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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
7 trails
- Hike
8 trails
- Trail Running
8 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 4
- 2
Region Status
Closed as of Apr 30, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 10
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 7
- Trails E-Bike
- 6
- Trails Hike
- 8
- Trails Trail Running
- 8
- Trails Snowshoe
- 3
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 3
- Total Distance
- 11 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 6 miles
- Total Descent
- 5,184 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,899 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,907 ft
- Reports
- 212
- Photos
- 36
- Ridden Counter
- 1,130
Popular Piper Recreation Area Mountain Biking Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Fuzzymonkey | |||
Piper Down - Upper | |||
Piper Cross | |||
Pay Dirt | |||
Piper Down - Lower | |||
Piper Access Road | |||
Fuzzy Monkey |
Photos of Piper Recreation Area Mountain Bike
trail: Piper Down - Upper
26 |
Jul 9, 2024 @ 9:13pm
Jul 9, 2024
trail: Piper Down - Upper
176 |
Aug 16, 2020 @ 12:33pm
Aug 16, 2020
trail: Piper Down - Upper
483 |
Aug 4, 2020 @ 4:34pm
Aug 4, 2020
trail: Pay Dirt
281 |
Nov 3, 2017 @ 9:18pm
Nov 3, 2017
trail: Pay Dirt
290 |
Nov 3, 2017 @ 9:18pm
Nov 3, 2017
trail: Piper Cross
217 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:15pm
Aug 26, 2016
trail: Piper Cross
227 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:05pm
Aug 26, 2016
trail: Piper Cross
195 |
Aug 26, 2016 @ 8:01pm
Aug 26, 2016Videos of Piper Recreation Area Mountain Bike

trail: Piper Down - Lower
9:11 |
354 |
Aug 14, 2012

trail: Piper Cross
4:01 |
471 |
Nov 23, 2011

trail: Piper Cross
4:27 |
399 |
Jul 31, 2011

trail: Pay Dirt
3:29 |
812 |
Aug 13, 2010

trail: Piper Cross
0:56 |
192 |
Aug 4, 2022 , Smithers

trail: Piper Cross
0:43 |
112 |
Aug 3, 2022 , Smithers
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Piper Down - Upper | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Piper Down - Lower | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Piper Cross | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Piper Access Road | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Piper - Heckle Rock Ride Around | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Pay Dirt | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:44pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Fuzzymonkey | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:43pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC | ||
Fuzzy Monkey | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:43pm Mar 27, 2025 | Unknown | TheSpangler WLCC |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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Chris-Sasquatch | wishlist | region | activity #71555903 | May 12, 2025 @ 9:49pm May 12, 2025 |
TheSpangler | add | report | activity #68544961 and 7 more | Mar 27, 2025 @ 8:43pm Mar 27, 2025 |
gfortin | add | report | activity #67671528 and 7 more | Mar 12, 2025 @ 7:14pm Mar 12, 2025 |
jrags01 | vote | trail | activity #59946241 | Oct 4, 2024 @ 9:43am Oct 4, 2024 |
clandrock | ridden | trail | activity #59775456 and 3 more | Oct 1, 2024 @ 10:36am Oct 1, 2024 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Rode it on August 10th 2024, we cleared 4 down... | Aug 10, 2024 @ 7:59pm Aug 10, 2024 | ||
trail | Trees cleared today by Liliana and Zach | Jun 16, 2024 @ 9:41pm Jun 16, 2024 | ||
trail | Rode Aug 12th good shape. Why does this trail... | Aug 13, 2023 @ 1:43pm Aug 13, 2023 | ||
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 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Bluff Recreation Area | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6.5 km |
Ptarmigan Recreation Trails | 1 | 1 | 8.5 km | ||
Babine Mountains Provincial Park | 1 | 2 | 19.7 km | ||
Glen Mountain | 5 | 6 | 1 | 36.3 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 | 7 | 5 miles | 4,193 ft | 5 miles | 1,909 ft | #6,723 | #291 | 35 | 211 | 568 | ||
E-Bike | 6 | 5 miles | 4,193 ft | 5 miles | 1,909 ft | 84 | 4 | |||||
Hike | 8 | 6 miles | 1,010 ft | 2 miles | 3,901 ft | #11,989 | #396 | 1 | 201 | 137 | ||
Trail Running | 8 | 6 miles | 1,010 ft | 2 miles | 3,901 ft | #11,907 | #386 | 201 | 16 | |||
Snowshoe | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||
Backcountry Ski | 3 | 45 | 9 |
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