The route
Grizzly Ultra Marathon 50 km
Next edition10-11 October 2026
An ultra run over 5 legs rated in claws, a 51.1 km loop with 1,319 m of climbing at the Canmore Nordic Centre, 9-hour cutoff.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 51.1 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,319 m
- Highest point
- 1,530 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 115
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The Grizzly Ultra Marathon 50 km unfolds over five consecutive legs — Grey Wolf, Cougar, Odyssey, Killer Bees, then Coyote — each rated on a claw scale from the smoothest to the toughest. The start is at the Canmore Nordic Centre stadium, at 09:00; the loop returns to the same point.
From the stadium, the route climbs to its high point within the first few kilometres, then holds its elevation to Rundle. It continues through Odyssey and Coyote, drops toward Meadowview, then climbs back through Swamp and Nector Noodle on the way back to the stadium.
The terrain mixes rolling double-track, technical single-track over roots and rocks, and steep switchbacks on both climbs and descents, on trails groomed for Nordic skiing and biathlon. This is Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park, in Kananaskis Country, where a Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required.
The cutoff is 9 hours for all entrants, solo or team. The Killer Bees leg must be finished by 17:00, also the last start time on the Coyote leg.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the course, a 51.1 km loop from Canmore Nordic Centre, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.