Ottawa Brevet Routes


Rating the Routes

Paris - Brest - Paris and Boston - Montreal - Boston each have approximately 30,000 feet of climbing - an average of about 2,500 feet for every 100 kilometers of the route. Using these as benchmarks, Randonneurs Ontario routes can be rated as follows:

Distance Easy Moderate Difficult Very Difficult
200K 3,000 feet 4,000 feet 5,000 feet 5,000+ feet
300K 4,500 feet 6,000 feet 7,500 feet 7,500+ feet
400K 6,000 feet 8,000 feet 10,000 feet 10,000+ feet
600K 9,000 feet 10,000 feet 15,000 feet 15,000+ feet


Brevet Route Details

Distance Name Controls Last Ridden Vertical Feet
200K Original 200 Kanata, Calabogie, Arnprior 04/03 3,675
200K Humanathon Nepean, Almonte, Calabogie NA NA
300K Venachar 300 Kanata, Calabogie, Eganville, Arnprior 05/03 7,075
300K Animalathon NA 05/03 NA
400K Westport 400 Ottawa, Almonte, Westport, Kingston, Perth 05/03 6,525
600K Placid 600 Nepean, Pakenham, Eganville, Vennachar, Westport, Kingston, Lanark 07/02 12,200
1,000K Ottawa - Toronto - Ottawa Ottawa, Perth, Tweed, Peterborough, Oshawa, Toronto, Gore's Landing, Brighton, Glenora, Verona, Perth NA NA

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