Mountain Bike

3.6 miles

Distance

558 ft

Climb

-876 ft

Descent

1,059 ft

High Point

This is a route I planned for a few beginners as an intro to Burnaby Mountain. Park on Gagliardi and head up the road towards Sidewinder. When you pop out of Sidewinder, veer back onto Mel's and go towards the ring road at SFU. Head across the ring road and descend Gearjammer. By heading back to the road, you avoid the more difficult climbing on Mel's and get to descend the top of GJ which is nice and flowy. At the bottom of GJ, instead of continuing down to the harder portion of Gearjammer take Mel's over to TCT and drop down onto Dead Moped and take the trail North to South for a cross country challenge with lots of bridges and optional features. Take DM to North Road Trail then cut over to the right towards Function Junction trail and descent Lower Snake...another fun little challenging trail for beginners. At the bottom, head to the right on the Pipeline trail and back to the car.

Note: Trail ratings on Burnaby Mountain are generally harder than you might find on the North Shore (ie. Blue trail could easily be a Green).

Detailed Description

Burnaby Mountain Begintermediate Rip is a 4 mile moderately popular intermediate route located near Burnaby British Columbia. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 21 trails. This route climbs 558 ft with a max elevation of 1,059 ft then descends -876 ft.

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Trails in Route

	Sidewinder				2 miles
	Mel's Trail				2,352 ft
	Upper Gearjammer				4,098 ft
	Mel's Trail				1 mile
	Trans Canada Trail - Burnaby Mountain				2,936 ft
	Ben & Jerry's				843 ft
	Dead Moped Trail				1 mile
	North Road Upper Access Trail				906 ft
	North Road Trail				5,000 ft
	North Road Lower Access Trail				735 ft
	Powerline Trail				387 ft
	Function Junction				4,370 ft
	Lower Snake				5,174 ft
	Pipeline Trail				4,127 ft

Details

Riding area

Burnaby Mountain / SFU
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Ridelogs

16

More Stats for Burnaby Mountain Begintermediate Rip mountain bike route

Avg time

54 min 16 sec
Altitude change

-318 ft
Altitude min

295 ft
Altitude start

624 ft
Altitude end

305 ft
Grade

-1.6%
Grade max

-58.8%
Grade min

51.9%
Distance climb

2 miles
Distance down

2 miles
Distance flat

1,217 ft

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status	trail	date	condition	description
	Dead Moped Trail	Sep 27, 2024 @ 2:41pm Sep 27, 2024
	North Road Upper Access Trail	Sep 27, 2024 @ 2:41pm Sep 27, 2024
	North Road Trail	Sep 27, 2024 @ 2:41pm Sep 27, 2024
	Sidewinder	Sep 21, 2024 @ 5:02pm Sep 21, 2024
	Upper Gearjammer	Sep 20, 2024 @ 3:11pm Sep 20, 2024