2.6 miles
Distance
53 ft
Climb
-895 ft
Descent
00:21:24
Avg time

Buck 50 Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Snowshoe
    • Backcountry Ski
  • Riding Area
    Pass Powderkeg
    Blairmore, Alberta
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    May to October
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #13408 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #20503 in E-Biking
    • #58313 in Trail Running
    • #41496 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 70 in Hiking
    • 5 in Snowshoeing
    • 5 in Backcountry Skiing
  • Year Opened
    2016
  • Land Owner
    Municipality of Crowsnest Pass

Most often ridden downhill, it is fast, flowy, rocky, bermy, jumpy, pumpy, with a few sections where you have to work if you want to maintain the high speed. Steep sections, climbs, roots, rolling fast bits, doubles, optional jumps, turns. Combined with some of the existing trails, it makes a 12 km loop.

The top of the trail has two options - the easy route shown on the GPS track, and a steeper rougher line down the ridge which is shown as a separate trail called Buck 50 Option.

Access Info

The top starts at the top of the T-Bar where Chainsaw Massacre ends. The bottom end of the trail takes off from Little Shred Riding Hood on the pipeline ROW.

There are alternate access points along the trail:
- 75 Cents connecting the Ski Hill parking area to the mid point of Buck 50
- east end of Southmore Place accessed via 119 St. Blairmore
- alley west of 113 St. Blairmore at the north end of the trail named Buck 50 Connector to 113 St.

Disclaimer

Most traffic is downhill and can be at high speed, so if you are going up the trail be careful and avoid the most popular times - afternoons on Saturday and Sunday. No shuttling on the ski hill.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Buck 50 mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -841 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,327 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,186 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,168 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,327 ft
  • Grade
    -6%
  • Grade max
    -82.6%
  • Grade min
    15.4%
  • Distance climb
    1,755 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    689 ft
  • Avg time
    00:21:24
  • Avg reverse time
    00:48:43
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      Buck 50 Trail Reports

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      Apr 17, 2025 @ 2:47pm
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      Oct 6, 2024 @ 11:12am
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      Sep 29, 2024 @ 11:02am
      Sep 29, 2024
      		 Both the black and blue routes down are mint.
      Sep 2, 2024 @ 9:51am
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