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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
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The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
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- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
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Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Shuttleable: YES
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- Mountain Bike
8 trails
- Hike
11 trails
- Trail Running
11 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 5
- 2
Region Status
Caution as of Jun 29, 2022
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 11
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 8
- Trails E-Bike
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 11
- Trails Trail Running
- 11
- Total Distance
- 11 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 7 miles
- Total Descent
- 5,245 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,899 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,907 ft
- Reports
- 153
- Photos
- 32
- Ridden Counter
- 842
Popular Piper Recreation Area Mountain Biking Trails
Photos of Piper Recreation Area Mountain Bike
trail: Piper Down - Upper
119 |
Aug 16, 2020 @ 12:33pm
Aug 16, 2020
trail: Piper Down - Upper
310 |
Aug 4, 2020 @ 4:34pm
Aug 4, 2020
trail: Pay Dirt
208 |
Nov 3, 2017 @ 9:18pm
Nov 3, 2017
trail: Pay Dirt
217 |
Nov 3, 2017 @ 9:18pm
Nov 3, 2017
trail: Piper Cross
184 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:15pm
Aug 26, 2016
trail: Piper Cross
192 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:05pm
Aug 26, 2016
trail: Piper Cross
162 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:01pm
Aug 26, 2016
trail: Pay Dirt
364 |
Jul 31, 2016 @ 9:31pm
Jul 31, 2016Videos of Piper Recreation Area Mountain Bike
trail: Piper Down - Lower
9:11 |
314 |
Aug 14, 2012
trail: Piper Cross
4:01 |
459 |
Nov 23, 2011
trail: Piper Cross
4:27 |
389 |
Jul 31, 2011
trail: Pay Dirt
3:29 |
763 |
Aug 13, 2010
trail: Piper Cross
1:56 |
72 |
Aug 4, 2022 , Smithers
trail: Piper Cross
1:43 |
27 |
Aug 3, 2022 , Smithers
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Cross | Sep 20, 2022 @ 11:56am Sep 20, 2022 | Ideal | rivarunnamomma | ||
| Piper Down - Lower | Sep 2, 2022 @ 5:23pm Sep 2, 2022 | Dry | cemoorelife TRAILFORKS | ||
| Piper Down - Upper | Sep 2, 2022 @ 1:02pm Sep 2, 2022 | Dry | cemoorelife TRAILFORKS | ||
| Piper - Heckle Rock Ride Around | Sep 2, 2022 @ 1:02pm Sep 2, 2022 | Dry | cemoorelife TRAILFORKS | ||
| Fuzzymonkey | Sep 2, 2022 @ 1:02pm Sep 2, 2022 | Dry | cemoorelife TRAILFORKS | ||
| Piper Access Road | Aug 23, 2022 @ 7:31am Aug 23, 2022 | Ideal | gfortin SMBA | ||
| Pay Dirt | Jul 10, 2021 @ 1:48pm Jul 10, 2021 | Very Dry | NAdamson SMBA | ||
| Fuzzy Monkey | May 28, 2014 @ 3:51pm May 28, 2014 | Unknown | brenthillier NSMBA |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zackpipkin | wishlist | trail | Piper Down - Upper and 1 more | Dec 27, 2022 @ 11:09am Dec 27, 2022 |
| gfortin | update | trail | Piper Down - Upper and 1 more | Oct 7, 2022 @ 6:12pm Oct 7, 2022 |
| rivarunnamomma | add | report | Piper Cross and 1 more | Sep 20, 2022 @ 11:46am Sep 20, 2022 |
 | dirtjumper771 | ridden | trail | Piper Down - Upper and 3 more | Sep 17, 2022 @ 12:08pm Sep 17, 2022 |
 | jibbandpedal | wishlist | trail | Piper Down - Upper and 1 more | Sep 7, 2022 @ 10:02am Sep 7, 2022 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | Tree down just after 2nd rock slab | Sep 5, 2022 @ 1:24am Sep 5, 2022 | ||
| trail | About six trees across trail on June 26 | Jun 27, 2021 @ 8:29am Jun 27, 2021 | ||
| trail | Three trees down but you have lots of time to... | Oct 21, 2018 @ 3:29pm Oct 21, 2018 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bluff Recreation Area | 5 | 20 | 11 | 2.6 km | |
| Ptarmigan Recreation Trails | 1 | 2 | 4.6 km | ||
| Babine Mountains Provincial Park | 1 | 1 | 16.5 km | ||
| Dome Mountain | 17.4 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 8 | 5 miles | 4,252 ft | 5 miles | 1,909 ft | #5,675 | #258 | 31 | 152 | 441 | ||
| E-Bike | 1 | 3,297 ft | 955 ft | 3,297 ft | 955 ft | 68 | 2 | |||||
| Hike | 11 | 11 miles | 5,246 ft | 7 miles | 3,901 ft | #4,786 | #237 | 1 | 151 | 74 | ||
| Trail Running | 11 | 11 miles | 5,246 ft | 7 miles | 3,901 ft | #4,787 | #235 | 151 | 7 |
- By brenthillier
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