Problem with Courses and cul-de-sacs

I have the same problem using a course on my Edge 830. It will not take me down a dead-end street, but it will take down into a cu-de-sac. I guess routing logic is saying "don't go into dead-end streets" but then it should allow you to make a u-turn at the end to get out if you do go down the street. 

So what do we do about this? Does Garmin read the forums? Do we fill out a form? This is quite annoying. 

EricJRW said:

So what do we do about this?

They do read the forums and often respond, but to be sure, it's best to reach out to Product Support through their website at https://support.garmin.com

EricJRW said:

so maybe there is a distance factor Involved? If that's the case, is there a setting I missed?

I cannot tell whether the following is really the reason in your case, but please be aware that courses are limited to 50 or 200 course points (depending on the device model). When the designed course has more points than the device allows, the device will optimize the track, removing excessive points, so it is not surprising the dead end walks are removed. There is no setting for it, but you can split the course into several smaller ones.

Maximum Number of Course Points Supported by a Garmin Fitness Device | Garmin Customer Support

Not the reason in my case. 

Don't know about the OP.

That's interesting trux . I don't think I hit that many points, it was a relatively short run. Where can I find info on device limitations? I have the FR965. The course looks fine, both on the web, and on the watch (the line is there). I have 10 mile run queued up for today, with three short, and one long, cul-de-sacs. I'll be keeping an eye on this. Thank you PS. Good idea about breaking courses up! 

EricJRW said:

Where can I find info on device limitations?

Apart of the document I linked is my previous post, which suggests consulting the manual, I do not know about any. And I do not see the information in the manual. I assume the limit is 200 course points, just like at the majority of recent models. The limit of 50 points used to be at Instinct 2 (and perhaps at some other lower-end watches with small memory), but if I remember well the limit was raised to 200 too in later firmware versions.

 trux (0b86c03af9c64d29bc2d,63b7e6465c9a) , my bad. Your reply was in a smaller window, that truncated the bottom part of your reply, and I did not see it. Heading out on that longer run/walk in a bit, and I'll take a closer look later. Thank you again! 

seilogramp  Thank you for that link! I'll be doing that later.