Early season trail condition report: Hollyburn Chute

The Hollyburn Chute section of the Baden Powell is in great shape this year. After inspecting it today, we can report that it’s basically snow free, save for a few short patches south of the Blue Gentian Lake trail junction. North of the junction, there’s still continuous snow about 60cm-90cm...

Icebreaker t-shirts are back again for 2014!

We’re very pleased to have Icebreaker merino t-shirts back again this year for all runners… … trail runners love ’em because they wick moisture away (keeping you cool and dry) and because they don’t smell or have ‘stink memory’ like synthetic fibres… do you know how many relationships this has saved in...

Unofficial Training Runs Start Wednesday April 2nd

With the gorgeous weather coming around, what better way to kickstart your training (and meet lots of great trailrunners) than by attending the unofficial training runs. Meeting place is the Cleveland Dam parking lot in North Vancouver, on the left hand side of Nancy Greene Way as you head towards...

The Baden Powell Memorial Connector Project

Several people have asked if the Knee Knacker is involved with the Baden Powell Memorial Connector project. We fully support the project’s goal to create a new section of trail to bypass Indian River Road, but the race is not officially involved with the project. If you’d like to support...

We love our Volunteers!!!

Why is it awesome being the Knee Knacker Volunteer Coordinator? Because it’s still more than three months to race date and almost all of the roles for the first half of the course are already filled! Gotta love the Knee Knacker community! http://www.kneeknacker.com/volunteers/volunteer-signup-form/ -Dennis Marchant

Great News Knee Knacker Runners!

We hope your training is going well and you are enjoying the muddy and technical trails around the North Shore – all that running takes its toll on the soles of your shoes! So once again, the West Vancouver Salomon store is offering a discount for runners who are entered...