| Time | Description | km |
| 8:45 | Meet at the parking lot in Burnaby Mountain Park
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| | The Sky to Sea Leg. (4.7km) This long descent is on non-technical single track and some city streets. | |
| 9:00 | Start at the pyramidal stone monument at the scenic lookout behind the restaurant. | 0 |
| | Run west (toward downtown Vancouver) and downhill on the grass beside the fence. The cliff and a view of ocean and mountains to your right. You will come to Pandora Trail. At the first intersection, go straight. (Whatever you do, don't go right onto the clearly marked closed Velodrome Trail as it is nasty and dangerous!) | |
| | You will come to pavement at Pandora Drive. Go left onto the street then follow the street right and downhill at the first intersection. | 1.8 |
| 9:10 | There is a 4-way intersection at Duthie Drive. Turn right. At the roundabout crosswalk, go straight 1 block on Barnet Road to the intersection with Bayview Drive | 2.3 |
| | Go left and steeply downhill on Bayview to the steps next to the parking area. Cross the highway (Inlet Drive) at the traffic lights. There is a big "Terasen Pipeline" sign across the street then a bit farther downhill, a wooden sign with a map of Barnet Marine Park Trail. Go right onto the broad, gravel trail. | 3.0 |
| | Stay on the trail. You will parallel a fenced-off workyard for a about 300m, then climb up to Barnet Highway. | 3.5 |
| | Run along the left side of Barnet Highway against traffic in the bicycle lane. Please watch out for cyclists. | |
| | At the first intersection (Texaco Road), go left and downhill. Cross the railroad tracks carefully. If there is a train, chill out and have a snack. You will need it! | 4.4 |
| | Just before you reach the ocean, turn right and follow the nice path along the shore. Pass the ruins of the Barnett mill and the light beacon. The trail will end in sand after about 40m. Go right onto an old, wide concrete road that leads away from the beach | 4.7 |
| | The Roller Coaster Leg. (2.7km) This section is mostly nice, wide gravel trails that gently climb Burnaby Mountain. | |
| 9:20 | Washrooms, drinking water in the small buildings to your right. | 4.9 |
| | Continue uphill. Go right onto a spiral concrete ramp and walkway over the railroad tracks. | |
| | Continue straight up to the traffic lights at Barnet Highway. Cross carefully, then go left above the highway on the road that says "No Public Access". | 5.3
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| 9:30 | Continue parallel to the Highway on a paved road for about 200m. The pavement stops and you will continue right through a gate on a wide, rolling gravel trail for just over 2km. You will cross a small wooden bridge and come to a "T" intersection with a big, white oil storage tank #3297 in front of you. | |
| | Stairway to Heaven Leg. (3.8km) This is where the 8% gradient slope starts and fun begins! The remainder of the run is on the Trans Canada Trail, so it's very tough to get lost. | |
| | Turn right and uphill. Feel your heart rate and your breakfast raise as you run steeply uphill! | 7.4 |
| | At the intersection under the power lines, go left. | 7.9 |
| | This is a bit tricky! At the flat section with the wooden trail kiosk, switchback right on Trans Canada Trail uphill and away from the power lines. | 8.2 |
| | At the "Y" intersection, stay right and straight | |
| | At the next "Y" intersection with the wooden trail map, stay right and downhill on the TransCanada Trail | 9.2
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| | At the next "Y" intersection, go right and uphill on the TransCanada Trail. Pass a big concrete water reservoir. | |
| | At Burnaby Mountain Park, run until the information board / signpost where Trans Canada Trail goes down left towards Hastings St. At this point, turn right.
| 11.0 |
| 10:10 | Arrive at the stone pyramid. Kiss it. Enjoy the view and your accomplishment...or run another lap! | 11.2 |
