Who's Ready to Let It All Hang Out?

Who's Ready to Let It All Hang Out?
Episode Information
Version:	Canada
Season:	The Amazing Race Canada 4
Episode Number:	1/12 (035)
First Broadcast:	June 28, 2016
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"Here's to You, Canada...Cheers" (previous season)
Next:	"Deal Guys? Deal! Deal!"
Subpages

Who's Ready to Let It All Hang Out? is the season premiere of The Amazing Race Canada 4.

Story

Ten teams begin the race from Frame Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and travel by plane to Edmonton, Alberta and then by train to the mountain town of Jasper, Alberta.

Route Markers

• Starting Line
• Route Info 1
• Route Info 2
• Roadblock 1
• Route Info 3
• Roadblock 2 & Pit Stop

The Race begins at Frame Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

From Frame Lake, teams had to run to the ceremonial circle at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, where they found their first clue directing them to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. There, teams had to locate a wooden greeting containing a phrase written in Weledeh: "Hotìa dechı̨nta k’èahdè" ("Travel safely across the land"). They then had to search the nearby forest, where tags containing words of the same language and their translation were hanging from the trees were, for ones matching their clue. They then had to correctly recite the phrase in English to an Elder in order to receive their next clue. Teams also received a Bank of Montreal credit card that served as the teams' source of money for the rest of the season.

After the first task, teams had to drive to Yellowknife Airport and book one of two flights to Edmonton, Alberta, with the first four teams on the first flight. Once there, teams boarded a bus to the town of Jasper and found their next clue outside of the Jasper Train Station.

One team member was equipped with a bungee cord and rode in the Jasper Skytram, which stop midair halfway up the mountain. At this point, they climbed out of the tram and used monkey bars underneath in order to reach their clue on the other side. Only three teams were permitted in the Skytram at a time. If they fell, they had to wait in line for the next crossing.

After the first Roadblock, teams had to paddle a raft along the Athabasca River and find their next clue on the shoreline.

Teams had to drive themselves to Two Valley Creek Canyon. Here, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to rappel down into the canyon and then search the river valley on foot for a Parks Canada representative who gave them an avalanche beacon, which they used to locate one of three caches containing their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop on Pyramid Island.

Leaderboard

Legend:
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot• ∇ Team that lost the Double Battle

1st place  Jillian & Emmett Exes	2nd place  Steph & Kristen Dating Couple	3rd place  Stéphane & Antoine Father/Son	4th place  Joel & Ashley Father/Daughter	5th place  Julie & Lowell Married Couple
6th place  Frankie & Amy Mother/Daughter	7th place  Rita & Yvette Twin Sisters	8th place  Anne & Tanya Best Friends	9th place  Kelly & Kate Best Friends and Business Partners	10th place  Anthony & Brandon Best Friends

Trivia

• This episode's title refers to the first Roadblock in this leg.
• Earliest episode of The Amazing Race Canada to air on date.
• Due to rain, the first Roadblock was deemed unsafe to complete with the remaining teams having to wait out an undetermined amount of time to travel to the next route marker.
• With Anthony & Brandon's elimination, Stéphane & Antoine are the last all-male team remaining.

Reception

• Greg David at TV, eh? (06/28/2016): "Bad Moves and Bad Weather on The Amazing Race Canada"
• Fitzhugh.ca (06/29/2016): "Amazing Race Canada shines spotlight on Jasper"
• Jessa Carter at cartermatt.com (06/30/2016): "The Amazing Race Canada 4 premiere review: The problem with penalties"
• Sue's Reality Canada (06/30/2016): "The Amazing Race Canada 4 Premiere: Who's Ready to Crap Their Pants?"