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The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
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Trail Popularity ?
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Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
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SaveThis is one of the primary dirtbike trail areas in Squamish.
The Squamish Dirt Bike Association performs an amazing service building and maintaining this popular trail network. They rely entirely on your membership to keep this service running. Please show your support by becoming a member.
The Squamish Dirt Bike Association performs an amazing service building and maintaining this popular trail network. They rely entirely on your membership to keep this service running. Please show your support by becoming a member.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
eBikes Allowed:
Yes
AKA: Lava Flow
Land Status: Crown Land

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Activities Click to view
- Dirtbike/Moto
60 trails
- Mountain Bike
10 trails
- E-Bike
12 trails
- Hike
11 trails
- Trail Running
9 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
6 trails
Region Details
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 2
Region Status
Open as of Feb 26, 2021Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 59
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 10
- Trails E-Bike
- 12
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 11
- Trails Trail Running
- 9
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 62
- Trails Observed Trials
- 9
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 6
- Total Distance
- 46 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,616 ft
- Total Vertical
- 2,809 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 3,138 ft
- Reports
- 601
- Photos
- 304
- Ridden Counter
- 15,869
Popular Lava Flow Mountain Biking Trails
Lava Flow Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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G5 Intermediate Single Nelson to hoods | 11 miles | |
G4 Intermediate Diamond Head Nelson to Hoods | 15 miles | |
Doritos | 6 miles | |
SORCA Cinco # 9 2022 | 7 miles | |
meadow of the grizzly + half nelson | 14 miles | |
Meadow to Half Nelson Loop | 10 miles | |
Garibaldi Loop 1 | 12 miles | |
High School Squamish Race - Warm-Up Loop | 1 mile | |
Tour de Squamish 2023 - XC Leg race | 9 miles | |
High School Squamish Race - Gr. 8&9 race | 4 miles |
Photos of Lava Flow Mountain Bike
trail: One Stick At A Time
51 |
Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:57pm
Apr 24, 2022
trail: Sock Puppet
30 |
Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:56pm
Apr 24, 2022
trail: No Limits
36 |
Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:56pm
Apr 24, 2022
trail: Wray's Way
50 |
Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:56pm
Apr 24, 2022
trail: Heatwave
11 |
Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:49pm
Apr 24, 2022
trail: Bonsai
163 |
Apr 2, 2018 @ 9:47pm
Apr 2, 2018Videos of Lava Flow Mountain Bike

trail: KinADay
4:32 |
444 |
Feb 6, 2019

trail: Highball
3:39 |
396 |
Jan 28, 2019

trail: Uni Access
2:38 |
78 |
Sep 28, 2017

trail: Blindside
6:56 |
3642 |
Apr 12, 2013

trail: Ridge Connector
2:54 |
330 |
Mar 4, 2020 , Squamish

trail: Bonsai
7:22 |
348 |
Aug 30, 2019 , Squamish

trail: Bonsai North
6:36 |
287 |
Aug 9, 2019 , Squamish
youtuber

trail: Poop Alley
4:22 |
791 |
Jul 27, 2019 , Squamish
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Bonsai | Sep 9, 2023 @ 10:24am Sep 9, 2023 | Very Dry | sofakingdom | ||
Bonsai North | Sep 2, 2023 @ 4:28pm Sep 2, 2023 | Dry | v3r0z | ||
Hoods Connector | Jul 21, 2023 @ 6:47pm Jul 21, 2023 | Dry | canadaka Trailforks | ||
Poop Alley | Jul 12, 2023 @ 3:11am Jul 12, 2023 | Dry | HucknGnar | ||
Blindside Connector | Jul 6, 2023 @ 1:23pm Jul 6, 2023 | Dry | canadaka Trailforks | ||
Ring Creek Rip | Apr 12, 2023 @ 10:45am Apr 12, 2023 | Variable | canadaka Trailforks | ||
Ring Creek FSR | Nov 20, 2022 @ 11:14pm Nov 20, 2022 | Snow Covered | canadaka Trailforks | ||
Connector | Nov 20, 2022 @ 11:51am Nov 20, 2022 | Snow Covered | canadaka Trailforks | ||
Mamquam FSR | Oct 1, 2022 @ 8:23am Oct 1, 2022 | Dry | AlanjFCrNq | ||
Parking Lot | Jul 29, 2022 @ 8:45am Jul 29, 2022 | Dry | Alexisjmorgan |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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45IRmY | wishlist | route | Tour de Squamish 2023 - XC Leg | Sep 23, 2023 @ 2:15pm 2 days |
LukeAdFXJd | wishlist | region | Lava Flow | Sep 23, 2023 @ 9:27am 2 days |
rdkker | wishlist | route | meadow of the grizzly + half nelson | Sep 15, 2023 @ 6:50pm Sep 15, 2023 |
ANonis | wishlist | route | Tour de Squamish 2023 - XC Leg | Sep 14, 2023 @ 2:26pm Sep 14, 2023 |
Crookal | wishlist | route | Tour de Squamish 2023 - XC Leg | Sep 13, 2023 @ 10:00pm Sep 13, 2023 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Not bikeable. Very loose, big rocks. | Sep 2, 2022 @ 12:21pm Sep 2, 2022 | ||
trail | Not sure why but I don’t see a Plus Sign in... | Aug 18, 2022 @ 7:40pm Aug 18, 2022 | ||
trail | You can add the youtube video link to the... | Aug 15, 2022 @ 11:19pm Aug 15, 2022 | ||
trail | Went back and did it again but this time made... | Aug 15, 2022 @ 10:10pm Aug 15, 2022 | ||
trail | May 2022 - can only agree what Tim wrote. No fun. | May 10, 2022 @ 2:45pm May 10, 2022 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diamond Head | 4 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 2.2 km |
Valleycliffe | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3.4 km |
Smoke Bluffs Park | 1 | 4.5 km | |||
Alice Lake & Highlands | 12 | 36 | 37 | 16 | 4.9 km |
Brackendale | 17 | 1 | 5.6 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 10 | 19 miles | 955 ft | 4 miles | 2,808 ft | #1,197 | #116 | 70 | 536 | 9 | 1,725 | |
E-Bike | 12 | 20 miles | 1,171 ft | 5 miles | 2,808 ft | #402 | #53 | 539 | 91 | |||
Horse | 1 | 5 miles | 276 ft | 1 mile | 568 ft | 136 | ||||||
Hike | 11 | 20 miles | 1,027 ft | 4 miles | 2,808 ft | #1,803 | #136 | 528 | 219 | |||
Trail Running | 9 | 18 miles | 866 ft | 4 miles | 2,808 ft | #1,803 | #135 | 525 | 1 | 333 | ||
Dirtbike/Moto | 60 | 46 miles | 3,615 ft | 13 miles | 2,808 ft | #7 | #1 | 221 | 438 | 4 | 860 | |
Observed Trials | 9 | 10 miles | 568 ft | 2 miles | 1,522 ft | 9 | 23 | 6 | ||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 6 | 11 miles | 466 ft | 3 miles | 1,726 ft | #52 | 142 | 1 |
- By Sun2306
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- Admins: SORCA, SDBA, vincer, james529529, bigredted, CruJonze, ngottlieb, dmpb, B2H4me, bcorigin
- #19698 - 8,005 views
- lava flow activity log | embed map of Lava Flow mountain bike trails | lava flow mountain biking points of interest polygons
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