Pure Canadian Racing Adventures
The Storm Multi-Sport Adventure Series presented by Hi-Tec is a collection of Canada's largest and most inclusive adventure racing events. From absolute beginners to seasoned veterans, we've got something for anyone seeking a quality event experience with elements of dirt, sweat, camaraderie, and the traditional adventure race disciplines of paddling, trekking and mountain biking.
But we're not big on the "same old, same old" common to most series races - each event features its own unique theme, host venue and race format. Choose your event and choose your adventure!
Storm the Trent
Choose from race options ranging from a full-day challenge to an entry-level introductory course, and be a part of Canada's largest adventure racing event! Three separate events are staged over the course of race weekend, each featuring progressive levels of course distance and degree of difficulty. Racers are offered the choice of the beginner-friendly 'Hike' course, the intermediate-level 'Trek,' or the 'Trek Elite' advanced course, as well as team formats ranging from a solo option to teams of two or four.
Voted for five years by readers of Get Out There Magazine as Ontario's favourite adventure race, this is consistently our most popular event, and is widely recognized as the first choice for beginners looking to test the waters of the highly addictive world of adventure racing.
Website: www.stormthetrent.com
The Emergency Services Adventure Race (ESAR)
Created for emergency services personnel but open to all, ESAR features long and short course options in the classic sprint adventure race format. ESAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary year in 2012, having hosted events from ten different race sites since its inception, all against the backdrop of Central and Southern Ontario's best adventure terrain.
This year's ESAR will make the move to Canadian Shield country, and the rugged terrain surrounding the town of Apsley just northeast of Peterborough. Teams of three competing in Fire, Police, EMS, Military and Civilian divisions will trek, paddle and mountain bike their way through two course options ranging from three-to-five or five-to-eight hours in length. Teams must work together as they navigate their way through an unmarked racecourse and contend with map and compass work, strategy and decision-making, the assignment of specials tasks, as well as the many challenges posed by the natural elements. Finishing is not an option, it's a duty.
Website: www.esar.ca
RockstAR Adventure Race
With a unique "choose-your-own-adventure" format, a choice of short or long course options, and a post-race buffet like no other, this is the event where adventure racing teams of two or three are truly treated like the rock stars they are!
Staged exclusively in the legendary Haliburton Highlands, the RockstAR race venue at the Bark Lake Leadership Centre is bar none the best site to host an adventure race in Ontario. Take elements such as a private lake; acres upon acres of surrounding Crown Land; awesome ATV-trail mountain biking; and seemingly limitless options for true wilderness checkpoint-finding. Now compliment it with inexpensive on-site accommodations and an absolutely perfect venue to host a fantastic post-race party. The result is RockstAR - the adventure racing equivalent of your favourite concert location, and Canada's rocking-est adventure event!
Website: www.racetherockstar.com
Storm the 'Scarpment
Take the fun and social atmosphere of a multi-hour relay race. Mix with elements of adventure sports and a military-style obstacle course. Add one of Ontario's top mountain biking destinations. Stir and enjoy - either as a solo or in groups of two, four, five or six.
The Storm the 'Scarpment relay adventure race (formerly "Storm the Ten") has been fully re-launched with an all-new format for 2012. The premise is simple; a five or eight-hour event; a 10km course made up of short-distance paddling, mountain biking and trail running sections; each lap combining all the thrills of an adventure race into roughly one-hour loops. Solo racers attack their laps individually while teams race in pairs - each attempting the course as many times as possible over a five or eight-hour period.
Storm the 'Scarpment is hosted exclusively at Kelso Conservation Area in Milton; the GTA's local haven for all things outdoors. Home to a 50-acre lake, a 5-lift ski hill, and a fantastic network of trails lining the Niagara Escarpment, this gem of a site compacts the best elements of a classic adventure race into a 980-acre park. Racers can expect a course layout that is nothing short of challenging, thrilling, fast and fun!
Website: www.stormthescarpment.ca