About

The Lost in the Rocks (and Trees) mountain bike race has been an ongoing community event for the last 14 years. In it’s current configuration, it takes place on the Voyageur Multi-Use Trail System, outside of the town of Mattawa Ontario. There are two courses, one measuring 60 km, the other 110 km (approximately). This is not a course for the weak at heart. The Lost in the Rocks and Trees will take you back to the beginning of Mountain Biking – when groomed trails did not exist. From retired logging roads, to rock strewn climbs (and decents), soft sand and puddles that are ’surprisingly’ deep, the sheer distance and incredible terrain of the Canadian Shield will wear you down. Some riders don’t finish…MANY bike parts don’t finish…and that’s part of what makes it Ontario’s Toughest Mountain Bike Race.

(oh yes…Please come with new brake pads!)

Length of Course

As has been previously posted, this year’s race will be the same course as 2007 and 2008, with approximate lengths being 62 and 110 km. The 110 km group will complete a portion of the course twice.

Type of Trails:

The course will primarily be ATV trails. These trails are not of ‘fire-road’ quality, and can get rather rough. Over the course of 62 km, you could experience everything from mud to loose sand, bed-rock/Canadian Shield to loose shale. The course will not require a high level of technical skill to complete, but will grind you down based on the shear length and variety.

Why Should You Participate

110 km. Heat. Rain. Challenge. Reward.

There are numerous reasons to join us for this event. Each participant will gain something different from their experience, and regardless of how you perform, you will have stories to last a lifetime.

I have had a request to post both a map and the trail numbers from previous races.

The trail numbers are as follows.

From the trail head -  15, 13, 11, 17, 14, 19 (logging road) , 49, 31, 88, 79, 11, 13 (back to Mattawa).

The 110 km course does the loop twice, from the 79/17/11 junction back to 14, 19 etc. I do not have a digital copy of the trail map (grab one from Draper’s Restaurant in Mattawa), but I do have this topo map for your downloading pleasure (thanks to Bill Silver and the North Bay Amature Radio Club)