{"id":804305,"date":"2026-07-15T21:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804305\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:36:21","slug":"the-range-delivers-a-dreamy-day-of-albertan-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804305\/","title":{"rendered":"The Range delivers a dreamy day of Albertan gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever spent a drive through Alberta\u2019s foothills staring longingly at a range road or ranch doubletrack snake its way through the landscape before disappearing, TransRockies gravel bonanza, The Range, could be for you. With multiple distances, including a whopping 211-km Frontier distance, departing from Claresholm, Alberta, there\u2019s an experience built for every rider.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With over eight hours on course, aero is a real advantage. 221km Fronter winner brian Loewen. Photo: John Gibson<\/p>\n

Last weekend, sunny prairie skies delivered a weekend to remember. Brian Loewen and Sinead Tracey braved heat, dust and the quiet enemy: wind to take the Frontier wins. That was a hefty 8:41 on course for Loewen and 8:59 for Tracey. There really are endless roads to explore in Alberta.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Doubletrack gravel dreams never looked so good. Photo: John Gibson
\n\"\"<\/a>The roadside fans look a little different at The Range. Photo: Jean McAllister<\/p>\n

The Range includes a special connector to make the loop possible. Burke Creek Ranch opens its network of doubletrack and private roads to TransRockies just for the weekend.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2026 TransRockies The Range<\/p>\n

Taking top honours in the slightly more reasonable Classic Range distance, Kelsey Duffield finished 122km in 4:16 to win the women\u2019s race and, in 4:04, Zachary Guenther the men\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kelsey Duffield takes the women\u2019s Classic win. Photo John Gibson<\/p>\n

An 85km Rustler route and the 60km Rodeo course offered an opportunity to experience foothills gravel of Southwestern Alberta for the gravel curious all the way to the most hardcore endurance athletes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The foothills are flatter than the nearby Rocky Mountains. But they are not flat. Photo: Jean McAllister
\n\"\"<\/a>On a hot day of racing, the real finish line, back in Chisholm, came after the official finish line. Photo: Jean McAllister<\/p>\n

Full results from the 2026 TransRockes Events \u201cThe Range\u201d are on Zone4 now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever spent a drive through Alberta\u2019s foothills staring longingly at a range road or ranch doubletrack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[901,49,48,635,41260,117921,117922,82,282914,123426],"class_list":["post-804305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-gravel","tag-gravel-events","tag-gravel-news","tag-sports","tag-the-range","tag-transrockies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}