Mountain Bike

8.0 miles

Distance

2,159 ft

Climb

-2,157 ft

Descent

1,400 ft

High Point

This is the first ride of the First Time Visitor trip. Warm up with some good corners on John Deer, then head over and ride some tighter switchbacks on Asian Adonis before climbing back up and riding some of that North Shore Jank you've always heard of. If you feel overwhelmed while climbing up for your third descent, you can bail out early and ride the bottom portion of Severed D before taking Bridle Path back to the parking lot.

Expect this ride to take about 2-3 hours depending on how many selfies you take.

Detailed Description

First Time Visitor - Day 0 is a 8 mile popular intermediate route located near North Vancouver British Columbia. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 41 trails. This route climbs 2,159 ft with a max elevation of 1,400 ft then descends -2,157 ft.

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Trails in Route

	Old Buck				1,929 ft
	Baden Powell (Bikeable)				2,684 ft
	Severed D				1,204 ft
	Upper John Deer				423 ft
	John Deer				3,330 ft
	Bridle Path				338 ft
	Cardiac Bypass				184 ft
	Academy Climb				643 ft
	Rapid Transit				361 ft
	RT Connector				1,440 ft
	Pussyfoot				223 ft
	Lower C-Buster				302 ft
	Penny Lane				1,043 ft
	Good Sir Martin				4,449 ft
	Baden Powell (Bikeable)				1,030 ft
	Severed D				243 ft
	C-Buster				981 ft
	Asian Adonis				2,031 ft
	Lower C-Buster				207 ft
	Penny Lane				1,043 ft
	Good Sir Martin				4,449 ft
	Pangor				3,921 ft
	Pangor: Giant Reboot				400 ft
	Slash				417 ft
	Bridle Path				315 ft
	Empress Bypass				1,496 ft
	Old Buck				397 ft

Details

Riding area

Mount Seymour
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
Bike type

AM, XC
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Moderate
Ridelogs

553

More Stats for First Time Visitor - Day 0 mountain bike route

Avg time

1 hr 32 min
Altitude min

416 ft
Altitude start

416 ft
Altitude end

417 ft
Grade max

-56.3%
Grade min

42.6%
Distance climb

4 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

2,123 ft

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trail	date	description
Pangor	Apr 16, 2025 @ 12:13pm Apr 16, 2025
Slash	Apr 16, 2025 @ 12:13pm Apr 16, 2025
Empress Bypass	Apr 13, 2025 @ 5:47pm Apr 13, 2025	Minor refinements to one of the corners we worked on last Saturday - drainage is flowing a little better and there’s another dozen buckets of fine North Shore Gold in the berm. The next few corners have had some more TLC from the NSMBA Trail Crew, too! Come and get it! reporter
Pussyfoot	Apr 10, 2025 @ 9:41am Apr 10, 2025
Lower C-Buster	Apr 10, 2025 @ 9:41am Apr 10, 2025