1,870 ft
Distance
-52 ft
Descent
00:02:07
Avg time

Butter Ball Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Laurentian Ski Hill Area
    North Bay, Ontario
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #11827 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #40994 in Trail Running
    • #23292 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 100 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking

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Butter Ball is a 570 m popular green singletrack trail located near North Bay Ontario. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a easy overall physical rating with a 0 m green climb. On average it takes 2 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Butter Ball mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -53 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,063 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,116 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,116 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,063 ft
  • Grade
    -2.8%
  • Grade max
    -7.1%
  • Grade min
    1.7%
  • Distance climb
    69 ft
  • Distance down
    1,309 ft
  • Distance flat
    495 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:07
  • Avg reverse time
    00:04:54
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on Sep 30, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.08 (5 votes)
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  • Snow Cover Partial
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      Butter Ball Trail Reports

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      Sep 30, 2024 @ 8:44am
      Sep 30, 2024
      		 Leaves starting to cover - the shortcuts have made this trail soooo short!
      Aug 17, 2022 @ 9:14am
      Aug 17, 2022
      		 reporter
      Jun 4, 2022 @ 6:26am
      Jun 4, 2022
      May 4, 2022 @ 8:57am
      May 4, 2022
      		 not sure if the tree you gotta hop over is part of the trail, but it's not large.
      Apr 30, 2022 @ 8:08am
      Apr 30, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 6 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 99 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 694 rides
      • Last: May 15, 2025

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      88 |
      May 3, 2021 @ 1:51pm
      May 3, 2021

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