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FREE ENTRY! Contact Brandon Mccluskey.50km,20km and 10km fun runs. Open gender, top 3 podium finish, medals, small aid stations at the 5km, 10km and 25km turnaround spots, timed event but only the course record will be public. This is considered an unsupported ultra marathon (similar to the Barkley marathons) therefore aid stations will have minimal supplies and you are recommended to follow the gps file provided to remain on trail. Elevation is roughly 900m with brook crossings and highway crossings passing several communities along the way.
Starting at Acamac Backland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick, The Heritage Ultra-Trail 50K will take you along backcountry ATV trails through Grand Bay into the Mountainous Region of Welsford, New Brunswick and back. The course gets its name as a 15km section of the course in parallel to the classic Heritage Trail which passes along the Saint John River and Nerapis River.
The 10km section will take you across Mill Creek, passed Bonnell Lake, across River Valley Drive into Grand Bay, across Henderson Brook via Dorie Bridge and turns around at Colonel Nase Boulevard.
The 20km runners will continue on across Colonel Nase Boulevard, through Murray Street Bog, across Highland Road, across Milligan Brook twice, pass behind the Westfield Golf & Country Club and will turn around at Hillandale Drive.
The 50km runners will continue through remote areas parallel to the Nerapis River, cross route 102, pass through several small communities in the outskirts of Grand Bay, cross many bridges, will travel through a tunnel under the Welsford Bypass and turn around at a dead end side road with a view of the Mountains of Welsford.
We hope you enjoy the route. Hikers can enjoy this point A to B trip passing many viewpoints, a wide variety of terrain with backcountry camp spots and connections to viewpoints like Cochrane Lane Cliffs, Eagle Rock, Turtle Mountain and Welsford Falls.
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Acamac Backland Rd, Saint John, NB E2M, Canada
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