Burnaby Long Loop route

man this trail is a blast! i didn't have the highest expectations for this trail system but i was pleasantly surprised

Contrary to what the earlier comment said, this trail is bike-able and is a good test of cardio. It is a steep climbing trail but not technical at all.

More of a green trail with roots and boardwalks

Fun chill climb up Burnaby Mountain.

The hardest but most fun part of the Gearjammer route. Contains a few optional drops and plenty of wood features and berms. Super fun and probaly one of the best trails on Burnaby Mountain!

This is a trail that connects University Drive to Nicoles. Great little warmup before Nicoles as it leads right in. Contains one drop but its rollable.

The best trail on Burnaby Mountain. Unfortunately is very eroded due to the city not allowing work on it but is still really fun. Comparable in difficulty to Crinkum Crankum on Mount Fromme.

There is a tree down so be careful!

Somebody has extra boardwalks and didn’t know what to do with except covering the trail .. and doesn’t seem there is an end to it!

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this trail, really fun.

Watch out for clueless hikers.

Instead of doing trail maintenance Burnaby have put a big old boardwalk across 1/3 of this trail. Sigh.

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.

What he said. Lots of potential, but a super suck ride back up. You can ride it now, just not a lot to it.

Two big trees down between Nicole’s and Gearjammer.

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

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

Saw this comment yesterday and it sounded like a challenge! How about climbing it with a loaded mountain cargo bike?

www.trailforks.com/video/pb/521133

Could be a decent trail but it’s not well maintained and a lot of the ladders etc are broken or in poor condition. It also dumps you out on the TC trail when you have a killer climb back if you’re going that way.

Great trail and a definite step up in difficulty compared to the other trails on the mountain. One of the switchbacks is super sketchy and steep and needs serious commitment to get down, needs some reinforcement or stone work as it’s really eroded. I’ve ridden Blacks on the Shore with much easier switchbacks but guess they are better maintained.

Lots of good corners that don't make it too easy for you while still giving you good support.

Yes this trail is pretty damn steep. I have climbed it twice now, it just keeps on going and going. Have not done Cardiac Hill at the top yet though.

Trail is in good condition considering all the rain !

Was my first blue trail and I loved it!!

Too steep to climb on a mtb. Still a decent connector trail for hikers.

Someone needs to cut out that dangerous handrail they put in. If not I will get to it next week.

The badly rotten corpse off a raccoon is in the middle of the trail and nobody wants to move it

Shout out to Jeremy - Master of Patience & Rake! May u b safe, may u b happy, may u b healthy; may u b at peace????

This is contructive criticism for safer trail building, and by no means have hate against the builder/volunteers

There were some changes this year to the trail, some bad and alot of good. There is a huge flaw with the new drops and I suppose the safety of it. The piece of plywood at the start (first drop) is seriously poorly designed. As you're lead to speed down a trail only to find the lip of the plywood is severely sticking out making a last minute ditch effort to pump your front to get over it and allowing yourself to drop safely. At the bottom of the drop has a huge ditch that has been ruined by Grommies in their DH bikes and is seriously unsafe to land on. A group of my friends have crashed all together going down this section. Along with the new changes and improvements, you guys seriously need to create small burms by the new exposed plywood. If someone hits that, they will be sent off the edge. Please make as much breaking room as possible or create a safe crash enviroment. Exposing sharp wood can seriously injure some new comers to this mountain.

Every other additional changes like the bridges and walkways have been very good! But this trail will seriously hinder any new Black Diamonder's to help support this mountain as means of learning this trail.

PS: The bottom of this trail is very fun

Little jewel of a trail.

Loved it! Great for a beginner/intermediate

great trail. super fun

I guess just hasn't been upkept in a while?

Trail is covered in fallen leaves. Ground visibility reduced but still ridable Oct 30,2017.

I really like this trail! The first time I went it was still a bit wet and the woodwork, rocks and roots were slippery, but still really enjoyable. Definitely easier in the dry.

Dry

First time riding both Poplar and Nicole's trails last July 22, 2017, so stoked, I never taught this is a black diamond trail and rode it with only a road helmet for protection, so good to ride this at SFU. I'm from Alberta and located this trail on my own. BTW this trail destroyed my GoPro Mount due to constant shaking and impacts on drops.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNt8Xa_bBI8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aMSDH5O3R8

Amazing trail. Thanx to Steve, the local who showed me around. So fun!

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.

The trail it's perfect !!!

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

Great beginner/intermediate trail that can be ridden in both directions.

Anyone know why this trail is decommissioned? Not much wrong with it.

Trail needs major work. No flow to be found here.

Offers a nice climb up to SFU if you're heading east from Hastings. You'll get a pretty good cardio workout and strengthen your muscles. Trail offers 3 rest stops on the way up and you can use them as benchmarks to push yourself to do the whole climb in one go. Centennial Way marks the halfway point going up, but I find the climb much easier after that point. Once you're at the top, it's a fairly easy ride towards Cardio Hill, Mel's trail, or Powerline trail.

Going down is pretty fun as you can pick up some serious velocity, but be prepared to melt your brakes.