9.2 miles
Distance
1,664 ft
Climb
-1,682 ft
Descent
5,168 ft
High Point
ENDURANCE LOOP: 15 km (mix of single and double track)
• This trail provides a variety of single track, technical trail features
and downhill sections. It is best ridden in a clockwise direction to
take advantage of the long downhill section from Odyssey.
• A section of the Endurance loop that is also accessed from the
Orange loop is called Odyssey. This is a fun section of trail that
has great flow with a lot of downhill.
• Access from the Daylodge, begin on Centennial ski trail
Detailed Description
Canmore Nordic Center Endurance Loop is a 9 mile popular intermediate route located near Canmore Alberta. This mountain bike only route can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 14 trails. This route climbs 1,664 ft with a max elevation of 5,168 ft then descends -1,682 ft.
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23 Reviews & Comments
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finblarr
(Oct 17, 2022 at 8:20)

Trail Georgetown Climb
This is short and painful, but it's way better than Long Road to Ruin, which is long and painful.
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Trail Tragically Hip
Fun. Lap this for a good time. Some of the berms had loose sand on them and I nearly bailed. CNC calls this a black, but blue seems appropriate.
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Draftthree
(Sep 12, 2021 at 13:39)

Trail Blue Coal Chutes
Long road to ruin, is literally a long road to ruin. You will be ruined. But you will also be ruined on Georgetown, only that's a much shorter road to ruin. Personally, I think Georgetown is the way to go. Neither way is pleasant
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98teg
(Jul 6, 2021 at 18:11)

Trail Long Road to Ruin
Riding this as a climbing trail the trail name is very fitting. It's a lungbuster, the downs only lead to more ups. Atleast climbing it is doable there are no roots to hop over. I still would ride it again as a climb trail.
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saddle
(May 11, 2021 at 17:22)

Trail Blue Coal Chutes
Long Road to Ruin is a great climb out of the valley after you have descended Odessa or Coal Chutes. Ignore anything “Bre-Dude” has posted, as he clearly hasn’t a clue.
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Bre-don
(Oct 19, 2020 at 15:31)
Trail The Albertan
TOTALLY A GREAT TRAIL
- this comment was paid for by the pretentious dickwads at nordic center.
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- this comment was paid for by the pretentious dickwads at nordic center.
Bre-don
(Sep 30, 2020 at 0:11)
Trail Killer Bees
Yet again a perfect example of wtf on this app OR the nordic center is just horrifically designed. Killer bees would be one of the better runs at nordic but here we go again with these c*nts telling you to bike UP a track when it's really obvious you should be going the opposite way. Too bad there's no good way to get to it. For anyone who doesn't understand Nordic center definitions yet...
Cross country (have fun going uphill pussy)
Technical (our trails are the roughest you could imagine)
Full suspension (did we mention we have the worst terrain possible)
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Cross country (have fun going uphill pussy)
Technical (our trails are the roughest you could imagine)
Full suspension (did we mention we have the worst terrain possible)
Bre-don
(Sep 29, 2020 at 23:59)
Trail Long Road to Ruin
The fact that this app says you SHOULD enter from the north is just f*cked. It COULD be enjoyable from the south to north but still...who the f*ck designs these trails man there's lots of declining hill and not a single f*cking trail utilizing it in the right direction?
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Bre-don
(Sep 29, 2020 at 23:50)
Trail Blue Coal Chutes
Blue coal chutes IS fun. Don't f*cking exit to long road to ruin. Don't listen to anyone saying long road to ruin is both ways...that trail going in THAT direction is f-u-c-k-i-n-g horrid. I'm convinced the only sane way out of this area is georgetown interpretive.
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Bre-don
(Sep 29, 2020 at 23:41)
Trail Long Road to Ruin
Listen to me.
Long road to ruin should be entered from the south (autistic ferit or w.e the f*ck). The problem is it'll dump you in that f*cking corner where there isn't any fun way out and it's just f*cking pig work to get back. DO NOT ENTER THIS TRAIL FROM BLUE COAL CHUTES. Going north to south on this trail was the worst f*cking idea I've had yet.
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Long road to ruin should be entered from the south (autistic ferit or w.e the f*ck). The problem is it'll dump you in that f*cking corner where there isn't any fun way out and it's just f*cking pig work to get back. DO NOT ENTER THIS TRAIL FROM BLUE COAL CHUTES. Going north to south on this trail was the worst f*cking idea I've had yet.
Bre-don
(Sep 29, 2020 at 23:31)
Trail The Odyssey
The first 500 meters would be great if you weren't going up it. Otherwise, odyssey is one of the better runs.
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Trail The Odyssey
Fun, flowy, well-built with some great views. Potential to get over-excited and pick up a bit too much speed for the height of some berms, but a few runs should take care of that. Do recommend!
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Trail Nector Noodle
Fun technical trail going up and down.
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Trail Killer Bees
Great little trail. Easy going up and nice and flowy going down.
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Trail The Odyssey
What happened to the extension that went to the lower junction with No Homers??
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Trail The Odyssey
Super buff and awesome flow. Closest thing to a Rossland or PG trail around. Thanks, trail builders!
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purnhauserdenes
(Sep 19, 2016 at 12:50)

Trail The Odyssey
Great trail, great flow and many fun surprises along the way. Like a little stump-jump and the drops at the end. Great extension now to make a longer loop.
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Trail The Odyssey
Super fast and fun trail! Great work to the builders!
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purnhauserdenes
(Sep 19, 2016 at 12:49)

Trail The Odyssey
That was done by the volunteers of Canmore Trail Alliance. We were there several times and I was impressed of the results :-)))
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Trail Georgetown Climb
Assuming this is the Georgetown Climb? If so, needs edit for name and route....
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Primary ActivityMountain Bike
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Difficulty ratingBlue
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Route TypeLoop
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eBike Allowed
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Bike typeAM, XC
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DirectionBoth Directions
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Physical ratingModerate
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Altitude min4,346 ft
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Altitude start4,692 ft
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Altitude end4,675 ft
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Grade-0%
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Grade max-45.6%
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Grade min36.2%
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Distance climb4 miles
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Distance down4 miles
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Distance flat4,459 ft
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Into The Gnar at Canmore Nordic Centre
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Canmore Nordic Centre - The Odyssey
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