Tremblante 50K

Race strategy

Hold a steady pace and save energy for every section.

• 264m descent. Go easy, save your quads.
• Final 640m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
• Steep 26% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, save your quads on the descents until 14.4km, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 39.0km.
• Start · 0.0km–1.5km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.5km–12.2km · Climb of 786m, descent of 264m averaging 12%. Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. This descent is hard on the legs: short steps, stay in control, poles if you have them.
• Work · 12.2km–30.6km · Descent of 257m averaging 12%, climb of 681m, high point 929m. Plus 1 more descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. This descent is hard on the legs: short steps, stay in control, poles if you have them.
• Fade · 30.6km–39.0km · Climb of 594m. Your energy fades, and that's normal: hold a steady effort and stop counting the miles. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Your heart rate drifts down on its own: don't chase your early-race numbers, go by feel.
• Home · 39.0km–44.0km · Descent of 640m averaging 13%. No heroics: settle back into your own effort and hold it to the line. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 2400m+. With 52m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 46% of the distance is uphill, 47% downhill and 7% flat. The longest climb runs 11.8km at an average 5.8% grade (681m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.0km at an average 12.9% grade (640m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 29.1% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 25.7% over 0.6km. Surface: 80% trail and 11% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 67.4 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Pic Johannsen (932m), 25.3km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Pic Pangman (899m) and Pic White (878m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 7.8km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 32 of 100), with 40% of the load in the first half: 2 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, save your quads on the descents until 14.4km, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 39.0km.
• #1 · 8.7–10.9 km · 264 m D−, -11.6% · 33.1 km ahead → control
• #2 · 12.2–14.4 km · 257 m D−, -11.9% · 29.6 km ahead → control
• 26.2–30.6 km · 403 m D−, -9.1% · 13.4 km ahead → your pace
• 39.0–44.0 km · 640 m D−, -12.9% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 12°C to 20°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 45%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 7% of days around this date.

Results

951 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Benoit Gaillard (France) in 4:42:28. Women's winner: Elisa Morin (Canada) in 4:44:39.