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Trail Ridden Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
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Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
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Activity Recordings
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- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
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Region Supporters & Maintainers
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- Mountain Bike
132 trails
- Hike
115 trails
- Trail Running
96 trails
Region Details
- 4
- 4
- 43
- 53
- 26
- 2
Region Status
Open as of May 17, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 143
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 132
- Trails E-Bike
- 30
- Trails Hike
- 115
- Trails Trail Running
- 96
- Trails Snowmobile
- 2
- Trails Snowshoe
- 24
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 10
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 12
- Total Distance
- 114 miles
- Total Descent
- 6,488 ft
- Total Vertical
- 292 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 804 ft
- Reports
- 233
- Photos
- 32
- Ridden Counter
- 989
Sub Regions
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Bristol Trail Network
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 2
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Frame Lake Trails
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Ingraham Trail
- 9
- 6
- 2
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Ski Club
- 1
- 8
- 6
- 11
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Ski Club
- 4
- 1
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The Holdout
- 1
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Tin Can Hill
- 8
- 2
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Tsi Cho P'Noo Cho
- 3
- 2
Popular Yellowknife Mountain Biking Trails
Yellowknife Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Highline to Bighill Lake (km 21.5) | 3 miles | |
Tin Can Fatbike Loop | 2 miles | |
Fall 2021 Fatbike | 3 miles | |
Ridgeline and cat track | 1,621 ft | |
Bighill Lake Original Trail to the Northbay (km 22.5) | 2 miles |
Photos of Yellowknife Mountain Bike
trail: Scenic Stray
4 |
May 9, 2025 @ 6:59am
May 9, 2025
trail: Top Flight
20 |
Jul 10, 2024 @ 8:11am
Jul 10, 2024
trail: Top Flight
16 |
Jul 10, 2024 @ 8:11am
Jul 10, 2024
trail: Backyard Trail
81 | | 1 comments
Jun 7, 2023 @ 9:02pm
Jun 7, 2023
trail: Rycon Shaft
66 |
Aug 29, 2022 @ 4:46pm
Aug 29, 2022
trail: Broken Bike
76 |
Aug 29, 2022 @ 4:45pm
Aug 29, 2022
trail: The Holdout
144 |
May 20, 2022 @ 9:16am
May 20, 2022Videos of Yellowknife Mountain Bike

trail: Snakes
0:11 |
88 |
Aug 25, 2019

trail: Upper Tow-Nail
2:51 |
3 |
May 21, 2025 , Yellowknife

trail: Lower Tow-Nail
2:51 |
1 |
May 21, 2025 , Yellowknife

trail: Rampage
0:24 |
4 |
May 21, 2025 , Yellowknife

trail: Broken Accordion
0:24 |
4 |
May 21, 2025 , Yellowknife

trail: Angry Clown
0:23 |
5 |
May 21, 2025 , Yellowknife
Current Trail Warnings
status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
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Lower Tow-Nail | May 16, 2025 @ 8:12am May 16, 2025 | Unknown | GIMBGIMB | Still a lot of snow in the trees. |
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Niven Lake Loop | May 17, 2025 @ 10:35am May 17, 2025 | Variable | kinglis | ||
Jackfish Lake Trail - Lower | May 17, 2025 @ 10:35am May 17, 2025 | Variable | kinglis | ||
Wardair Monument Trail | May 17, 2025 @ 10:35am May 17, 2025 | Variable | kinglis | ||
Frame Lake | May 17, 2025 @ 10:35am May 17, 2025 | Dry | kinglis | ||
Love Shack | Apr 4, 2025 @ 2:47pm Apr 4, 2025 | Snow Packed | kinglis | ||
Escalator | Apr 4, 2025 @ 2:47pm Apr 4, 2025 | Snow Groomed | kinglis | ||
North Exit | Mar 24, 2025 @ 12:19pm Mar 24, 2025 | Snow Packed | kinglis | ||
Cow Path | Mar 24, 2025 @ 12:19pm Mar 24, 2025 | Snow Packed | kinglis | ||
Tin Can Hill - Loop B | Mar 24, 2025 @ 12:19pm Mar 24, 2025 | Snow Groomed | kinglis | ||
Connector | Mar 24, 2025 @ 12:19pm Mar 24, 2025 | Snow Groomed | kinglis |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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AshleyQuQt8x | ridden | trail | activity #72230861 and 1 more | May 23, 2025 @ 11:45am 15 hours |
AshleyQuQt8x | ridden | trail | activity #72229173 | May 23, 2025 @ 11:16am 15 hours |
GIMBGIMB | update | trail | activity #72168786 | May 22, 2025 @ 10:27am 2 days |
GIMBGIMB | add | video | activity #72128185 | May 21, 2025 @ 3:48pm 2 days |
GIMBGIMB | add | video | activity #72126426 and 3 more | May 21, 2025 @ 3:10pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Must ride on it! | Feb 2, 2024 @ 7:44am Feb 2, 2024 | ||
trail | Fat Track | Jan 31, 2024 @ 2:10pm Jan 31, 2024 | ||
trail | Weird trail Haha | Jan 31, 2024 @ 2:04pm Jan 31, 2024 | ||
trail | wow | Jan 30, 2024 @ 1:12pm Jan 30, 2024 | ||
trail | Nice loop trail, with more flow than... | Sep 11, 2021 @ 12:34pm Sep 11, 2021 |
Local Badges
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10 Green Trails7 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k0 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge6 awarded -
Climbing 100k Badge0 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k0 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge6 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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BMX / Skate Park | skill park | Yellowknife | |
Mike Haener Memorial Bike Park | skill park | Yellowknife |
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 | 132 | 78 miles | 4,954 ft | 22 miles | 272 ft | #5,709 | #1 | 31 | 227 | 5 | 3,220 | |
E-Bike | 30 | 3 miles | 328 ft | 1 mile | 144 ft | 185 | 311 | |||||
Hike | 115 | 73 miles | 4,646 ft | 20 miles | 276 ft | #4,565 | #1 | 1 | 214 | 8 | 276 | |
Trail Running | 96 | 59 miles | 3,560 ft | 15 miles | 187 ft | #4,551 | #1 | 205 | 640 | |||
Snowmobile | 2 | 10 miles | 440 ft | 3 miles | 233 ft | 1 | ||||||
Snowshoe | 24 | 17 miles | 938 ft | 5 miles | 266 ft | 13 | 2 | 44 | ||||
Backcountry Ski | 10 | 9 miles | 351 ft | 3 miles | 266 ft | 12 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Nordic Ski | 12 | 30 miles | 971 ft | 11 miles | 223 ft | 1 | 558 |
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