The gravel bike course will follow the region’s most beautiful roads, renowned for their bucolic scenery and among the finest gravel roads in Quebec. For these competition formats, it will be possible to use the bike best suited to gravel and dirt roads: gravel bike, cyclocross, mountain bike or hybrid bike (road bike and aero bars forbidden). Each loop of the course will be 30km long, with a positive vertical drop of around 600m.

Starting from the lake, the first 2km will be asphalted before reaching the gravel road network. From there, the next 28km will be entirely on gravel roads, except for a few sections of wide, non-technical trails totalling, depending on the loop, 3km (1st Standard loop) or 1.5km (2nd Standard and Sprint loops).

The course, full of valleys, climbs and descents, will reach a summit at km-12 on Rogers Road, then another summit with a magnificent view at km-18 on Iron Hill Road. After climbing the Val-des-Irlandais to reach the highest point of the course at km-26, the route descends again and takes the wide, non-technical C1 trail with mountain bikes to complete the final 1.5 km to the main site of the Olympic Equestrian Park (OEP). The 1st passage in front of the OEP will be the start of the 2nd loop of the Standard format or the end of this segment for the T2 transition.

The Sprint format will end at the 1st passage at the OEP after only 1 loop of the course for a distance of 30km and approximately 600m D+.

The Standard format will then start its 2nd loop, the next 5km being different from the 1st loop as there will be no passage in front of the beach. The route will continue on the Gaspé (asphalt descent) and Miltimore (gravel) roads to reach the Sanborn road and return to the regular route. The total distance will be 60km with approximately 1200m D+.

Note that for the 1st loop of the Standard format only, after the climb up Iron hill at km-18, the course will continue to rue Laurence to join the wide, non-technical C1 trail. After about 1.5 km on this trail, the course will rejoin rue Irlandais to head towards the OEP. For the 2nd Standard loop and the Sprint course, after climbing ch. Iron hill, the course will turn left on chemin Rumsby to head towards ch. Howard and rue Frontenac to join rue Irlandais towards the OEP.

For the Standard and Sprint duathlons, the start of the bike will be different, as it will be from the transition zone at the Olympic Equestrian Park. The first 5 km will take place on Gaspé Road (asphalt descent) and Miltimore Road (gravel), and will join the regular course on Sanborn Road after the ^1st loop.

The 5.3 km loop trail run will take place in 2 special environments. Firstly, the start and finish of the course will take place on the grassy, undulating terrain of the Olympic Equestrian Park (OEP) in a vast setting with superb views of the peaks surrounding the site. The middle of the course will be on Oak Mountain trails, mostly single-track and technical, but with accessible gradients.

The first 1.6km on EOP terrain will lead to the Oak Mountain sector, where a 2.3km loop on technical trails will represent the main difficulties, but are accessible and motivating, before completing the last 1.4km on EOP terrain to reach the finish line.

The Standard format will complete 2 loops of the course. At the end of the ^1st loop as you approach the finish line, a specific corridor to start the^2nd loop will lead close to the finish area for spectator encouragement and refreshments, before starting the^2nd loop identical to the ^1st loop for a total of 10.6km with 260m D+.

The Sprint format will run 1 loop of the course for a distance of 5.3km with 130m D+, while

the Discovery format will run 1 loop of the course excluding the Mount Oak sector for a distance of 3km with 80m D+.

All trail running distance formats will have as their first 5 km the official race course of the XTERRA triathlons and duathlons taking place on Sunday. This loop is 5.3 km long, with a vertical drop of around 125m. The first 1.7 km and last 1.5 km pass over the grassy, rolling terrain of the Olympic Equestrian Park (OEP), with superb views of the surrounding mountains. The middle 2km of the course will take place in the Mount Oak sector, on technical single-track trails with accessible elevation changes.

The return to the main EOP site will be the finish of the 5km, while the rest of the 20km and 10km formats will continue in the Parc des Sommets mountain sector.

The next km will be spent on a wide, low-tech trail (C1) to refuel for the rest of the race, followed by 1 km of technical climbing over a distance of 400m and a link leading to the separation of the 20km and 10km courses.

From here, the 10km course continues with a technical section of around 300m, followed by 3km on wide, less-technical trails (C1) for the return to the finish at the PÉO.

For the 20km format, from km-7.5 and for the following 10km, the course takes place on mostly single-track, technical mountain trails. After a climb to mid-mountain and a descent to another slope, the famous Aninja climb leads to the summit of Pic Chevreuil and its panoramic views. This is followed by descents and ascents to mid-mountain to reach the summits of Mont Horizon and Mont Bernard, with other spectacular viewpoints. From the summit, a magnificent 2 km technical descent takes advantage of gravity to return to the base of the mountain and join the last 3 km back to the OEP and the finish line.

The 1 km children’s race course will take place on the OEP’s grassy grounds, where spectators will have a view at all times of their young runners’ performances. The course is accessible to all, and the aim is to have fun and encourage physical activity for the whole family.