gorgeous running routes under colourful fall foliage
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The Great Trek weaves through one of the city’s most iconic landscapes, where academia meets wilderness at the edge of the continent.
Rolling roads curve past research buildings and delve into Pacific Spirit Park’s cathedral of cedars, where fallen maple leaves cushion your footsteps and salty air drifts up from the cliffs below.
This final gathering of Vancouver’s running community offers multiple distances, from quick sunset chases in the 5K to the ultimate challenge of the 36.1K Hat-trick.
Beyond Race Day
- Explore the hidden network of trails in UBC's Endowment Lands, where deer paths connect centuries-old nurse logs
- Watch hang gliders launch from the cliffs at Tower Beach, accessible only by steep forest stairs
- Navigate Pacific Spirit Park's technical single track on two wheels, dodging roots and embracing the mud
- Immerse yourself in Northwest Coast First Nations art at the Museum of Anthropology, housed in a stunning Arthur Erickson building
- Time your run to catch low tide at Spanish Banks, where kilometers of sandflats emerge twice daily