The route
Traced editionrun on 8-11 October 2026
160.2 km looping through Big Bear Lake, crossing the Pacific Crest Trail twice, up to Sugarloaf Mountain — climbing: 4,593 m.
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 route crosses the Pacific Crest Trail twice before climbing, late in the race, up to Sugarloaf Mountain's summit.
1 pm, at Rim Nordic Ski Area: the loop begins in full daylight. The route passes Crab Flats, then meets the Pacific Crest Trail for the first time, through alpine forest.
It meets the PCT again further on, before climbing to Deadmans Ridge and then Sugarloaf Mountain's summit, as the terrain turns to high desert.
The route then drops through Buttercup, before returning to Rim Nordic for the finish. Past 36 hours, the loop closes without waiting.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
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The relief of the course, a loop from Big Bear Lake, 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.
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Updated Route and text: Plotrek workshop (Fabrice Jolivet)
Plotrek's illustrative route, redrawn on OpenStreetMap paths, measures 160.2 km and 4,593 m of elevation gain. It is a loop, with Rim Nordic as start and finish, Deadmans Ridge at km 104.2 and Sugarloaf Mountain at km 119.3. The elevation loss measured on this route is 4,576 m.
Sugarloaf Mountain, at 3,028 m, at km 119.3 of Plotrek's route. The high point lies between two landmarks of the course: Deadmans Ridge (2,313 m, km 104.2) and Buttercup (2,125 m, km 150.1). The start and finish are both at 2,055 m. Altitudes measured on the route, with a terrain model.
916 m of elevation gain in one go, from km 109.5 to km 119.3 of Plotrek's route. Landmark on the way: Sugarloaf Mountain (3,028 m, km 119.3). No other climb on the 160.2 km loop is as long. Average gradient of this section: 9.3%. It accounts for 20% of the route's elevation gain.
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