1 miles
Distance
184 ft
Climb
-1,167 ft
Descent
00:22:23
Avg time

Big Ed Details

  • Riding area
    Kalamalka Lake
    Vernon, British Columbia
  • Difficulty rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • TTFs on trail
    Drop, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #2154

Long and demanding downhill with everything from steep and technical to fast and flowy.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Big Ed mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -981 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,099 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,082 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,082 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,101 ft
  • Grade
    -13.191%
  • Grade max
    -49.929%
  • Grade min
    36.74%
  • Distance climb
    1,563 ft
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    269 ft
  • Avg time
    00:22:23
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Status:
on Jul 15, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4.45 (22 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to big-ed trailhead (50.185680, -119.203540)
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Big Ed Trail Reports

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Jul 15, 2018 @ 12:45pm
Jul 15, 2018
 reporter
Cleared face smackers and random brush to improve sight lines and get the branches out of your eyes. Running really well!
May 20, 2018 @ 9:53pm
May 20, 2018
 Thanks to the trail fairies who cleared big Ed. It's running well, just needs some traffic to clean the branches of the trail.
Apr 18, 2018 @ 8:56pm
Apr 18, 2018
Oct 5, 2017 @ 5:30pm
Oct 5, 2017
Sep 28, 2017 @ 9:04pm
Sep 28, 2017
 reporter A few small trees down across trail, blocking trail. I'll get them next time with my hand saw if you don't! Still loose but fun.
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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

Photos

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Aug 8, 2017 @ 9:48am
Aug 8, 2017
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Jun 11, 2017 @ 8:30pm
Jun 11, 2017
Big Ed, Vernon
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Jun 11, 2017 @ 8:30pm
Jun 11, 2017
Big Ed, Vernon
262 |
May 13, 2016 @ 7:04am
May 13, 2016
Big Ed, Vernon

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