Brevet and Populaire 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


Populaire Route Details

Start Point Route Distance
Maple Maple - Schomberg 60K
Maple Maple - Bradford 70K
Maple Maple - Newmarket 70K
Maple Maple - Bolton/Caledon East 80/100K
Maple Maple - Beeton 90K
Maple Champagne Scramble 100K
Maple Maple - Tottenham 120K
Maple Maple - Uxbridge 120K
Maple Maple - Belfountain 125K
Maple Maple - Thornton 125K
Maple Maple - Barrie 135K
Maple Simcoe Century 165K
Erin Mills Erin Mills - Campbellville 100K
Erin Mills Erin Mills - Waterdown (Springer) 110K
Erin Mills Erin Mills - Erin 125K
Erin Mills Erin Mills - St. George 135K
Erin Mills Erin Mills - Cambridge 140K
Markham Markham - Leaksdale 110K
Markham Markham - Port Perry 120K
Markham Markham - Udora 120K
Markham Markham - Kirby 135K
Toronto Giro del Toronto 65K
Don Mills Don Mills - Stouffville 70K
Toronto Toronto - Oakville 80K
Toronto Mean Streets West 100K
Don Mills Uxbridge Ice Classic 110K
Stoney Creek Jordan Ramble 100K

Brevet Route Details

Distance Name Controls Last Ridden Vertical Feet
200K Maple - Orangeville Maple, Beeton, Orangeville 06/04 5,300
200K Maple - Erin - Hockley Maple, Erin, Hockley 04/03 5,400
200K Maple - Orillia Maple, Barrie, Carthew Bay 04/03 4,600
200K Bewdley Glutebuster Markham, Kendall, Bewdley 09/02 6,400
200K Markham - Woodville Markham, Udora, Woodville, Leaksdale 09/01 5,200
200K Scugog Circle Markham, Leaksdale, Lindsay, Blackstock, Uxbridge 06/03 4,900
200K Gentle Start Erin Mills, Cambridge, Maryhill, Campbellville 05/03 4,200
200K Bits and Pieces Erin Mills, Erin, Campbellville 05/01 4,800
200K Tour of the Valleys Erin Mills, Cambridge, Greensville 05/03 6,400
200K Halton Hills 200 Erin Mills, Campbellville, Belfountain 08/01 7,100
200K Mean Streets North Toronto, Rexdale, Rougemont, Upper Beaches 09/02 4,856
200K Haliburton Offroad Haliburton, Fenelon Falls, Blackstock, Balsam, Markham 10/02 5,085
200K Grand River 200 Erin Mills, Ancaster, Cayuga, Dundas, Erin Mills 08/03 4,340
300K Hills, Villes, and Valleys Maple, Campbellville, Fergus, Erin 06/06 8,500
300K Maple - Conestogo Maple, Beeton, Elora, Conestogo 05/03 7,200
300K Pretty River Valley Maple, Alliston, Feversham, Angus 07/03 7,100
300K Erin Mills - New Hamburg Erin Mills, Erin, New Hamburg, St. George 05/02 NA
300K Markham - Lindsay - Millbrook Markham,. Lindsay, Millbrook, Enniskillen, Uxbridge 05/03 8,700
300K Tour of Rice Lake Markham, Bewdley, Hastings, Millbrook 05/03 NA
300K Carden Plain 300 Markham, Orillia, Uphill, Beaverton 08/02 NA
400K Maple - Shakespeare Maple, Beeton, Elora, Shakespeare 07/00 9,600
400K Georgian Triangle Maple, Alliston, Wasaga Beach, Midland, Midhurst, Cookstown 07/03 9,600
400K Maple - Collingwood Maple, Baxter, Markdale, Collingwood, Alliston 05/03 11,000
400K Tour of the Oak Ridges Moraine Erin Mills, Orangeville, Sharon. Stouffville, Oak Ridges 06/03 12,500
400K Old 400 Markham, Barrie, Kinmount, Bethany, Uxbridge 07/03 6,300
600K Old 600 Markham, Bewdley, Stirling, Peterborough, Norland, Orillia, Barrie 06/03 12,000
600K Tour of Southwestern Ontario Erin Mills, Tillsonburg, Port Stanley, Strathroy, Stratford, Cambridge 07/03 9,500
600K The Huron Shore Maple, Angus, Collingowood, Owen Sound, Southhampton, Markdale, Alliston 06/03 13,500
1,000K Toronto - Ottawa - Toronto Toronto, Bewdley, Brighton, Verona, Perth, Ottawa, Perth, Tweed, Peterborough, Oshawa 08/03 21,000
1,000K Around Lake Ontario Toronto, Brighton, Kingston, Oswego, Rochester, Queenston, Ancaster 07/03 NA


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