When was the 2026 edition?

Saturday, September 5, 2026, over Labour Day weekend.

I rode the Big Foot Loop, is it available?

Yes: the 101 km Big Foot Loop has its own page.

Can I see the elevation profile on the page?

Yes: the profile of the real route is shown on this page, with the opening climb highlighted.

CodeInk — Cycling Maps

Cranbrook Gravel Grind Gold Rush Loop Map Art

Name: Cranbrook Gravel Grind — Gold Rush Loop 56 km
Brand: CodeInk.art
SKU: cranbrook-gravel-grind-gold-rush
Price: 149 CAD
Availability: MadeToOrder

$149 CAD

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A human-designed cycling artwork of the 2026 56 km Gold Rush Loop of the Cranbrook Gravel Grind, a gravel loop from Cranbrook, physically plotted with ink on 250 gsm paper in Québec City.

✓Physically plotted with ink on 250 gsm paper
✓Created to order in Québec City
✓Personal production timelapse included

codeink@robot:~$ ./citymap --generate▌

> Ready — tap a race below to begin

✓Made to order in Québec City
✓Unframed — fits standard 11 x 17 in frames
✓Free shipping — Canada only
✓Free replacement if damaged

Distance: 56 km / 34.8 miLocation: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. Plotted in real ink, one line at a time, on 250gsm paper.

The course in numbers

Distance

56 km

official distance

Elevation gain

770 m

in total

Start · Idlewild Park (Cranbrook)Finish · Idlewild Park (Cranbrook)

The course

The 2026 56 km Gold Rush Loop of the Cranbrook Gravel Grind, a gravel loop from Idlewild Park in Cranbrook through Gold Creek and the Mayook-Baker forest road.

The 2026 Cranbrook Gravel Grind was raced on Saturday, September 5, starting and finishing at Idlewild Park in Cranbrook, British Columbia. The Gold Rush Loop climbs right away — the main climb, about 289 metres in the first 11 kilometres — then runs on Gold Creek Road and gravel roads to the Mayook-Baker forest service road, at the highest point of the course, 1,337 metres. It then returns along Highway 3 to Idlewild Park. In all, 770 metres of climbing, according to the organizer. This is the exact route plotted here — every turn at its precise intersection.

Start: Idlewild Park (Cranbrook)
Finish: Idlewild Park (Cranbrook)
Main climb: ≈ +289 m in the first 11 km

Why This Ride

The Gold Rush Loop is the course that built the Cranbrook Gravel Grind's name: unique gravel, honest climbs and mountain forests. Here, it's the 56 km loop. Your race, preserved in ink, one line at a time.

Make the Achievement Yours

Add a name, finish time or short dedication to turn the artwork into a personal record of the work behind the medal. Personalization is optional; leave the field blank for the original composition.

How It Is Made

The composition, hierarchy and final linework are directed by a person. A pen plotter then draws the artwork physically, line by line, with ink on paper. Small production variations can occur during physical plotting.

Plotted by a robot. Designed by a person.

Specifications

codeink@robot:~$ ./specs --piece cranbrook-gravel-grind-gold-rush

> FORMAT: Tabloid Standard [11" x 17" / 27.9 × 43.2 cm]

> INK SYSTEM: Stabilo® Fineliner / Sakura® Gelly Roll

> SUBSTRATE: 250gsm High-Density Stock [120lb]

> EXECUTION: Precision Vector Plotting

What you get

A finished race map lying on the pen plotter's table

Your piece, plotted in pen

Your name and your time, plotted in ink under the title.

Production timelapse included

The timelapse of your piece being plotted, sent with your order.

Example timelapse — you get the one of your own piece.

A signature only UV light reveals

Serial number, year and Québec City, plotted on the back in UV ink.

A framed CodeInk race map hanging on a wall

On your wall

Standard 11 × 17 in (27.9 × 43.2 cm): it fits any off-the-shelf frame, so you can pick the one that suits your space.

Frame not included.

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A real process, not a printer

Each piece is physically plotted, pen on paper, in Québec City — watch the machine work.

Watch the process

14-day returns

Real defects — shipping damage, wrong colour, missing lines — are replaced free of charge.

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Secure checkout

Payments are processed by Stripe. CodeInk.art never sees or stores your card details.

Numbered and signed

A unique serial number and the date are plotted on the back in UV ink — invisible to the naked eye, laid down in the same pass as the drawing.

Carlos, founder of CodeInk.art, in his studio in Québec City

The Origin

“When I arrived from Colombia into the cold winters of Québec, I realized that while languages can be barriers, art and geometry are universal. I found comfort in the precision of code and the warmth of paper. CodeInk.art is my way of merging those two worlds: the story of where we come from, drafted with the technology of where we are going.”

Meet the founder →

Independence

Independent artwork inspired by the event named above. CodeInk.art is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organizer.

General questions (size, frame, timelapse…) → The Process

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