The route
Traced editionrun on 10-11 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
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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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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.
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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 title block, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Updated Route and text: Plotrek workshop (Fabrice Jolivet)
Plotrek's illustrative route, redrawn on OpenStreetMap paths, measures 51.1 km and 1,319 m of elevation gain. It is a loop, with Canmore Nordic Centre as start and finish, Meadowview at km 27.2 and Swamp at km 36.4. The elevation loss measured on this route is 1,319 m.
The highest point of Plotrek's route is at 1,530 m, at km 4.1. The high point lies between two landmarks of the course: Canmore Nordic Centre (1,426 m, km 0) and Rundle (1,530 m, km 8.7). The start and finish are both at 1,426 m.
192 m of elevation gain in one go, from km 33 to km 36.1 of Plotrek's route. Landmark on the way: Swamp (1,507 m, km 36.4). No other climb on the 51.1 km loop is as long. Average gradient of this section: 6.2%. It accounts for 15% of the route's elevation gain.
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