Course - Buntzen Lake - 9.5km

Fast
Time

 Be prepared for up to 2 hours of running without access to water

km

08:30

Reference Point - Buntzen Lake Beach – Start / Finish. Go to the farthest parking lot and park as close as you can to the beach.  There's lots of free parking and washrooms are on the beach. Run distances measured from the beach end of the parking lot.

09:00

Start. At the beach, north end of parking lot.

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1. Buntzen Lake Trail (#4) - East Side. This section takes you around the east side of Buntzen Lake and finishes at a suspension bridge.

-Head towards the far east washrooms. Behind them there is a small wooden bridge. Cross and turn left, and stay left. There will be an access to the dog park around there. You are now on the east side of Buntzen Lake.

- Run north on the Buntzen Lake Trail (rolling terrain) keeping the lake on your left until you pop up onto a gravel road. Stay left along the fence, and over the small incline in the road. There will be a another trail that drops down on your left after the fence. Don't follow the gravel road down unless the trail along the water below is closed.

-At the bottom you'll see a water outlet (often raging). Trail heads west. You'll come out to the North Beach. Continue west. You will find the suspension just before another access to the road (run down the gravel road to here if the trail along the water is closed). It's hiding behind a signboard. Cross. 

-You are now on the west side of Buntzen Lake.

2. Buntzen Lake Trail (#4) - West Side . This section takes you back to the start along the west side of Buntzen Lake.

- Very shortly (heading southwest now), you will reach a fork in the trail. Stay left (straight is for Lakeview Trail and it goes up up up). Keep the water on your left hand side. Terrain is up and down.

- The trail will end with a dirt road, called Pumphouse Rd. Continue south (straight) along this road until you see the "floating bridge" on your left hand side. Cross. If the "floating bridge" is closed, continue along the dirt road until you see a yellow gate. Just before the gate, take a left on a asphalt path. This path will take you to the entrance road of the park. Directly accross is a dirt trail called Academy. Continue on this, you'll cross another small road. Stay straight. Do not take any forks in the trail. Shortly after you pass the Equestrian lot, you will come to a a bend in the trail and a wooden bridge on the left. Cross the bridge and take the trail until you hit a gravel road. Take a right and follow until a bend in the road. There's a short rocky trail that ends where you almost started at the beginning. Run along the grass back to the beach. You're done!

- Go left, then take every left (you'll end up on the 'Energy Trail') you come to until you reach the south beach again! You're done!