The Port Hills are the draw here, with an after-work rogaine that gets you mostly off road and straight onto the local tracks. Wicked Rogaine Spring Series 1 is less about a marked racing line and more about reading the ground, working with your team, and figuring out how much climbing and bush-bashing you are willing to spend your legs on.
You move in teams of 2-5 people, navigating by map and compass and visiting as many checkpoints as they wish across terrain that varies from open farmland to hilly forest. Because the checkpoints are free-choice and carry different values, strategy and route selection becomes a vital component; gurus can chase a clever haul, newbies can keep it simple, and families can still get the full map-in-hand adventure without pretending it is a road race.