Simcoe-Muskoka 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 Falling Leaves Emsdale 200 Emsdale, Rosseau, Port Carling 09/03 7,290
200K Lake Rosseau 200 Emsdale, Orrville, Port Carling, Windermere, Orrville 09/98 NA
200K Purple Hills - Beaver Valley Alliston, Feversham, Kimberley 06/02 6,000
200K Forks of the Credit Alliston, Kleinburg, Erin, Orangeville NA NA
200K Lake Simcoe - Holland Marsh Alliston, Barrie, Bradford, Caledon East 05/03 4,100
200K Alliston - Thornbury Alliston, Collingwood, Thornbury, Creemore NA NA
200K Midhurst - Midland Midhurst, Lafontaine, Midland NA NA
200K Big Chute Barrie, Honey Harbour, Coldwater 07/03 NA
300K Alliston - Drayton Alliston, Elora, Wellesley, Drayton, Orangeville NA NA
300K Muskoka 300 Emsdale, Port Carling, Rosseau, Bracebridge, Huntsville NA NA
400K Alliston - Stratford Alliston, Elora, Stratford, Cambridge, Erin 05/03 NA
600K Nottawasaga Bay 600 Alliston, Elora, Clifford, Owen Sound, Meaford, Flesherton, Collingwood, Midland, Barrie 06/03 NA

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