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Cushy Couch 10km
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08:00
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Reference Point – Ron Andrews Recreation Center - Start / Finish
Ron Andrews Rec Center is at 931 Lytton Street at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver. There are free parking spaces for about 50 cars. Toilets are free. Showers and other facilities available for a $4.50 drop in fee for the day. Start is one block north at the corner of Lytton Street and Bendale Road.
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08:30
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Start. The white stop line on the road on the south side of Bendale Road at the corner of Lytton.
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1. Paved Road. This relatively flat section takes you approximately 2 km to Canyon Creek Park and the trails.
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- go straight along Bendale one block to Berkley Road. Go right onto Berkley.
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- follow Berkley approximately 2 km until it ends at Hyannis Drive. Turn left on Hyannis and run one block to where it ends at entrance to Canyon Creek Park. Go through cement barriers. You will see a large sign welcoming you to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.
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2.2
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2. Trail. This trail section is a mix of nice groomed, fast trails and rooty, rocky ups and downs. It's a loop that gets you back to Hyannis Drive.
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- after passing the concrete barrier continue straight along main trail. Go left at the first intersection and cross a section of board walk. |
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- At the end of the boardwalk veer right. Continue past a couple of minor trails until you come to a t-intersection. |
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- Go left and uphill at intersection. Trail becomes a bit rocky and may be muddy. After about 500m, you will cross a bridge. |
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09:00
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- go steeply uphill to power lines, then downhill on trail just to the right of power lines. About half way between the first 2 towers, turn right onto a small trail that makes a tunnel through the bushes. (If you come to an open area with a single bike jump, turn back 20m…you’ve gone too far!)
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- go straight along trail 25m into forest. You will come to a yellow tag (18) on a tree. Continue straight.
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- At the intersection with trail to your left, so straight. At the first junction, go left and contour the a little swampy lake (Lizard Lake.) Go steeply uphill to a T-intersection at the top of a narrow ridge then right.
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- follow trail around left side of lake and head up to a ridge. At the T-intersection at top of ridge, go right then steeply downhill on a rocky, rutted trail (Bottletop Trail). As you near the bottom, you will hear and then see a river (Seymour River) below to your right.
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- at T-intersection just above the river, turn left onto the wide path (Fisherman’s Trail).
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- Run along this path to the intersection with the Baden Powell Trail. Turn left onto the Baden Powell trail. Follow this path and BP until you come out on a paved road (Hyannis Drive). Turn right and run up the road 100 meters to Berkeley Street. |
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- Turn right onto Berkley. Continue approximately 1.5 km to Bendale Road. Go left and run one block to Lytton Street. Turn Right on Lytton and back to Ron Andrew’s Recreation Centre.
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11:00
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Reference Point – Ron Andrews Gym. Lytton and Mount Seymour Parkway.
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10km
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