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Primary Trail Type: All-Mountain & Downhill
Land Status: Municipal Park

Access Info:
Main parking lot is located at the end of Gladys Porter Dr. in Kentville, NS.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
44 trails
- E-Bike
10 trails
- Hike
43 trails
- Trail Running
43 trails
- Dirtbike/Moto
3 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
1 trails
- Snowshoe
44 trails
Region Details
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 20
- 6
- 1
Region Status
Open as of May 1, 2020Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 41
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 45
- Trails E-Bike
- 10
- Trails Hike
- 43
- Trails Trail Running
- 43
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 3
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 44
- Total Distance
- 12 miles
- Total Descent
- 1,630 ft
- Total Vertical
- 421 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 466 ft
- Reports
- 357
- Photos
- 15
- Ridden Counter
- 4,937
Popular The Gorge Mountain Biking Trails
The Gorge Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Canadian Champs Elite XCO 2023 race | 3 miles | |
Kentville Gorge XCO race | 3 miles | |
6 mile The Gorge All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 6 miles |
4 mile The Gorge All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 4 miles |
12 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 12 miles |
8 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 8 miles |
6 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 6 miles |
4 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 4 miles |
5 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 5 miles |
3 mile The Gorge Ride | popular ridelog | 3 miles |
Photos of The Gorge Mountain Bike
trail: Power Line
8 |
Jul 9, 2023 @ 4:54am
Jul 9, 2023
trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
710 |
Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:24am
Dec 18, 2015
trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
593 |
Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:24am
Dec 18, 2015
trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
547 |
Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:23am
Dec 18, 2015
trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
562 |
Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:23am
Dec 18, 2015
trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
445 |
Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:22am
Dec 18, 2015
trail: Connectors
403 |
Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:16am
Dec 14, 2015Videos of The Gorge Mountain Bike

trail: Endorphin
2:54 |
6589 |
Dec 13, 2015

trail: Purple Hayes
5:10 |
892 |
Nov 12, 2015

trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
1:22 |
9124 |
Aug 30, 2015

trail: Lower Phase 2 - Main
4:56 |
188 |
Nov 10, 2021 , Kentville

trail: Purple Hayes
1:34 |
320 |
Nov 9, 2021 , Kentville
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Gorge Doubletrack | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
Flying Squirrel | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
Upper Ninja Kitten | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
Lower Ninja Kitten | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
The Stadium | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
Purple Hayes | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Variable | andrewvantassel31 | ||
Chromaxle Creek | Sep 22, 2023 @ 3:12am Sep 22, 2023 | Ideal | andrewvantassel31 | ||
The Unknown | Sep 9, 2023 @ 5:04pm Sep 9, 2023 | Unknown | Hearnzo AVMBA | ||
Bottle Rocket | Sep 9, 2023 @ 2:27am Sep 9, 2023 | Dry | ekmerrickk | ||
Connectors | Sep 9, 2023 @ 2:27am Sep 9, 2023 | Variable | ekmerrickk |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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bent6543 | update | trail | Texaco and 1 more | Oct 1, 2023 @ 3:23pm 1 day |
Hearnzo | update | trail | Texaco and 1 more | Oct 1, 2023 @ 3:15pm 1 day |
Hearnzo | vote | trail | Lower Endorphin and 1 more | Sep 25, 2023 @ 8:16am Sep 25, 2023 |
Hearnzo | add | trail | Short Stuff | Sep 24, 2023 @ 6:59am Sep 24, 2023 |
andrewvantassel31 | add | report | Gorge Doubletrack and 6 more | Sep 22, 2023 @ 6:14pm Sep 22, 2023 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Trails are almost universally rode-ou t and... | Aug 20, 2023 @ 12:44pm Aug 20, 2023 | ||
trail | Most of these trails are severely braided and... | Aug 13, 2020 @ 4:40pm Aug 13, 2020 | ||
trail | Trails is really fun. My friends and I usually... | Aug 8, 2019 @ 4:33pm Aug 8, 2019 | ||
report | There's a big ramp now where this crosses... | Jul 15, 2018 @ 6:18pm Jul 15, 2018 | ||
trail | Boardwalk! Some rocks and roots then a ride... | Jul 1, 2018 @ 2:52pm Jul 1, 2018 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Miner's Marsh | 1.3 km | ||||
Bird Sanctuary | 2 | 2.1 km | |||
Lockhart Ryan Memorial Park | 3.8 km | ||||
White Rock Community Trails | 2 | 4 | 5.8 km | ||
Foote Woods | 8 | 8.4 km |
Local Badges
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Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Gorge Skills Park | skill park | Kentville |
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 | 44 | 12 miles | 1,631 ft | 5 miles | 420 ft | #1,432 | #4 | 16 | 357 | 2 | 2,589 | |
E-Bike | 10 | 2 miles | 226 ft | 1 mile | 295 ft | #30 | 345 | 14 | ||||
Hike | 43 | 12 miles | 1,558 ft | 5 miles | 420 ft | #1,169 | #3 | 357 | 35 | |||
Trail Running | 43 | 12 miles | 1,558 ft | 5 miles | 420 ft | #1,172 | #3 | 357 | 86 | |||
Dirtbike/Moto | 3 | 2 miles | 174 ft | 1 mile | 128 ft | #4 | 237 | |||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 1 | 2 miles | 174 ft | 1 mile | 128 ft | #7 | 237 | |||||
Snowshoe | 44 | 4,314 ft | 115 ft | 1,965 ft | 246 ft | #61 | #2 | 67 | 3 |
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