5,036 ft
Distance
583 ft
Climb
-314 ft
Descent
00:17:36
Avg time

Cliff Side Details

  • Riding area
    Mountain Shadows
    Golden, British Columbia
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • Global Ranking
    #12583

Found at the upper end of the Mtn Shadows Trail system, Cliffside offers some technical riding, some whoops, and a full view of the Columbia Valley. Although rated a black diamond, there are only a few challenging techy bits and one whoops.

The trail rides well in either direction. It is fairly well signed, but due to the number of trials bike trails in the area, it can be a little confusing (particularly in the north to south direction). When riding north to south, try to keep high and not take any branches dropping down to the right. If you do this properly then you should reach the junction with Magic Dragon. The trail requires a little more endurance when ridden north to south.

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More Stats for Cliff Side mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    269 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,055 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,362 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,055 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,324 ft
  • Grade
    5.341%
  • Grade max
    -37.078%
  • Grade min
    39.731%
  • Distance climb
    2,737 ft
  • Distance down
    1,958 ft
  • Distance flat
    341 ft
  • Avg time
    00:17:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:59
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Status:
on Jun 23, 2017
Dry
Avg: 4.3 (7 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to cliff-side trailhead (51.285470, -116.933100)
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Cliff Side Trail Reports

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Jun 23, 2017 @ 9:00pm
Jun 23, 2017
Sep 7, 2016 @ 7:45am
Sep 7, 2016
 Old moto trials spot. Great rock ridges, rolls and high speed single track.
Apr 9, 2016 @ 7:34pm
Apr 9, 2016
 Good shape
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Routes with this trail

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GUT
14 miles
2016 Singletrack 6 - Smith Optics Stage 5: Golden race
19 miles

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