Is crew access allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course. Support crews and pacers can only go to the seven designated CPs (CP3, CP4, CP6, CP7, CP9, CP10, CP13).

Are drop bags allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course. Up to four sets of drop bags/bins: SOUTH (CP3, CP4, CP13), YORK (CP6/CP10), RACEHORSE (CP7), CHINOOK (CP9). Bags under 20kg (44lbs).

Are pacers allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course. Pacing from CP6 to the finish; up to five pacers, one on course at a time; pacers must start and finish at a crew accessible checkpoint; pacers may not carry the runner's gear.

What is the cutoff time for the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course?

The overall time limit for the The Divide 200 (200 miles) course is 100 hours from the start.

Ultras · CA · AB

The Divide 200

The Divide 200 2027

The Divide 200 (200 miles) · 200 miles

On the calendar

The date is set. Entry has not opened.

Race dateAugust 16-20, 2027

Duration5 days

Start8:00am

Whenin 294 days

Who's going to The Divide 200?

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 Results Aid stations Notify me if this race changes

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Distance The race

200 miles

Climb Our math

35,604 ft We worked this out from what the race prints.

Descent Our math

35,949 ft We worked this out from what the race prints.

High point

not checked yet

Time limit The race

100:00:00

Aid stations

Started

not checked yet

Finished

not checked yet

Finish rate

not checked yet

The course

Where it goes loop · 15 aid stations

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file. Year of this file not known.

Western Canada's only 200-miler through the Castle and Crowsnest region, partly on the Great Divide Trail; 14 legs, checkpoints every 20 to 40 km.

Single track, double track, a small amount of road, cross country, bushwhacking, scrambling and river crossings; some basic route finding.

The race

What this one is

Western Canada's only 200-miler: a 322 km loop through the Castle and Crowsnest region of the southern Canadian Rockies, partly on the Great Divide Trail, with a 115 km solo option, starting and finishing at Castle Mountain Resort, Alberta.

Getting in

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

Lottery: not checked yet

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: 100 sinistersports.ca

Registration: Other sinistersports.ca

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: not checked yet

Deferrals: not checked yet

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: Yes sinistersports.ca

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes sinistersports.ca

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes sinistersports.ca

Cupless: Yes sinistersports.ca

Course marking: Fully Marked sinistersports.ca

Night running: Yes sinistersports.ca

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: Allowed sinistersports.ca

Crew rules: Support crews and pacers can only go to the seven designated CPs (CP3, CP4, CP6, CP7, CP9, CP10, CP13). sinistersports.ca

Pacer rules: Pacing from CP6 to the finish; up to five pacers, one on course at a time; pacers must start and finish at a crew accessible checkpoint; pacers may not carry the runner's gear. sinistersports.ca

Drop bag rules: Up to four sets of drop bags/bins: SOUTH (CP3, CP4, CP13), YORK (CP6/CP10), RACEHORSE (CP7), CHINOOK (CP9). Bags under 20kg (44lbs). sinistersports.ca

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 NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	?
?	CP1 West Castle Road NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP2 Font Creek NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP3 Beaver Mines Lake Road NoneSignal wrong?	6:30am	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP4 Syncline Group Camp NoneSignal wrong?	1:00pm	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP5 Lynx Creek NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP6 The Polish Hall NoneSignal wrong?	4:00am	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP7 Spoon Valley NoneSignal wrong?	1:00pm	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP8 Racehorse Pass NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP9 Western Adventures NoneSignal wrong?	6:00am	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP10 The Polish Hall NoneSignal wrong?	11:00am	●	●	?	?	?
?	CP11 Goat Creek Trailhead NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP12 North Kootenay Pass Access NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	?
?	CP13 Carbondale Road - Camping Area 5 NoneSignal wrong?	6:00am	●	●	?	?	?
?	Finish: Castle Mountain Resort NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: The Divide 100K (112K)

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.

Nobody has been out there with a camera or a microphone yet. A gap means nobody has found it, not that it is not out there. Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send us the link.

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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.

Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 92 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.

39% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.

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