37.5 miles
Distance
7,280 ft
Climb
-7,371 ft
Descent
5,218 ft
High Point

A long ride, almost all singletrack. Redtop up and down, Caldera, Eddie J, lower Mongoose, KC, Techno Grind, Full Monte, Milky Way, Green Door, Rogers, Cemetery, Happy Valley, through Rossland, Drakes Doukhobor, Tamarack, SMD(A), up Doukhobor, Tamarac, Whiskey on the Rocks.

"Trails in Route" section can be a little confusing since the ride touches small sections of a number of trails. Also goes both ways on the same trail at different points in the ride, but these show as just one trail entry.

Detailed Description
4 Points is a 38 mile popular expert route located near Rossland British Columbia. This mountain bike only route and has a hard overall physical rating. This route includes 28 trails. This route climbs 7,280 ft with a max elevation of 5,218 ft then descends -7,371 ft.
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32 Reviews & Comments

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superbuburuz (Sep 10, 2022 at 8:39)
Trail Green Door
It’s fun and has some Little Rock features but has lots of moon dust on it later in the dry season
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superbuburuz (Sep 10, 2022 at 8:37)
Trail Techno Grind
A great little flowy trail, well built
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twpetersen6 (Aug 27, 2022 at 10:26)
Trail Happy Valley
Access trail is closed
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i-do-blues (Jul 31, 2022 at 21:44)
Trail Whiskey
Awesome trail! Fun factor is right up there with some of the best in the Sea-to-Sky for me.
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bocomtb (Jul 8, 2022 at 15:51)
Trail Whiskey
Soooo good. I cannot wait to come back.
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bocomtb (Jun 26, 2022 at 10:59)
Trail SMD
It’s obvious from the elevation chart and description but expect a LOT of pedaling. Totally worth it to hit the last third of SMD and Awesome.
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johnepollock (Sep 10, 2021 at 19:10)
Trail SMD
I would recommend this trail to anyone who likes riding uphill from the top of the shuttle road. The top section should have a green rating because I can find steeper sections of sidewalk in rossland. There was one or two technical sections but does not merit a black. Would not recommend this trail
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ryancartiers (Jul 18, 2021 at 17:47)
Trail Redtop (upper)
Great climbing trail
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CSharp (Sep 25, 2020 at 10:03)
Trail Redtop (lower)
My friend and I rode the Redtop Lower from the parking lot at the end.start of Blue Elephant on the north side Miners. It's definitely a technical climb similar to climbing up some of the sections on Seven Summits. Guess the locals were coming down on it as we got to the peak. If I were to do this trail again, I'd do what the locals did and rode up Miners and down on Redtop Lower to Blue Elephant. It's all doable in both direction, but definitely more downs is always good!
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CSharp (Sep 25, 2020 at 9:54)
Trail Drifter
Very nicely built trail to connect to the east side of the trails across the pond.
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CSharp (Sep 25, 2020 at 9:28)
Trail Techno Grind
Great nice and flowy singletrack with a bit of technical climbs - love how trails in Rossland have these technical sections. Great trail to prepare you for some more rough stuff with the Full Monte. Nicely built trail!
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CSharp (Sep 25, 2020 at 9:22)
Trail Full Monte
Great technical ups and downs on this trail. Definitely not for the faint of heart once you reach the peak and start coming down on the rocks. Love this trail! So much fun! The skinnies the ramps/jumps, and the rock slabs/drops are awesome! Very well built trail!
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Lheerensperger (Aug 28, 2020 at 14:07)
Trail Kootenay Columbia
A lot of fun to descend after the climb. Some nice flow, some rocky bits and a few roots for good measure!
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KarinB (Aug 15, 2020 at 18:18)
Trail Redtop (lower)
Starts off quite technical (some bits we're too technical for me = beginner), but the second half is flowy and fun.
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Pjochter (Aug 15, 2020 at 18:12)
Trail Redtop (lower)
Great intermediate flowy trail. Some tight, slow switchbacks to start it off but it opens up nicely and is a great trail with some easy roots and rocks to make sure your suspension also gets a workout.
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mflanari (Aug 15, 2020 at 12:36)
Trail SMD
SMD was clear of trees 14 August.
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Tedandme (Aug 6, 2020 at 16:48)
Trail Full Monte
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Metric-MrShades (Jul 15, 2019 at 10:45)
Trail Techno Grind
A fun combination of flowy singletrack, short tech climbs, soft lome, and loose rock for some great variety. There is a section between the Stardust jct and Techno plus jct that is more of a hiking trail trying to be past-off as for biking but be patient, gets really good again.
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Turbutopico (Mar 31, 2019 at 9:49)
Trail Kootenay Columbia
Our first trail in BC. Nice!!
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13-ball (Aug 11, 2018 at 9:16)
Trail Green Door
Kind of ho-hum going down with a ton of cookie cutter switchbacks. Like the description says it's mostly green with just a couple corners that would be blue level.
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13-ball (Aug 9, 2018 at 14:49)
Trail Full Monte
Fun old school riding. Not at all like the computer generated, grade controlled, by the book trails that are overrunning the continent.
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BenGrimm (Jul 14, 2018 at 15:50)
Trail Coffee Run
You'll need a chain guard, as parts of this aren't really rideable. If you end up on Milky Way Lower and Green Door lower, you'll need salt to conserve your strength, stamina, and control for Green Door Lower which includes some creative rockwork through the switchbacks. If you start out at the bike shop and work your way to the Rock Cut Pub, have a beer and load up on water as you really need to conserve your strength for what comes at you nearing Warfield.
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tkaszuba (Jul 8, 2018 at 9:04)
Trail Kootenay Columbia
One of the most beautiful trails I have ever climbed
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Chorton (Apr 1, 2018 at 16:17)
Trail SMD
Super fun trail! Can’t wait to ride it again.
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Fourpointeight (Jan 21, 2018 at 9:17)
Trail Eddie J (upper)
Trail all clear again! Great shape for fat!
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Fourpointeight (Jan 19, 2018 at 18:34)
Trail Eddie J (upper)
Heads up! Lots of rotten trees falling
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cartoon (Aug 10, 2017 at 14:11)
Trail Full Monte
mid section has some deep black segments.
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medic202 (Jul 13, 2017 at 14:28)
Trail Eddie J (upper)
Tree down
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Leo101 (Aug 3, 2016 at 10:53)
Trail Tamarack
Great trail ride inside the forest. After SMD,Combine this climb with the King George Rd, Doukhobor Draw trail and up to Whiskey,,you got yourself one great workout. Totally appreciate the hard work put into this trail building, great work guys.
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Leo101 (Aug 3, 2016 at 9:57)
Trail Whiskey
This is definitely one of the best trails in the Rossland area, also (whiskey on rocks). Well thought out for erosion control. This is truly a mountain bike trail.Great ride..
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Leo101 (Aug 3, 2016 at 9:43)
Trail SMD
Fast, fun single track. Not sure it deserves a black diamond rating.
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dosagushi (Mar 26, 2015 at 22:59)
Trail SMD
They should have named this SMF instead of SMD.
SMF= Super mega fun!
This trail is a blast!
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  • Riding area
    Rossland Range
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond
  • Route Type
    Loop
  • Bike type
    AM
  • Physical rating
    Hard
More Stats for 4 Points mountain bike route
  • Altitude min
    2,250 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,401 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,301 ft
  • Grade
    -0.1%
  • Grade max
    -67.9%
  • Grade min
    51.9%
  • Distance climb
    19 miles
  • Distance down
    16 miles
  • Distance flat
    3 miles
Avg: 5 (1 votes)
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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Eddie J (upper)
Dec 7, 2022 @ 7:22pm
Dec 7, 2022
Running great
Kootenay Columbia
Nov 20, 2022 @ 4:37am
Nov 20, 2022
Trail has hardened up very nicely and aside from a couple of rocks here and there, is running well.
Centennial Trail
Nov 16, 2022 @ 11:51am
Nov 16, 2022
Drifter
Nov 12, 2022 @ 4:30am
Nov 12, 2022
Still a little soft in scattered places and definitely on the sides but otherwise pretty good.
Cemetery (upper)
Oct 31, 2022 @ 6:14pm
Oct 31, 2022
Tree down on upper portion of trail
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