3,655 ft
Distance
107 ft
Climb
-6 ft
Descent
00:09:48
Avg time

Bruin Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Doumont
    Nanaimo, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in E-Biking
    • 90 in Trail Running
    • 100 in Hiking

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Bruin is a 1 km popular blue singletrack trail located near Nanaimo British Columbia. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 9 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Bruin mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    102 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,058 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,160 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,058 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,161 ft
  • Grade
    2.8%
  • Grade max
    -6.5%
  • Grade min
    12.2%
  • Distance climb
    2,513 ft
  • Distance down
    394 ft
  • Distance flat
    748 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:48
  • Avg reverse time
    00:08:59
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on Apr 17, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 3.87 (10 votes)
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      Bruin Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Apr 17, 2025 @ 2:33pm
      Apr 17, 2025
      Mar 4, 2025 @ 1:20pm
      Mar 4, 2025
      		 Both trees removed
      Feb 20, 2025 @ 11:38am
      Feb 20, 2025
      		 Small tree across trail and another hanging over.
      Dec 2, 2024 @ 11:10am
      Dec 2, 2024
      		 all trees cleared
      Dec 1, 2024 @ 4:14pm
      Dec 1, 2024
      		Many trees down, most need chainsaw
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 10 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 129 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,044 rides
      • Last: Jun 12, 2025

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      Apr 30, 2022 @ 3:02pm
      Apr 30, 2022
      29 |
      Oct 27, 2020 @ 11:00am
      Oct 27, 2020

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