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Saturday Course Description
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Start at Brennan Park Recreation Centre. Run north out of parking lot on the gravel trail that runs along the east side, merge left onto Centennial Way and go through the underpass. Follow the sidewalk to Government Rd, turn right and go over the bridge. Immediately after the bridge turn right onto the dike, and then right again down to the river and on to a trail that will take you back toward Hwy 99. Veer right to cross over a foot bridge.
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| 3.0k |
After passing under Hwy 99 continue until the open gravel area under the power lines. Turn left, go over a small bridge, and proceed onto the Rotary trail which parallels Hwy 99. Carefully cross Mamquam Road and continue on the trail in front of shopping centre. After passing under a pedestrian overpass, turn right (with a hotel on your left), and up Diamond Rd.
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Go left on Garibaldi Way, then take the next right (Parkway Rd). In about 200m you will see a trail between houses marked Coho Park. Follow the trail for a short distance and take a right turn to cross a small bridge. Then go left and start climbing. The trail goes up and down some small bridges and then becomes more technical.
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| 7.2k |
Stay left to follow a creek for a ways. Cross the creek beside the broken log bridge on Trestle trail, then continue up into open scrub veering left. Ignore a couple of major intersections and then turn right off the main trail onto Lumberjacks trail (about 20m before a major gravel road intersection). Follow it until you come to Perth Drive. Turn left and go up the paved road. Water is available at the top of the street.
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| 11.5k |
Go through the yellow gate. At the first fork in about 100m, go left along a crest trail. (If it's clear, enjoy views of the Tantalus mountain range!) Take care on steep stony downhill. Continue straight. There will be a couple of short hills. Ignore the two turn-offs to the left. As you approach trees, the main trail bends right, but ignore this and fork left onto thinner trail into trees (Jack’s trail). Climb gradually for 2.5k to Alice Lake (water & washrooms available).
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Fork left and run to the west of Alice Lake. Pass behind the picnic tables, cross the small bridge near the washrooms and turn left onto the paved road. Continue towards Hwy 99. Just before a steep downhill, turn left onto single track. Descend a short, steep hill and then immediately turn right onto Wonderland. If you cross a bridge, you've gone too far. This trail will take you back out to the paved road. Climb back up Alice Lake Rd and past the campground entrance on your right. Fork right on the gravel road just before the paved road ends at the park office.
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| 18.6k |
Pass the yellow gate and climb gradually for ~3k staying on the main trail until the park sign for Fawn Lake. Go left and left again on to a broad trail which narrows to become the Bob McIntosh trail. There is an outhouse just after the turn.
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| 22.4k |
As you come into a recently cleared area, go left at a mini crossroads to run the Dead End Loop. Follow this loop until the first fork in the trail near the river, then go left. This will bring you back to the power lines. At the clearing, ignore the old, steep Rock & Roll hill on the left, and instead take the new trail on the right that comes out to a point just beyond the top of Rock & Roll.
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25.0k
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A long gradual downhill section starts here, alternating between the broader Mashiter Trail and several single tracks to the right. Powerlines mark the general route in this section. After about 400m pick up the winding Rob’s Corners to right of main trail which brings you out by a shelter near a yellow gate. Turn right and immediately left onto another winding trail: Cliff’s Corners. This brings you back onto the Mashiter trail. Turn right and proceed downhill for ~400m. The trail comes to a Y, with the left side becoming rocky and going downhill. Take the right side instead (Ray's Cafe trail), and then right back onto the main trail.
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Within 100m, make a sharp right up a wooden ramp onto Tracks from Hell trail (marshy, but on boardwalks). Follow for 700m to Edith Lake. At the four-way junction, take the trail farthest on the left onto Mike's Loop, climbing gradually through the trees for about 1k, and then more steeply for another 1k. At the T-junction, go right onto a flatter narrow trail for about 1k. Veer left onto Entrail. Just past a small lake cross a small pond to the left on a wiggly bridge. Go uphill on switchbacks and then left onto Marc my Word trail, then down steep, technical trail to a T-junction (take care in this section). Turn left onto Border Patrol which leads eventually to the Mashiter trail.
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| 31.7k |
Turn right on Mashiter and proceed to a four-way junction. Take the middle fork for 200m, and then turn right by an upright pipe onto Roller Coaster, a single track with great views of the Chief and Howe Sound. Stay left at the first junction and downhill on narrow trail. As trees get bigger, the trail turns dusty/rocky and forks right. Go carefully down the hill and out onto the paved road of Perth Drive (water available).
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| 34.0k |
Turn left and continue down Perth Drive to the stop sign at The Boulevard. Turn left and cross the bridge, then immediately right and on to a dirt road. Stay on this for ~1k, including a springy wood chip section, until you reach a wide gravel road (Mamquam Road).
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Here we turn right and home instead of left and up to the University, as we would on race day. Proceed down Mamquam Rd to the golf course, then left onto the trail that follows the dike between the river and the golf course. This eventually leads back out to the gravel section which we crossed earlier. Go left and back into the woods until the Hwy 99 bridge. Climb up to the bridge, cross it, and follow the path that leads down to Centennial Way on your left. Finish at Brennan. |
