Log Driver’s Waltz 2023

Located on the unceded and unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation, the Log Driver’s Waltz is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most challenging and picturesque routes in Canada. With ~9500 m (based on ride files) of climbing in 800 kilometres the route offers a variety of surfaces, views, leg sapping climbs and exhilarating descents.

Starting in the Lanark Highlands with its historic log buildings and split-rail fences, the route follows gravel roads, bush roads, rail trails and forest tracks through the Ottawa and Gatineau River Valleys. A highlight of the route are the 80 km of double and single-track trails through the Gatineau Park. Here the tough climbs are rewarded with viewpoints over the Ottawa Valley.

In contrast to the remote, rugged, and “out-of-cell-service” sections the route also passes through Ottawa, Canada’s national capital, within a few hundred metres of the Parliament Buildings and follows a short section of the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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