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Ultras · CA · BC

Tackle the Toad

Tackle the Toad 20km · 20K
On the calendar
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Race dateJuly 3, 2027
Duration1 day
Whenin 250 days
First held2019

Who's going to Tackle the Toad?

I'm running itPlan your weeks and your aid station times I'm crewingWhen to leave, where to park, at every stop I'm pacing or cheeringAsk your runner for their Out Here link

Free. You can start with nothing.

Official website Aid stations Notify me if this race changes
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this. Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
Distance The race
20K
Climb Our math
2,856 ft We worked this out from what the race prints.
Descent Our math
2,815 ft We worked this out from what the race prints.
High point
not checked yet
Time limit Our math
10:00:00 The race says “The 20km starts at 8AM and the course closes at 6PM, which is 10 hours.”. We worked this out from that.
Aid stations
4
Started
not checked yet
Finished
not checked yet
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course

Where it goes loop · 4 aid stations

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file. Recorded 2025.

The classic route. Two aid stations. Big, exposed climbs, and it will more than likely be hot. Poles are allowed.

Big, exposed climbs. The race says to expect heat and to carry 2+ litres of water plus electrolytes and fuel on all legs. Runners share the trails with downhill mountain bikers, who are asked to be given the right of way. Drop out at aid stations only.

The race

What this one is

A mountain trail race on Toad Mountain above Nelson, BC, with a 50km and a 20km. Both start and finish at the Morning Mountain parking lot and run steep climbs, single-track and open ridges with views over Kootenay Lake. Locally run, with a donation from every entry going to the Nelson Cycling Club.

The race began in 2019 and was on hiatus until a new local team took it over and brought it back in its current form in 2023. It is grassroots, supported by local businesses and volunteers, with the goal of bringing more trail racing to the Kootenays.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery
not checked yet
Lottery opens
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Lottery draw
not checked yet
Field cap
250 trailrunner.com
Registration
not checked yet
Qualifying
not checked yet
Minimum age
17 firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Transfers
Yes tacklethetoad.com
Deferrals
Yes tacklethetoad.com
Crew access, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed
not checked yet
Vehicles per runner
not checked yet
Pacers
No firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Muling
not checked yet
Drop bags
not checked yet
Cupless
Yes firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Course marking
Fully Marked firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Night running
not checked yet
Dogs
Not allowed firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Headphones
not checked yet
Crew rules
Only runners and official race volunteers can touch the aid station food and water. Crew and spectators are asked to stay clear, and can help their runner off to the side. firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Pacer rules
No pacers. The race has a strict runner limit under its permit and cannot allow pacers. firebasestorage.googleapis.com
Drop bag rules
not checked yet
Cutoff philosophy
not checked yet
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   ○ no   ? nobody has checked   – does not apply to this race

Mile Station Cutoff Crew access Bag Pacer Med To next
? Start: Morning Mountain Parking Lot
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid Station 1
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid Station 2
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Finish: Morning Mountain Parking Lot
NoneSignal wrong?
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Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances
Tackle the Toad 50km (50K)
What it looks like out there

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

One person has been out there with a camera or a microphone.

Social account

Tackle The Toad Trail Race on Instagram

Social account

These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account. More of them: every race we hold, on film.

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What you know every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything

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Required. Where it came from: the race email, the runner manual, what you saw on the day.

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Somebody watches it before it goes anywhere near this page. What we are after is footage of this course, on the ground. If it would be just as true of any other race, it is not this.

Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

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Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.

We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.

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Tell us what is wrong, out of date, or missing on this page. We read every one of these and we will get back to you.

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So we know who we are writing back to.

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Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 59 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
32% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know
Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from
Got footage of this course? Send us the link
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
Anything else: [email protected]

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

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What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.