Race Guide
With high mountain passes, creek crossings and rugged terrain, the TranSelkirks Run is a true challenge. It’s a difficult but doable bucket-list undertaking for those seeking true outdoor adventure. At the same time, the TranSelkirks Run is a unique gathering of the trail tribe. Coming together to revel in the fresh air, shared sense of accomplishment, and lots of laughs, our runners experience a mass migration through the Canadian mountains that nourishes the soul as it tests the body.
Our goal is to provide a fully supported event that allows you to completely focus on the running and community experience. This guide is your source for all the details you need so that things run as smoothly as possible. Of course, you also have the entire TranSelkirks Team at your disposal to answer questions and support you during the event.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, August 22nd
2:00 - 5:00 PM - Package Pickup, Plaza - Revelstoke Mountain Resort
6:00 - 7:00 PM - Opening Ceremonies - Plaza - Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Friday, August 23rd: Stage 1 - The Climb
6:30 - 7:30 AM - Last Minute Package Pickup, Plaza - Revelstoke Mountain Resort
8:00 AM - Gondola Loading to Start
9:15 AM - Race Start - Mackenzie Outpost (may vary depending on time to get everyone up the gondola).
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Race Finish - Revelstoke Mountain Resort Plaza
2:00 PM - Cutoff Time - Top of Gondola
4:00 PM - Cutoff Time - Top of Bottoms Up
5:00 PM - Gondola Upload Begins for Dinner
6:00 PM - Dinner Begins - Revelation Lodge
7:00 PM - Ceremonies and Briefings - Revelation Lodge
9:00 PM - Last Gondola Down
Saturday, August 24th: Stage 2 - The Peaks, The Stoked Ultra, The Stoked Scramble
8:00 AM - Gondola Loading to Start
9:15 AM - Race Start - Mackenzie Outpost (may vary depending on time to get everyone up the gondola).
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Race Finish - Mackenzie Outpost, Gondola Download
2:00 PM - Cutoff Time - Top of Stoke Chair
5:00 PM - Gondola Upload Begins for Dinner
6:00 PM - Dinner Begins - Revelation Lodge
7:00 PM - Ceremonies and Briefings - Revelation Lodge
9:00 PM - Last Gondola Down
Sunday, August 24th: Stage 3 - The Flow
6:30 - 7:00 AM - Shuttle Loading - Revelstoke Mountain Resort
8:00 AM - Full & Half Stoke Start - Nordic Ski Club Lodge
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Race Finish - Nordic Ski Club Lodge - Shuttles returning to RMR
5:00 PM - Gondola Upload Begins for Dinner
6:00 PM - Dinner Begins - Revelation Lodge
7:00 PM - Ceremonies and Briefings - Revelation Lodge
9:00 PM - Last Gondola Down
9:00 PM - After Party at the Rockford
Mandatory Gear
Each runner is required to carry the following items and will be checked in the start chute:
Water vessel, bladder, or pack capable of carrying at least 1 liter of liquid
Bear Spray:
Bear spray will be available to rent online through Race Roster prior to the event, for a cost of $40 for the week. If you return the spray unused and unopened, you will receive $20 back at the end of the week. If we still have bear spray available at packet pick-up it will be rented or sold on a first-come, first served basis at an additional cost.
Buff or Beanie to cover your head
Light jacket.
We are a 100% cup free event. You must carry a water vessel with you and refill it at the aid stations along the way.
Checkpoints/Aid Stations
There are typically two checkpoints on each course. Most days you will pass at least one of them more than once.
The following fuel sources will be available at fully stocked checkpoints: water, Xact Fruit Bars, electrolyte drink (or drink mix), fruit (oranges, melon, etc.), snack food (chips, candy and cola) etc.
There will be remote checkpoints/aid stations on some stages and whatever fuel our dedicated trail crew can hike in fruit bars. Please remember that we are a cup and litter free event. Please prepare accordingly.
Please be prepared to carry whatever fuel you will need from checkpoint/aid station to checkpoint and any resulting trash.
Medical/Rescue
Our dedicated and professional medical team is available throughout the week to keep you healthy and happy as you run through the Selkirk Mountains. Here is how to get medical assistance:
1. On the trail at a checkpoint: Ask the checkpoint staff for medical help. The checkpoint staff will know how to contact a medic if there isn’t one already at the checkpoint.
2. On the trail, not at a checkpoint: If you are sick or injured and not able to make it to a checkpoint, relay a message with runners passing that you require medical assistance to the nearest checkpoint. If it is urgent, you may need to send someone back to the nearest checkpoint. You can also try the emergency cell phone number if you are in cell range.
3. At the finish: The medical team will be stationed at the finish. Ask at the finish line food tent if you need help finding medical support.
4. If you can’t locate a medic, check with a TranSelkirks crew member.
*TranSelkirks observes a good Samaritan rule, which means that if you stop to help another runner in distress, you may be eligible for a time credit to adjust for time lost.
Final Banquet
The final banquet will be held for all 3-day participants at the Revelation Lodge of the Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Gondola upload will begin at 5:00 pm. Dinner starts at 6:00pm. Some participants choose to dress up a bit for the final banquet. The dinner and ceremonies usually conclude around 8:30pm. Last Gondola down is at 9:00pm.
If you need additional tickets for friends and family, be sure to purchase additional tickets online through Race Roster in advance as the event typically sells out. You can purchase more tickets from the race office, pending availability. Following the banquet, there is an after party at the Rockford Grill at Revelstoke Mountain Resort.
Results and Awards
Stage medals will be awarded daily at the evening awards ceremony. All finishers of the Run3 and Run5 will receive a finisher’s medal at the finish line on the final day of the race.
Overall awards presentations will take place after dinner following Run3 and at the final banquet for Run5. Results will be posted online at: www.zone4.ca.
*We will not be mailing awards so you must be present to accept your prize.
Official Regulations
1. Team Ranking
All team participants of the TranSelkirks Run will start in teams of two. Both participants in each team must appear together at the start, at all check points, and at the finish. If this does not occur, the team will not be considered in the daily results. Should one team member arrive more than two minutes before their partner at one of the check points, the team will be given a 60-minute time penalty. If this occurs more than once, the team will be disqualified.
Teams must start each stage together to maintain official ranking in their category. Teams become unclassified if either member does not start a stage. Unclassified teams
may not compete for individual stage or overall results, but may continue to start each stage as they wish and have stage times recorded in the unclassified results.
Teams wishing to separate and continue as solo runners may do so, but will become unclassified and will not be eligible for stage or overall ranking in any official category.
Their unclassified GC time will be based on their team times for every stage started as a team before they elected to separate.
Teams who elect to separate must notify the race office or chief of timing no less than 30 minutes prior to the start of a stage.
2. Solo Ranking
All solo participants of the TranSelkirks Run must check in
at the start, at all checkpoints, and at the finish. If this does not occur, the participant will not be considered in the daily results.
Solo Runners must start every stage to maintain official ranking in their category. Solo runners who become unclassified may not compete for individual stage or overall results, but may continue to start each stage as they wish and have stage times recorded in the unclassified results.
3. Start Numbers and Race Passes
Start numbers must be pinned to the front of the body between the chest and the waist. The sponsor placement on the start numbers must be seen and no additional advertising may be added. Runners must not remove or alter the timing chip attached to the back of the start number.
4. Start
The start call-up begins 20 minutes before the starting time specific to each stage. The daily briefing for all participants begins 15 minutes prior to the start time. Note that there
is thorough course briefing each evening to preview and discuss the next day’s stage.
The start will remain open up to 5 minutes after the start time listed for each day. Runners starting up to 5 minutes after the designated start time, will be measured according to the official start time. Runners who start later than 5 minutes after the official start time will not be considered in the overall results.
5. Check Points
During each stage there will be one to three mandatory checkpoints where both members of each team, and solo runners, must report into the checkpoint. Runners or Teams who do not pass one of the check points (for example because they have lost their way), will receive a time penalty of 60 minutes for each check point missed. The jury reserves the right to impose a higher or lower time penalty in special cases or if portions of the course were cut.
Participants will be recorded together at the checkpoints in the order of arrival. Should one participant arrive prior to their teammate, he/she must wait at the end of the line until his/her partner arrives, within the allowable time limit of two minutes. Otherwise, the 60 minute time penalty will be assessed.
6. Finish
At the finish of each stage, the participants must arrive together as a team, solos individually, and check in with the Timing Team. The official finish time of the stage is recorded here.
Runners or teams who arrive at the finish after the finish time limit due to exhaustion, repairs, injury, etc., but who are still on foot under their own power will receive the maximum racing time (from official starting time to finish-time) plus 60 minutes. They are eligible to continue racing the following day. Runners or teams who can prove a severe defect or injury and arrive at the finish in/on a vehicle will receive the maximum racing time (from official starting time to finish-time) plus 120 minutes, and can continue to race the following day. *Individuals or teams who do not complete the entirecourse on any given day will not be eligible for age group awards for that day or in the overall awards for the week.
*Teams who separate during the stage will receive the finish time of the slower team member, inclusive of any penalties.
7. Withdrawal from a Stage
Participants who cannot continue the race must inform the organizers of their decision by contacting one of the below mentioned event personnel. Failure to inform the organization may cause a search and rescue action. The cost for this action will be charged to the participant. In the event that you need to withdraw from the race, you must contact one of the following race personnel immediately:
• TranSelkirks Medical Team personnel
• TranSelkirks personnel at one of the Checkpoints
• TranSelkirks personnel at Start Line or Finish Line
• TranSelkirks personnel at Race Office
If you withdraw from the race, the organizers will ensure that you are transported back to Revelstoke Mountain Resort in Revelstoke, British Columbia and you are then responsible for your own transportation to another destination.
8. Food and Beverage
All participants are responsible for their own food and beverages while on the race course. The organizers will provide water, energy gels (fruits and additional snacks at car accessible checkpoints), and electrolyte drinks or drink mix.
Each participant must commit him/herself to protect the environment and not to leave any garbage along the route. Littering on the route or intentionally causing harm to the
environment will be cause for elimination from the race. *REMINDER: We are a 100% cup free event from start to finish. Racers are responsible for carrying a receptacle for water, fuel, and race gear.
9. Safety Equipment
For safety purposes, we recommend that participants carry the following equipment:
a) Rainwear (rain jacket and long pants)
b) Warm clothing (fleece sweater or similar) because weather in the mountains can change by the minute
c) Warm Hat and Gloves
d) 1 small First Aid Kit for every team / tape for blisters
e) 1 Survival Blanket for every team
f) ID card, money
g) Sunscreen
The following MANDATORY EQUIPMENT will be checked on all participants at the start of every stage:
a) Water vessel or water pack
b) Bear Spray
c) Buff or Beanie to cover your head
d) Light jacket
*Participants not carrying the required equipment will not be permitted to start the stage.
10. General
a) The race will be taking place partly on public roads. Each participant is to obey all traffic laws in effect and yield to motor-vehicles with right-of-way at all times.
b) The organizer reserves the right to penalize or disqualify participants and teams when one of the following applies:
* Participant health problems
* Violating rules and regulations of the event
* Unfair or unsportsmanlike conduct
*Disrespecting race personnel, volunteers, Parks officials, or other trail users, etc.
* Any disregard for the environment (littering, cutting switchbacks, etc.)
* Disregard for traffic rules
11. Environmental Regulations
a) Littering of any kind is prohibited. This includes cups, gel and electrolyte drink mix wrappers and applies to the race course, as well as roads, resort, and staging locations.
b) Washing clothing in rivers, streams and lakes is prohibited.
c) Short-cutting of trails is prohibited. You must stay on the primary trail tread of the marked routes at all times, as described in the map book.
Any participant caught disregarding the environmental rules above will be disqualified. In the case of major environmental concerns (fire bans,wildlife, flooding, wildlife restrictions, etc.) TranSelkirks has the right to cancel, delay or reroute the race. Participants will not be reimbursed in an environmental situation that is out of TranSelkirks control. In case of cancellation of a race leg, participants will be brought to the next stage location.
12. Safety Rules
a) Slower participants are required to make way for faster runners. Faster runners must give slower runners a reasonable opportunity to pull off the trail before passing.
b) Course Hazards are often not marked. Run in control and
be prepared for possible course hazards.
c) For the safety of racers and crew, headphones and music are not permitted.
These rules primarily serve to ensure the runners’ safety. Violating these rules can also lead to subsequent time penalty and/or disqualification from the race.
13. Protest and Jury
Each participant can file protest against other teams for disregarding the rules or against decisions of the race director. Protests can be filed in the Race Office up to one hour after the finish time limit. Witnesses should be named. A jury of three members appointed by the Event Director will debate the protest and render a decision prior to the start of the next stage. The protest fee is $50 CDN. This fee will not be reimbursed.
14. Liability
Each participant is responsible for his/her own safety and security. The organizers, sponsors and event personnel are in no way liable for injury or damage incurred to the
participants. A stipulation to participation in the event is that the runner agrees to take responsibility for risks against his/her person and his/her belongings when participating in the race, and give up any right to claim from persons, institutions, or companies running or having run the TranSelkirks Run.
Back for another year is Certified Athletic Therapist Andrea Dowd. Andrea has 9 year’s experience working with many athletes -weekend warriors to national level (runners, football players, speed skaters, cyclists (rd and mt) etc). Her role as an Athletic Therapist is to keep the athletes going during their competitive season, whether it’s taping the injury, assessing and treating injuries or manual therapy treatments to keep the body injury free.
Andrea also makes exercise recommendations to ensure you address the dysfunctional area. Andrea has great success in keeping the athletes participating in their sport.
You can book directly through Andrea via email andreadowd@hotmail.com, or during the race week you can call her on her cell at 587-435-5133.
