Point to point 80km trail starting in Tulameen, BC and ending on the outskirts of Hope, BC. Following a first nations route then utilized by Hudson's Bay Company fur traders around 1849. Map is here: http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resources/REC4660/documents/HBC%20Trail%20Map.pdf
Matt Lefort is a native of France, who 10 years ago moved to Andorra, a mountainous principality in the Pyrenees between Spain and France. He is the Race Director of the Els 2900, and an active mountain runner and skimo athlete.
Arcadia Trail is a 14 mile out and back through Arcadia Management Area in Rhode Island. The trail is almost entirely single track, with a few very technical boulder fields along the way. The start is at the Appie Crossing trailhead on Rt 165 in Exeter, with the turnaround at the end of the trail at the old DEM headquarters on Arcadia Rd in Richmond. The trail is well blazed with yellow throughout, and shares a couple of miles with the blue blazed North South Trail.