2010 Course description

Leave the Quest University Gymnasium parking lot start time at 11am

-Go up Garibaldi Park Road to Ring Creek Forest Service Road (FSR) following the course markings, turn left on to Ring Creek FSR, be mindful of traffic that may be coming down Garibaldi Park Road as we will be able to control most of the traffic but not all.

-Continue upwards and towards the George’s Crossing Bridge (past the bottom of Recycle and beginning of Psuedo-Tsuga), following the course markings, but instead of crossing George’s Crossing Bridge, turn right up towards Half-Nelson and then down Half-Nelson.

-After completing Half-Nelson go back up the Ring Creek FSR towards the George’s Crossing Bridge (past the bottom of Recycle and beginning of Psuedo-Tsuga) but this time you will cross George’s Crossing Bridge, watching for signage to direct you north west along another FSR that will take you down towards an intersection that you will encounter later on in the race but this time you turn right and will go past the entrance to Lower Power Smart.

-After passing Lower Powersmart, continue along this new FSR road, following the course markings, towards the Alice Lake area trails.

-This route will take you backwards on a portion of the Gearjammer Course down the FSR past Rob’s Corners and Cliff’s Corners, be careful on this road as you will reach some high speeds and there is a water bar at the bottom that you will have to slow down for so that your tires stay on the ground.

-Follow course markings taking you left and then right, towards Mike’s Loop.

-Once on Mike’s Loop, continue following the course markings onto Credit Line.

-After Credit Line, turn left on Jack’s Trail and follow the course markings out of Jack’s and up the Switchbacks (The nasty S’s) and onto the Mashiter Trail.

-Turn left onto Mashiter Trail and follow course markings up to Roller Coaster (the west entrance) and continue down Rollercoaster towards Perth Street.

-Turn left on Perth and follow course markings leading you South on Perth Street to the round a bout and then turning left towards the Quest University. You will need to obey the rules of the road as this portion of the course is not closed to traffic so keep your head up.

-Continue to follow the course markings as they will lead you past the University and through to the intersection that you started the race from but turn left onto Garibaldi Park Road to continue up to the Ring Creek FSR AGAIN! Still on the roads so follow the rules of the roads (stick to the right hand side of the lane)

-Once on the Ring Creek FSR, follow the course markings (you will have done this 3 times by now) towards Psuedo-tsuga and then down Psuedo-tsuga.

-Follow course marking that will have you take a hard right hand turn onto the lower FSR after Psuedo-tsuga #2 and this FSR will take you towards the entrance of Lower Powersmart, if you follow the course markings.

-You will approach the intersection that you have already passed before, where you stayed to the right to go towards the Alice Lake area, but this time you will stay to the left to access Lower Powersmart and that trail, following course markings, will take you towards the lower trail on Word of Mouth.

-Follow course markings out from Word of Mouth and onto another FSR that is all downhill towards Garibaldi Park Road but be CAREFUL of the high speed water bars and the loose gravely corners.

-The course will take you towards an undeveloped residential area that ends at Garibaldi Park Road, turn right, down Garibaldi Park Road (watching for traffic coming from both sides,) and follow the course markings towards the University.

-Turn right towards the University at the first Intersection and continue towards the round a bout and up the road that goes to the University at the top of the hill to the Finish Line Archway!