Mountain Bike

18.8 miles

Distance

4,066 ft

Climb

-4,059 ft

Descent

4,519 ft

High Point

This is the more difficult version of Honest Ed, including the very technical Fraidy Cat / 36DD trails after Big Ed.

Not for the faint of heart!

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Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan (mtbco.ca)

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1 Review & Comments

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riderofthegnar (Jul 12, 2021 at 22:18)

The local trail association for this ride is NOCS (nocs.ca).

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Trails in Route

	High Rim Trail - Lower Kal Park (Bear Valley)				2 miles
	Inevitable				827 ft
	Broken Bits				915 ft
	High Rim Trail - Lower Kal Park (Bear Valley)				26 ft
	Broken Bits				335 ft
	Crosstown Traffic				85 ft
	3 Rings				2,073 ft
	Pond Loop				991 ft
	Stone Free				2 miles
	High Rim Trail - Upper Kal Park				1,821 ft
	Upper Stone Free				3,632 ft
	High Rim Trail - Upper Kal Park				26 ft
	Upper Stone Free				1 mile
	High Rim Trail - Upper Kal Park				335 ft
	CJ Express FSR				945 ft
	High Rim Trail - CJ Express				2,753 ft
	CJ Express FSR				2 miles
	Tombstone				2 miles
	Big Ed				1 mile
	Rotten Cabin				1,827 ft
	Fraidy Cat				1,847 ft
	36				3,166 ft
	Pond Loop				2,274 ft
	Cosens Bay Road				679 ft
	Black Powder				1,394 ft
	Cosens Bay Express				932 ft
	Freaky Creeky				3,146 ft
	Cosens Bay Express				59 ft
	Cosens Bay Trail				33 ft
	Cosens Beach				1,637 ft
	Sidewinder Trail				3,812 ft
	Cosens Bay Trail				331 ft
	Cosens Bay Road				899 ft
	High Rim Trail - Lower Kal Park (Bear Valley)				469 ft
	Gingerly				3,238 ft
	Dew Drops				39 ft
	Gingerly				33 ft
	Dew Drops				66 ft
	Gingerly				3,543 ft
	High Rim Trail - Lower Kal Park (Bear Valley)				3,209 ft

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Riding area

Kalamalka Lake
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Double Black Diamond
Route Type

Loop
Bike type

AM
Physical rating

Hard

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Altitude min

1,288 ft
Altitude start

1,635 ft
Altitude end

1,640 ft
Grade max

-91.4%
Grade min

50.8%
Distance climb

10 miles
Distance down

7 miles
Distance flat

1 mile

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trail	date	description
Upper Stone Free	Oct 24, 2021 @ 2:51pm 23 mins
Stone Free	Oct 24, 2021 @ 2:51pm 24 mins
Big Ed	Oct 23, 2021 @ 1:15pm 1 day	NOCS volunteer trail day. Replenished the wood jump landings, short tweak at the spring creek section and built the boulder into a feature. reporter
3 Rings	Oct 17, 2021 @ 11:41am Oct 17, 2021
Rotten Cabin	Oct 16, 2021 @ 4:42pm Oct 16, 2021	Medium tree hanging across Rotten Cabin at the top of Fraidy Cat. Can go under while staying on bike.

Honest Ed EXPERT ONLY Epic Loop route

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