340 ft
Distance
-26 ft
Descent
00:26:10
Avg time

Details

  • Riding Area
    Valemount Bike Park
    Valemount, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    May-Oct
  • Global Ranking
    #2091
  • Year Opened
    2015
  • Land Manager
    Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

A short connector trail allowing the riders who just finished the downhill trails to use a fast and flowy section of the Southern Traverse on their way back to the pick up.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Buckethead Connector bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -26 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,958 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,984 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,984 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,958 ft
  • Grade
    -7.725%
  • Grade max
    -16.987%
  • Grade min
    -3.762%
  • Distance down
    340 ft
  • Avg time
    00:26:10
  • Avg reverse time
    00:00:57
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Status:
on Jul 9, 2017
Dry
Avg: 5 (1 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Activity Type
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Buckethead Connector Trail Reports

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Jul 9, 2017 @ 8:22pm
Jul 9, 2017
Jul 5, 2017 @ 6:35am
Jul 5, 2017
 One tree down across the trail
Apr 23, 2017 @ 5:59pm
Apr 23, 2017
 Melt complete, trail is clear and dry (damp in some spots).
Apr 9, 2017 @ 10:51pm
Apr 9, 2017
 Mixed conditions but definitely serves purpose of riding from Swift Creek over to bottom leg of Southern Traverse.
Aug 31, 2016 @ 4:12pm
Aug 31, 2016
 One rather large poplar tree down across trail just north of intersection with Old Swift Creek.
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Aug 5, 2016 @ 3:13pm
Aug 5, 2016
Buckethead Connector

Routes with this trail

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Meadowlarker
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Swift Creek South-North Traverse Loop
6 miles

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