4.0 miles

Distance

826 ft

Climb

-857 ft

Descent

1,062 ft

High Point

It takes about 50 minutes to do the loop with a couple stops along the way. I would much rather take this than the trans canada to get to gear jammer. Good ride

Detailed Description

After Work Special is a 4 mile moderately popular intermediate route located near Burnaby British Columbia. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 14 trails. This route climbs 826 ft with a max elevation of 1,062 ft then descends -857 ft.

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29 Reviews & Comments

Score Time Route Post Comment

JakeBoulder (Aug 5, 2022 at 9:15)

Trail SFU-Al Connector

This trail is just some worn grass along the road.

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sunbike

(Apr 22, 2022 at 14:01)

Trail Jim's Jungle

More of a green trail with roots and boardwalks

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Mcyeetus (Sep 29, 2021 at 18:25)

Trail Sidewinder

Fun chill climb up Burnaby Mountain.

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Mcyeetus (Sep 29, 2021 at 18:23)

Trail Uppercut

A fun section of the Gearjammer route on Burnaby Mountain. Has some fun corners and a few wooden features. More techy than upper lower gearjammer.

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Mcyeetus (Sep 29, 2021 at 18:22)

Trail Upper Lower Gearjammer

Windy middle section to Gearjammer. Easy to get speed with big berms and easy tech. More like a hard blue, not really a black trail.

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Mcyeetus (Sep 29, 2021 at 18:21)

Trail Upper Gearjammer

Flowy upper section to Gearjammer with a few optional drops and some rollers/jumps. All flow and no tech.

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dcfghjkl1234557890 (Jan 23, 2021 at 12:15)

Trail North Road Trail

I ride this trail all the time! Although it is very easy, it has a few optional lines like skinnies. (only like 1 foot off the ground) there is one roll/ a frame that you can drop. There is a rock on the side of the trail that you can jump. This trail is a great bigginer trail. I would say if you skip all of the optional features, it would be a green. Great trail for an easy warm up.

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LikeAKid

(Dec 1, 2020 at 11:55)

Trail Upper Gearjammer

Some mud (to be expected) but nice. A fallen tree close to the end of this trail.

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KingFuzzles

(Nov 4, 2020 at 16:58)

Trail Upper Lower Gearjammer

The lower section is still closed. The city of Burnaby does not support or maintain these trails and the BMBA is rarely allowed permission from the city to maintain them. It's sad.

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oneinoneout (Sep 29, 2020 at 7:36)

Trail Mel's Trail

Two big trees down between Nicole’s and Gearjammer.

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liamdubs

(Sep 9, 2020 at 18:19)

Trail Mel's Trail

Major props to those who can clean this trail east->west!

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98teg

(Aug 9, 2020 at 23:42)

Trail Mel's Trail

Road this the first time, both ways. Bring your legs and lungs if you want to clean the switch backs.

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Intense1977 (Jan 26, 2020 at 21:49)

Trail Mel's Trail

Trail is in good condition considering all the rain !

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TheShe (Sep 2, 2019 at 21:27)

Trail Sidewinder

Was my first blue trail and I loved it!!

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MrCerulean (Dec 2, 2018 at 14:00)

Trail Upper Gearjammer

Leaves are all gone and it's drying up decently after two days of sunshine. Still wet though.

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Luciesed (Nov 5, 2018 at 13:40)

Trail Uppercut

High level of water erosion on the trail. Large gully’s and parts of the trail fallen in with lots of loose rocks on the trail in places!

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engfromrio (May 11, 2018 at 9:46)

Trail Sidewinder

Loved it! Great for a beginner/intermediate

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Elkinator

(Aug 29, 2017 at 9:22)

For the time being to get to lower sidewinder you need to ride a little ways up Gaglardi to a new opening in the trail not shown on the map. (500m or less from the starting point shown.)

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pkkp (Sep 1, 2017 at 9:27)

This is no longer the case. There's still a sign that says trail closed but you can still bike in.

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Nate14 (May 23, 2017 at 11:34)

Trail Jim's Jungle

Super fun trail but can be awkward to access sometimes. It also can get slippery on the lower park of the trail on the wooden features.

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Vrmadd (May 21, 2017 at 10:27)

Trail Upper Lower Gearjammer

Top half is open, but the bottom half still says closed, but no barrier. I didn't ride it but I'm guessing others may have.

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pirati

(Jul 24, 2016 at 19:02)

Trail North Road Trail

Great beginner/intermediate trail with some bridges, can be ridden in both directions.

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mwaddingham (Feb 13, 2016 at 8:18)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

Is this trail open? It has been under construction for a while, signs were still up last week...

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desmondhowl

(Feb 23, 2016 at 15:26)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

there's a recent note about it in the reports tab

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desmondhowl

(Jan 26, 2016 at 16:30)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

cool. thanks. i'm excited to ride it.

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desmondhowl

(Jan 26, 2016 at 14:11)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

ether i looked at it wrong or somebody changed it. looks about right now.

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canadaka Trailforks (Jan 26, 2016 at 14:40)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

someone did edit it yesterday

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desmondhowl

(Jan 24, 2016 at 20:11)

Trail Lower Sidewinder

The mapping on this is not quite right as it appears the entrance (bottom) to the new sidewinder trail will start about a 100 meters up gaglardi from the entrance to the pipeline trail where nicole's finishes.

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Stvante

(Aug 5, 2014 at 9:01)

Trail Upper Lower Gearjammer

is this permanently closed? i've waited one year for this trail to re-open

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Trails in Route

	Lower Sidewinder				3,907 ft
	Service Road				3 ft
	Sidewinder				3,442 ft
	Mel's Trail				712 ft
	Upper Gearjammer				1,243 ft
	Upper Lower Gearjammer				1,490 ft
	Uppercut				1,060 ft
	Function Junction				1,227 ft
	Powerline Trail				262 ft
	North Road Access				144 ft
	North Road Trail				2,956 ft
	Jim's Jungle				1,519 ft
	Powerline Trail				89 ft
	SFU-Al Connector				971 ft

Details

Riding area

Burnaby Mountain / SFU
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Bike type

AM
Ridelogs

1

More Stats for After Work Special mountain bike route

Altitude change

-31 ft
Altitude min

210 ft
Altitude start

324 ft
Altitude end

292 ft
Grade

-0.1%
Grade max

-49.8%
Grade min

39.3%
Distance climb

2 miles
Distance down

2 miles
Distance flat

719 ft

trail	date	description
Upper Gearjammer	Jan 27, 2023 @ 4:47pm Jan 27, 2023	Large sections of tree down on trail. In need of machine or multiple people for removal.
Jim's Jungle	Jan 24, 2023 @ 9:02pm Jan 24, 2023	Muddy
North Road Trail	Jan 24, 2023 @ 9:02pm Jan 24, 2023	wet
Upper Lower Gearjammer	Jan 18, 2023 @ 5:14pm Jan 18, 2023	Super tacky in the dirt, just watch the wood work can be slick
Sidewinder	Jan 1, 2023 @ 2:07am Jan 1, 2023

After Work Special route

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