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Diez Vista 50K

It offers one distance, 50 km with 2,000 m of climbing, from White Pine Beach.

Prepare for Diez Vista 50K

A plan built from your answers and your race date.

trail training plan

The race starts and finishes at White Pine Beach in Belcarra Regional Park, east of Vancouver. The ground is classic coastal rainforest: narrow singletrack, roots, rock and damp footing under heavy tree cover. April keeps rain in the picture, and higher sections can still be muddy or slick on race morning.

One distance is offered: the 50K, with 2,000 m of vertical gain. The event is part of the Coast Mountain Trail Running series and shares its organizer with Squamish 50. For many runners in southwestern British Columbia it works as the first significant trail target of the season.

The formats

One format only.

Format	Distance	Vertical gain
50K	31 mi	2,000 m

Organizer information, checked on September 21, 2026 · trailrunning.ca

When to start

A build for this distance usually runs 12 to 24 weeks. Counted back from race day, that puts the start somewhere between October 19, 2026 and January 11, 2027.

These ranges are working conventions, not a research finding — no trial has compared plan lengths against each other. What matters more is that the plan was built for the weeks you actually have, rather than shrunk down from a longer one.

How to choose your start date

When to start

October 19, 2026

→ January 11, 2027

Worth reading before you enter

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Questions

What is the date of Diez Vista 50K in 2027?

Diez Vista 50K is run on Saturday, April 10, 2027 in Anmore / Belcarra. Date published by the organizer, checked on September 21, 2026.

How much climbing does the Diez Vista 50K have?

The 50 km course includes 2,000 m of vertical gain. It alternates sustained climbs with technical coastal forest descents, which makes the effort harder than the distance alone would suggest on paper.

What level do you need for the Diez Vista 50K?

You need long trail experience. Fifty kilometres with 2,000 m of climbing on technical ground assumes you have already completed multi-hour forest runs and feel comfortable descending on wet roots and rock.

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