. The section is not long so take your time.
  • RIGHT ONTO LARGER PANDORA TRAIL at first major intersection
  • WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE IT IS EASY TO MISS!!! LEFT ONTO SMALLER UNMARKED NATURE TRAIL, where a tree with the middle cut out lies across the trail and a large tree stands just after the entrance to the trail, it is a small trail so keep your eyes peeled to the left. if you come out to a road you have gone approx 200m too far
  • RIGHT ONTO LARGER BURNWOOD TRAIL at a clearing
  • LEFT ONTO TRANS-CANADA TRAIL THEN TAKE THE SIDE MARKED PEDESTRIAN AT MAJOR TRAIL INTERSECTION WITH GATES ignore the path going down and to the right at a rustic bench, keep going up and to the left
  • CONTINUE ACROSS CENTENNIAL WAY ON THE TRANS-CANADA TRAIL by the info booth.

***THIS IS WHERE THE 25KM SPLITS FROM THE 50KM COURSE***

  • CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TRANS-CANADA OUT TO A GREEN FENCE
  • LEFT ONTO PANDORA TRAIL follow it along the fence until it heads into the woods at the corner of a field
  • LEFT ONTO GNOME'S HOME which merges into the Ridgewood trail
  • LEFT ONTO BURNWOOD TRAIL

This next section back to the trail part of the Trans Canada is on the road and is why this course has more road running than the other two.  It is really only a couple km's though.

  • RIGHT ONTO HASTINGS STREET WHERE THE TRANS-CANADA INTERSECTION IS
  • FOLLOW HASTINGS TO INLET & CLIFF. CROSS AT LIGHTS TOWARDS THE OVERPASS AND FOLLOW THE TRANS-CANADA TRAIL WEST BACK TO START

From here you are retracing your steps backward to the start/finish at New Brighton Park.

  • RIGHT INTO BACK ALLEY, FOLLOW ONTO BIKE PATH, LEFT AT KENSINGTON AND BACK ALONG SIDEWALK ON HASTINGS TO TRAIL ENTRANCE. FOLLOW TRANS-CANADA BACK TO PENZANCE DRIVE AND GO RIGHT BACK INTO CONFEDERATION PARK LOOP WHERE YOU CAME OUT
  • RIGHT AT 3-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION
  • RIGHT AT 3-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION and down the steep hill with the yellow rope
  • LEFT ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND LEFT BACK ONTO THE TRAIL WITH THE WOOD PLANKS
  • RIGHT AT 3-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION
  • RIGHT AT 4-WAY TRAIL INTERSECTION ONTO CONFEDERATION PARK LOOP
  • RIGHT AFTER GREEN OFF-LEASH DOG PARK SIGN ON SMALLER TRAIL BACK TO WILLINGDON which comes out by the Blue Chevron Sign
  • CONTINUE ACROSS STREET ONTO TRANS-CANADA TRAIL
  • FOLLOW BACK TO INTERSECTION WITH TRAIL 'TO BOUNDARY ROAD. GO LEFT ONTO THIS TRAIL
  • RIGHT ONTO THE SMALLER TRAIL AND BACK DOWN TO TC TRAIL
  • LEFT ONTO TRANS-CANADA TRAIL FOLLOW BACK TO NEW BRIGHTON PARK
  • We will meet at JJ Bean at Powell Street and Victoria Drive after
  • you can view a map of the course here
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