118 kmTrail🇨🇦 Grande Cache, Canada

Canadian Death Race

Saturday, 31 July 2027In 10 months · Start 08:00

A 118 km loop from Grande Cache in the northern Canadian Rockies over three mountain summits, with a river crossing at Hell's Gate canyon, where runners must hand over a coin to the ferryman.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against sinistersports.ca.

Elevation gain

5,180 m

Mountain · ↓ 5,180 m

Start altitude

1,211 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

11°C

Peaks around 21°C

Entry fee

≈ $300

Open entry

Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Loop

24h cut-off

Getting thereFly into YQU (Grande Prairie), about 144 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Mountain: about 5,180 m of climbing and 5,180 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

11°C

Peak during race

21°C

Humidity

67%

Chance of rain

16%

Wind

5 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 31 July ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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