XTERRA Victoria Race Information

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.

Image of the XTERRA Victoria swim course

Bike Course

New for 2022, we  have made a change to the bike course.  We have replaced the Switchbacks descent with Torpedo Run. This change removes a challenging technical descent and replaces it with a designated downhill trail.  The course description has been updated with the changes in blue text. The GPS track has been updated.

elevation chart of the XTERRA Victoria bike course
XTERRA Victoria Bike Course Elevation

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.

XTERRA Victoria bike course map

Course description

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

  • 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 left on to old payoff connector and stay right on to Torpedo Run
  • Turn left on to Centerfold, now a wider fire road
  • Turn left staying on Centerfold, now a wider fire road
  • right on Little Face, rocky bits here
  • Stay right onto Wild Stallion
  • 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 Easy Rider 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 5 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. View the route on Trail Forks here.

XTERRA Victoria run course

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.

Race Package Pick-up

There is a race package pick-up (and voluntary bike check) for all triathlon participants on Saturday, July 6th 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 7 am.

Event Parking

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.

Cut Off

There is a time limit of 4 hours to start the final run lap of 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.