This is an XC area with over 100km of trails, but not well suited to the absolute beginner rider, as most trails are quite difficult and continuously technical. Trails vary from dense forest to open rock bluff, unique to this area is the almost total absence of roads giving riders a feeling of “being out there”. Mostly signed the trails are marked for the preferred direction of travel, although most can be ridden in the reverse direction by a strong climber.

Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country

AKA: Snowden

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Access Info:

You'll find this forest west of Campbell River and north of Highway 28 near Loveland Bay Provincial Park. Lost Lake parking lot on the right of Loveland Bay Road (on the way to Loveland Bay Provincial Campground) is the primary parking area for the Snowden. An alternate start point is the Lost Frog parking lot on Devlin Rd off of Iron River Main. Note: Devlin Rd is a private road south of Lost Frog Parking lot and there is no access to Loveland Bay Main via Devlin Rd.

Files

Snowden Forest Trail Map 2010.pdf (1.63 MB)

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Global Ranking

#444

State Ranking

#88

Trails

Total Distance

53 miles

Total Descent Distance

24 miles

Total Descent

11,184 ft

Highest Trailhead

981 ft

Total Vertical

714 ft

Reports

261

Photos

Ridden Counter

2,929

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Recent Trail Reports

trail	date	user
Three Pigs	Oct 13, 2018 @ 2:02pm Oct 13, 2018	OMGBBQ
Aligator Rock	Sep 18, 2018 @ 11:33am Sep 18, 2018	DarrenV
Box Lunch	Aug 29, 2018 @ 2:07pm Aug 29, 2018	willtriv
Red Devil	Aug 25, 2018 @ 7:58am Aug 25, 2018	smoochy
Ham Sandwich	Aug 25, 2018 @ 7:58am Aug 25, 2018	smoochy

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Current Trail Warnings

trail	date	info
Box Lunch	Aug 29, 2018 @ 2:07pm Aug 29, 2018	Few trees were down. I was able to clear...
Vlad The Impaler	May 14, 2018 @ 8:53pm May 14, 2018	Big logs blocking the trail, one on a...
Demon Seed	Mar 18, 2018 @ 2:27pm Mar 18, 2018	Nearly impassable due to fallen debris,...

Photos of Snowden Demonstration Forest Mountain Bike

trail: Aligator Rock

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Oct 16, 2018 @ 9:15pm

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Aligator Rock, Vancouver Island

trail: Lost Lake Lookout

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Sep 16, 2018 @ 7:51pm

Sep 16, 2018

Lost Lake Lookout, Vancouver Island

trail: Lost Lake

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Aug 18, 2018 @ 9:16pm

Aug 18, 2018

Lost Lake, Vancouver Island

trail: Lower Deliverance

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Aug 10, 2018 @ 12:22pm

Aug 10, 2018

Lower Deliverance, Campbell River

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Videos of Snowden Demonstration Forest Mountain Bike

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username	type	title	comment	date
zinedith	trail	Box Lunch	Super overgrown and looks like it hasn't been...	Aug 14, 2018 @ 10:00pm Aug 14, 2018
cfulton	trail	Enchanted Forest	Nice way to climb up.	Aug 18, 2017 @ 6:40pm Aug 18, 2017
canadaka	report	Sanitarium	I reversed the trails direction.	Aug 11, 2016 @ 12:11am Aug 11, 2016

username	action	type	title	date
1699	add	photo	at Aligator Rock in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	Oct 16, 2018 @ 9:15pm 5 hours
Yellzee	add	ridelog	Oct 14, 2018 ride log	Oct 14, 2018 @ 6:31pm 2 days
longhaul	add	ridelog	Oct 14, 2018 ride log	Oct 14, 2018 @ 5:41pm 2 days
radek	update	trail	10 Licks and 2 more	Oct 14, 2018 @ 8:45am 3 days
Shandy75	ridden	trail	Upper/Lower Lost Frog and 13 more	Oct 13, 2018 @ 6:15pm Oct 13, 2018

Snowden Demonstration Forest Mountain Bike Trails