Events/Tour Divide

Tour Divide

Ultra

Date

Fri, 11 Jun 2027

Venue

Banff, Alberta, Canada -> Antelope Wells, New Mexico, USA

Countdown

June

Distance

4,350km

Total climb

45,618m

Roughly 2,700 miles down the spine of the Rocky Mountains, Banff to the Mexican border, carrying everything yourself. One of the longest off-pavement races on earth, and you ride it entirely alone.

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The course

The route

Up to 61,000m of climbing along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, roughly 90% gravel, dirt and fire road, topping out at Indiana Pass in Colorado at 11,913ft. The 2027 Grand Depart rolls out of Banff around 11 June.

Weather

Mid-June, Banff

12°CTypical high

1°CTypical low

-5°CColdest in 20 years

72%Days with rain

Highs around 12°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 72% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Tour Divide

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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Weeks in the saddle, not hours

Typical sessions

Aerobic durability over 2 to 4 weeks, not one hard day. Accumulated fatigue is the real opponent.

Weather at both extremes: near-freezing snow on northern passes, then 35C-plus desert heat later on.

Long serviceless stretches where a single fuelling or hydration error can quickly turn serious.

Multiple nights riding and bivvying, self-navigating by GPS with no course markings to follow.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 endurance rides off-road, building from around 5 hours toward 12-plus, dialling in fuelling as you go.

Back-to-back big weekends: Saturday 8 to 12 hours, Sunday 6 to 8, teaching your legs to work when tired.

Overnight and bivvy rides: ride into the dark, sleep a few hours, then ride again at dawn.

A 5-plus day loaded bikepacking trip on full kit, the single most race-specific session in the plan.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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