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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
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%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 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
ContributeDetails
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
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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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
Photo
Directory Listing
Riding Area
TTF
Parking
Viewpoint
Information
Warning
Directions
Sight
Restrooms
eBike Charging Point
Water Fountain/Source
Gate
Trail Sign
Table or Bench
Ladder
Stairs
Bridge
Camping
Cabin
Lodge
Bear Cache
Dock
Ranger Station
Summit
Other
More Vancouver Island info at Vancouver Island Mountain Biking (VIMB.com)
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Region Details
- 513
- 24
- 326
- 890
- 431
- 74
- 2
Region Status
Open as of 18 hours ago
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 2,457
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 2,260
- Trails E-Bike
- 313
- Trails Hike
- 2,177
- Trails Trail Running
- 2,176
- Trails Horse
- 30
- Trails Dirtbike
- 130
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 17
- Trails Snowshoe
- 5
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 51
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 5
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 5
- Total Distance
- 1,473 miles
- Total Descent
- 349,948 ft
- Total Vertical
- 5,148 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 5,154 ft
- Reports
- 21,612
- Photos
- 7,173
- Ridden Counter
- 287,720
Popular Trail Networks
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- Comox Valley (307)
- Comox (20)
- Courtenay (3)
- Cumberland (268)
- Royston (16)
- Cumberland Forest (173)
- Forbidden Plateau (89)
- Northeast Woods (20)
- Nymph Falls Park (0)
- Comox (20)
- Gulf Islands (1)
- Thetis Island (1)
- Burchell Hill (0)
- Thetis Island (1)
- Malahat Ridge (1)
- Mid Island (849)
- Black Creek (12)
- Bowser (33)
- Denman Island (2)
- Errington (1)
- Gabriola Island (16)
- Hornby Island (71)
- Lantzville (2)
- Mount Washington (1)
- Nanaimo (389)
- Nanoose Bay (90)
- Parksville (102)
- Port Alberni (70)
- Qualicum Beach (51)
- Ucluelet (2)
- Bowser Trails (26)
- City Trails (12)
- Coombs Candy (37)
- Cortes Island (4)
- Doumont (157)
- Foothills (2)
- HammerFest (76)
- Horne Lake (5)
- Laburnum Road (26)
- Linley Valley (19)
- Little Mountain (7)
- Mount Washington (22)
- Mt Ozzard (2)
- Northwest Bay Trails (63)
- Pheasant Glenn (16)
- Ridge Runner (56)
- South Benson (40)
- Sproat Lake (18)
- The Abyss / Extension Ridge (64)
- The Bay (0)
- Top Bridge (9)
- Westwood (43)
- Black Creek (12)
- North Island (316)
- Campbell River (248)
- Gold River (2)
- Port Hardy (16)
- Port Mcneill (45)
- Stella Lake (1)
- Elephant Mt (2)
- Gold River (5)
- Hyde Creek (15)
- Menzies Mountain (11)
- Oyster River (40)
- Port McNeill (22)
- Quinsam River Trails (6)
- Radar Hill (49)
- Snowden Demonstration Forest (68)
- The Pump House (7)
- Willow Creek (1)
- Woods Creek (18)
- South Island (727)
- Duncan (182)
- Bald Mountain (0)
- Galiano Island (1)
- Jordan River (15)
- Ladysmith (184)
- Lake Cowichan (13)
- Langford (5)
- Saanich (3)
- Saltspring Island (5)
- Shawnigan Lake (13)
- Sidney (3)
- Sooke (47)
- Victoria (254)
- Burnt Bridge (17)
- Channel Ridge (3)
- Christmas Hill (0)
- Cobble Hill (28)
- Francis/King Regional Park (0)
- Harbourview (35)
- Hartland Mountain Bike Park (95)
- Lake View Park (9)
- Maple Mountain (31)
- Mount Prevost (32)
- Mount Richards (7)
- Mount Tzouhalem (63)
- Mt. Work Regional Park (34)
- Partridge Hills (39)
- Shawnigan Lake Quarry (10)
- Tansky (15)
- Thetis Lake Regional Park (52)
- Duncan (182)
- Cedar (5)
- Quadra Island (90)
- Community Centre Trails (15)
- Quadra Island North (71)
Popular Vancouver Island Mountain Biking Trails
Vancouver Island Mountain Bike Routes
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
Today
- 7 rides
- 9.0 km avg distance
Yesterday
- 90 rides
- 13.2 km avg distance
Past Week
- 1,332 rides
- 15.7 km avg distance
Photos of Vancouver Island Mountain Bike
trail: Upper Thirsty Beaver
190 |
May 7, 2017 @ 7:33pm
May 7, 2017
trail: Upper Thirsty Beaver
596 |
Jun 16, 2014 @ 4:06pm
Jun 16, 2014
trail: The Face
806 |
Jan 8, 2007 @ 10:26pm
Jan 8, 2007Videos of Vancouver Island Mountain Bike
trail: Bisecticon
1:10 |
16943 |
Oct 7, 2019
trail: Monster Mile
6:39 |
1704 |
Oct 5, 2019
trail: Monster Mile
6:35 |
21 |
Oct 2, 2019
trail: Back In Black
2:21 |
35 |
Sep 30, 2019
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun Trail Hartland Mountain Bike Park | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:42am 3 days | Variable | ptrcarson | ||
| Dead Moped Mount Tzouhalem | Oct 13, 2019 @ 9:44am Oct 13, 2019 | Variable | ptrcarson | ||
| Humpty Dumpty Maple Mountain | Oct 13, 2019 @ 9:16am Oct 13, 2019 | Variable | veloruss | Upper section has many windblown trees... |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&M Doumont | Oct 17, 2019 @ 9:30am 1 hours | Variable | DSPhoto NMBC | ||
| Broken Dreams Ladysmith | Oct 16, 2019 @ 8:31pm 14 hours | Dry | BaydenKennett | ||
| Thong The Abyss / Extension Ridge | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Hunky-Dory The Abyss / Extension Ridge | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Legalize it - East Westwood | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Legalize it (Arbot road segment) Westwood | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Lower Binx Westwood | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Brothers 5 Westwood | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Binx Westwood | Oct 16, 2019 @ 5:09pm 18 hours | Variable | glfmkg CTSS | ||
| Gatekeeper (lower) South Benson | Oct 16, 2019 @ 12:52pm 22 hours | Wet | QMASO |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | glfmkg | add | report | Legalize it - East and 4 more | Oct 17, 2019 @ 10:06am 38 mins |
| glfmkg | add | report | Thong and 1 more | Oct 17, 2019 @ 10:06am 38 mins |
 | DSPhoto | add | report | S&M | Oct 17, 2019 @ 9:31am 1 hours |
 | tommy85 | ridden | trail | Jughead | Oct 17, 2019 @ 8:37am 2 hours |
| Rathalos | ridden | trail | Giddyup | Oct 17, 2019 @ 12:43am 10 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Never mind, I read the description :) | Oct 15, 2019 @ 12:39pm 2 days | ||
| trail | Really well designed climbing trail, a little... | Oct 14, 2019 @ 8:19pm 3 days | ||
| trail | Great trail, well worth the effort to get there! | Oct 14, 2019 @ 8:17pm 3 days | ||
| trail | I went to to this trail on October 13 2019 and... | Oct 14, 2019 @ 3:20pm 3 days | ||
| report | Heading north on the trail turn left on the... | Oct 13, 2019 @ 9:51am Oct 13, 2019 |
Local Badges
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10 Black Trails369 awarded -
Top 10 Trails303 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | bike park | ||
| Bear Mountain Jump Park & Pump Track | skill park | Victoria | |
| Cecilia Ravine Bike Park | skill park | Victoria | |
| Cleasby Bike Park | skill park | Duncan | |
| Coal Hills BMX | skill park | Cumberland |
Local Products
Local Trail Supporters
- SIIMBS
- UROC/Trail Harvest Crew/DMR/River Rats
- CS/JS
- tsRyder
- John Robertson
- HIMBA
- UROC/Trail Harvest Crew/DMR
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- UROC/CS/DMR/River Rats
- Ryder
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- SIMBS
- River Rats
- Naked Custom Bicycle Fabrication
- Fat Bastards
- Russ Hayes, Slegg Lumber/ Butler Brother Supplies Ltd, Western Equipment, Hilti Canada
- Brett Pretty
- see links
- SIMBS/ Greg Carmichael
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Aug 15, 2019
Details Announced for 2019 Stevie Smith Memorial BC Cup Finals
Competitors already confirmed such as Mark Wallace, Forrest Riesco and Magnus Manson, look for this event to be one of the best races of 2019.
Jun 20, 2019
BC Bike Race Announces 2020 Registration Details
Registration opens at 9 am PDT on June 28th with limited spots available at the Early Bird Price.
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