Swim Course

The Championship event swim is two 750m counter clockwise loops in Durrance Lake, a small, clear mountain lake, for a total of 1500m. The Sprint event swim is one 750m counterclockwise loop.  Wetsuits are permitted, depending on water temperature on race morning.  Permitting of wetsuits is determined by the head race official and will be announced at approximately 7 am on race morning.

Athletes wishing to swim in skin suits may only do so if they wear the skin suit for the reminder of the race.

Bike Course

New for 2020, we  have made some changes to the bike course.  We have replaced sections of fire road with sections of fun single track.  The course description has been updated with the changes in blue text. The course map will be updated ASAP.

The Championship event bike course is 24k made up of two modified loops of a 12k route primarily in the trails of Mt. Work Park, commonly known as “The Dump”. The course follows a variety of double and single track trails with climbs descents, and lots of fast, flowing trails. Be prepared for a challenge. The Sprint bike course is one loop of the same course. Mountain bikes only will be allowed to be used on the bike course. No cross or road bikes allowed.

Course Description

Exit Transition in the  parking lot at Durrance Lake and proceed on Durrance Close (paved road) towards Willis Point Road.

• Turn right on Willis Point Road (paved road)
• left on Ross Durrance Road (paved road)
• left into the Mount Work parking lot parking
• left onto Regional Trail past the park sign (rolling fire road)
• Stay right still on Regional Trail (pass Willis Point connector) beginning of a few short loose climbs
• Turn right onto Old Payoff, on to rocky single track with a steep pitch
• Stay left on Old Payoff at intersection of Phase Two
• Veer right onto Harem Scarem
• Continue left on Harem Scarem at T24x, short steep descent
• left on Centerfold over the log
• left on Switchback (technical descent)
• left on Centerfold – steep rocky descent
• Turn left staying on Centerfold, now a wider fire road
• right on Little Face, rocky bits here
• Stay right onto Crazy Horse
• Hard right on Fire Drill, smoother single track
• left on Emergency Two down the hill on fire road
• Quick right just before junction of Second Avenue (short downhill single track)
• right onto Second Avenue (fire road)
• left onto Crossover, over the bridge
• left staying on Crossover at Bottom Feeder intersection then down a steep short descent
• right continue on Crossover up a loose rocky ascent
• left continue on Crossover at F67
• Crossover turns into Ntrail, descending on a nice flowy trail then through some rocky parts
• left on Madonna on rocky singletrack with a bridge
• left on Heads Up
• cross Second Avenue onto One Less Car (windy single track)
• straight onto Two Trees
• left onto Two Trees Connector
• right onto Regional Trail
• quick left onto Shock Treatment (fun, flowing single track)
• left onto Regional Trail South (gravel fire road)
• quick left onto Regional Trail Connector towards Scull Trail
• left onto Scull Trail (flowing uphill)
• right onto Regional Trail North
• right on Trillium (fun downhill single track at the intersection of Old Payoff.  This is where you turn left for the second lap of the Championship Course or right onto Trillium towards transition)
• stay on Trillium as you cross the Regional Trail (twice)
• right on Regional Trail
• right on Willis Point Rd Connector
• left on Willis Point Road
• right on Durrance Close

   

  

Run Course

The Championship triathlon run course is two 4.6 K loops following the lake trail and a section of the Partidge Hills trail system. There are some flat sections, some narrow winding sections, some steep uphills and lots of rolling downhills. The Sprint triathlon follows one loop of this course.  The Saturday trail run follows three loops of this course.

Cut Off

There is a time limit of 4 hours to complete the Championship course.  Anyone still on the course after 4 hours will be allowed to finish but should not count on support from race officials and marshals, and will not receive an official time for the event.

Para-Triathlon

XTERRA Victoria is an inclusive event and we will make every effort to accommodate all athletes.  The bike and run courses are quite technical and are not suitable for wheeled conveyances other than standard mountain bikes.  Para-triathletes wishing to compete at XTERRA Victoria should contact the race director prior to registering.

There is a race package pick-up (and voluntary bike check) for all triathlon participants on Saturday, September 4th from 2pm to 5pm at Trek Cycles, 338 Catherine Street in Victoria. We encourage all participants to attend RPP on Saturday.  Out of town participants unable to attend the Saturday RPP may pick up their race packages on race morning from 6:30 – 7 am.

The Westin Bear Mountain Resort is offering preferential room rates for XTERRA Victoria participants and guests.

Click here to access the special rates. Enter your dates – Enter the number of rooms required – Enter the number of people staying in the room – Click on the “Special Rates” dropdown – Click on Corporate/Promo/SET# – Enter K6Y – View Rates

Contact the Westin Bear Mountain by email at: reservations [at] westinbearmountain.com

The parking lot at Durrance Lake will be closed on triathlon race morning. Parking for the event is on Willis Point Road and in the Mt. Work parking lot on Ross-Durrance Road. There is no parking on Durrance Close (access to the lake from Willis Point Road) and it will be closed from 6:30 to 11:00 on Race Morning. When arriving on race morning leave yourself enough time for the short walk from Willis Point Road and Durrance Close to the Durrance Lake parking lot. Car pooling is encouraged to alleviate parking congestion on Willis Point Road.

The success of XTERRA Victoria relies on our dedicated volunteers on race day.  Get a front row view of our world class field. There are a variety of race day volunteer opportunities available for those who would like to participate without racing.  There is a volunteer appreciation social during the evening following the event.   If you would like to participate in this great event as a race volunteer please contact us mike [at] humanpoweredracing.ca.

Race Director: xterra [at] humanpoweredracing.ca