adventure racing ontario series 2023 Schedule


Event Name: Snowshoe Raid
Date:
Feb 11th, 2023
Location: Oro-Mendonte Community Arena
Website: https://www.dontgetlost.org/snowshoe-raid
Disciplines: Navigation, Snowshoeing
Duration: 3-Hour Time Limit
Categories: Teams of 2: Male, Female, Coed, Masters, Junior
Description: A 3-hour snowshoe race for teams of two with navigation by map and compass. Competitors travel on and off-trail to checkpoints located throughout escarpment studded forests and parklands. Go as hard or as easy as you like! Checkpoints (CPs) are rated on their difficulty and are assigned different point values. The more CP's and points collected the higher you'll rank!


Event Name: STARS Winter Adventure Race
Date:
Feb 26th, 2023
Location: TBD
Website: https://stars.whyjustrun.ca/events/view/4954
Disciplines: Navigation, Snowshoeing
Duration: 2.5-Hour Time Limit
Categories: Teams of 2: Male, Female, Coed, Masters, Junior
Description: Prepare to attack the tracks and hills by snowshoe!


Event Name: Raid The Rib
Date:
April 22, 2023
Location: Milton, ON
Website: https://www.dontgetlost.org/raidtherib
Disciplines: Navigation, Running On-Trail and Off-Trail
Duration: 3-6 hours
Categories: Teams of 2 or 3: Male, Female, Coed, Masters, Junior
Description: The Niagara Escarpment (aka the Giant's Rib) was a formidable physical barrier to early explorers in Ontario. Steep cliffs, rocky ground, and large creeks also made navigation difficult for these adventurers. The Raid the Rib Adventure Run takes place on the Niagara Escarpment so participants can expect lots of technical running and some interesting navigational challenges.


Event Name: Challenge The Shield Adventure Run
Date:
May 7, 2023
Location: Georgian Nordic Outdoor Activity Centre
Website: http://www.challengetheshield.ca/adventure-run.html
Disciplines: Navigation, Running On-Trail and Off-Trail
Duration: 2-Hour and 6-Hour Time Limits
Categories: Teams of 2: Male, Female, Coed, Masters, Junior, Family
Description: The Challenge the Shield Adventure Run is an awe-inspiring wilderness endurance challenge on the rugged Canadian Shield. Teams of two have up to 6 hours to tackle as many of the 30-40 checkpoint challenges amongst the iconic windswept pines, pristine lakes and granite rock barrens as they choose. The "choose-your-own-adventure" points-based course design is both beginner-friendly and an epic challenge of strategy and adventure for even the most experienced teams. Top teams will need to trek and run over a marathon in distance to get all the checkpoints. Each of the checkpoints or segments is assigned both a difficulty rating and teams decide what difficulty and as many checkpoints as they want to tackle. You decide the adventure!
Challenge your friends. Challenge the Shield!


Event Name: Storm Adventure Race
Date:
Spring 2023
Location: TBD
Website: http://www.stormthetrent.com/
Disciplines: Navigation, Running Off-Trail and On-Trail, Mountain Biking, Paddling
Duration: 3 Options: 3-5 hour, 4-7 hour, 5-9 hour
Categories: Team of 2, Team of 4: Male, Female, Coed
Description: Through a unique blending of adventure racing and traditional multi-sport components, Storm offers beginners the opportunity to test the waters of off-road adventure, while also providing experienced racers with challenging and creative racecourse designs. Three separate events are staged over the course of race weekend, each featuring progressive levels of distance and degree of difficulty.


Name: Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race - presented by Bruce Power
Date:
August 12, 2023
Location: Wiarton, ON
Website: www.brucepeninsulamultisportrace.ca
Disciplines: Running On-Trail (No Navigation), MTB, Paddling
Duration: 100km or 25km Course
Categories: Solo, Tandem, Relay Teams of 2-5 & Kids Race
Description:
100 KM Subaru LONG COURSE:

16km KAYAK under the Niagara Escarpment
32km BIKE with gut-busting escarpment climbs
16km RUN on the edge of Georgian Bay
30km BIKE along back lanes & forest trails
5km RUN to Wiarton via the "Spiral Staircase"

25 KM SUNTRAIL COURSE:

4km PADDLE over shipwrecks
15km on double-track MTB trails
5km TRAIL RUN via Spirit Rock


Event Name: Challenge The Shield Adventure Race
Date:
August 26, 2023
Location: Parry Sound, ON - Georgian Nordic Outdoor Activity Centre
Website: http://www.challengetheshield.ca/adventure-race.html
Disciplines: Navigation, Running On-Trail and Off-Trail, Mountain Biking, Paddling
Duration: 6-Hours
Categories: Teams of 2: Male, Female, Coed, Masters, Junior, Family
Description: The Challenge the Shield Adventure Race is an awe-inspiring wilderness endurance challenge on the rugged Canadian Shield. Teams of two have up to 6 hours to tackle as many of the 40 checkpoint or segment challenges amongst the iconic windswept pines, pristine lakes and granite rock barrens as they choose. The "choose-your-own-adventure" points-based course design is both beginner-friendly and an epic challenge of strategy and adventure for even the most experienced teams. Each of the checkpoints or segments are assigned both a difficulty rating and either a trek, paddle, bike or run discipline so teams can focus on their endurance sport strengths while also trying new challenges. Shred some wicked advanced black diamond MTB single track. Navigate to as many of the beginner and intermediate checkpoints as possible. Paddle and portage to a backcountry lake. You decide the adventure!
Challenge your friends. Challenge the Shield!


Event Name: Cataraqui Adventure Trek
Date:
 September 17, 2023
Location: Kingston, ON
Website: https://catadventuretrek.wixsite.com/racethecat
Disciplines: Trail Running, Mountain Biking, Paddling
Duration: 4-Hour Time Limit
Categories: Solo, Team of 2: Male, Female, Coed
Description: An 8-10km course through the forest by foot, pedal and paddle. How many times can you do it? You have four hours. https://catadventuretrek.wixsite.com/racethecat


Event Name: Muskoka River X
Date:
Sept 15-17, 2023
Location: Huntsville, ON
Website: http://www.muskokariverx.com
Disciplines: Paddling, Navigation
Duration: 133km
Categories: Solo, Tandem or Relay, in canoe, kayak or on SUP
Description:  The world’s longest single-day expedition paddling race, featuring the 58km Sprint course, or the 133km Classic  Non-stop, unmarked and self-supported, racers will experience true Muskoka expedition or marathon paddling by way of lakes, river systems and rugged portages.


Event Name: Wilderness Traverse
Date:
Sept 30th - Oct 1st, 2023

Location: Dorset, Ontario
Website: http://wildernesstraverse.com/
Disciplines: Navigation, Running Off-Trail and On-Trail, Mountain Biking, Paddling
Duration: 150km 24-30-hour
Categories: Teams of 3, or 4: Male, Female, Coed
Description: Wilderness Traverse is a 24 Hour Adventure Race hosted annually in Ontario, Canada. Teams of 3 or 4 navigate using map and compass over 150 kilometers of rugged Canadian Shield back-country on foot, mountain bike and canoe. It is one of the toughest team-based endurance challenges around and simply reaching the finish line is a massive achievement.