Route
The 2002 to 2005 races went from Fernie, British Columbia to Canmore, Alberta. The course was changed in 2006 to allow for a larger field and avoid the mud that plagued the 2002, 2004 and 2005 races. The 2006 race went from Fernie, British Columbia to Panorama Ski Resort, British Columbia. For 2007 to 2009, the organizers reversed the route, starting at Panorama Ski Resort and finishing in Fernie. Starting in 2010 the organizers reverted to the original start (Fernie) and finish (Canmore) towns with a new route that will include more singletrack and less road that earlier years. The first day is a timetrial on the singletrack trails around Fernie. Days two and three are also on Fernie singletrack and include well-known local trails such as Porky Blues. Day four starts with a bus ride from Fernie to the North Fork Recreation Area and finishes in the Little Elbow Campground. Day five is a backcountry loop on trails around Little Elbow. Day six sees the riders tackling the climb up to Jumping Pound Ridge and the Cox Hill descent before finishing at the Rafter Six Guest Ranch. The final day takes riders along the single track trails above the Trans Canada highway before they finish in the trails of the Canmore Nordic Centre and the finish in downtown Canmore.
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Famous quotes containing the word route:
“no arranged terror: no forcing of image, plan,
or thought:
no propaganda, no humbling of reality to precept:
terror pervades but is not arranged, all possibilities
of escape open: no route shut,”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)
“By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an eidolon, named Night,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule—
From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of space—out of time.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)