19.7 miles
Distance
4,608 ft
Climb
-4,599 ft
Descent
2,435 ft
High Point

2016 Vedder Mountain Classic Race Course (Full Course)

The Course is as follows:

>Start Main Beach Parking Lot at Cultus Lake
>Neutral Paced Lap: Sunnyside Boulevard- Park Drive- Mountain View Road- Sunnyside Boulevard- (Neutral Lap will end at the Round-a-bout)
> Columbia Valley Hwy-Parmenter Rd-Upper Notorizer-Sunnyside Up-Kerry'd Away-2Cents-Road Climb to Den Trail Head-The Den- RepoZest- Climb up Specail Blend-Mongolyd-New Mexico-MangoMango-Femur-Road Climb to Hidden Pleasures/Skidder Trail Head-Skidder-Hidden Pleasures-Terd Ferg-Ditch Chicken-Electric Lettuce-MangoMango-Femur-Connect down road to start of Notorizer-Notorizer-Sunnyside Up-Dilemma-Road to entrance of Old Broke Back-Old Broke Back-Lake Trail

Finish at Exit of Lake Trail. You will then carefully cross the road and ride to the event side at Main Beach.

Detailed Description
2016 Vedder Mountain Classic is a 20 mile less popular expert race route located near Port Alberni British Columbia. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a hard overall physical rating. This route includes 79 trails. This route climbs 4,608 ft with a max elevation of 2,435 ft then descends -4,599 ft.
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1 Timed Down 1: Mongolyd-New Mexico-MangoMango-Femur
2 Timed Down 2: Dilemma-Old Broke Back-Lake Trail

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  • Race Course
  • Riding area
    Vedder Mountain
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond
  • Route Type
    Point to Point
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Physical rating
    Hard
More Stats for 2016 Vedder Mountain Classic mountain bike route
  • Avg time
    4 hr 35 min
  • Altitude change
    8 ft
  • Altitude min
    178 ft
  • Altitude start
    186 ft
  • Altitude end
    194 ft
  • Grade max
    -74.1%
  • Grade min
    56.6%
  • Distance climb
    10 miles
  • Distance down
    9 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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Zest
Mar 17, 2025 @ 1:42pm
Mar 17, 2025
Snow at the very top, then in good shape. Had to clear a small tree just before the climbing section, but all good
Mongo
Mar 17, 2025 @ 1:42pm
Mar 17, 2025
No mud, all clear
Femur
Mar 17, 2025 @ 1:42pm
Mar 17, 2025
Only a couple of soft spot, otherwise good
Mango Mango
Mar 17, 2025 @ 1:42pm
Mar 17, 2025
Some fantastic drainage work recently done. In surprisingly good shape
Sunnyside Up
Mar 17, 2025 @ 1:42pm
Mar 17, 2025
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