3 miles
Distance
683 ft
Climb
-462 ft
Descent
00:44:14
Avg time

Colonel Angus Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Malde Creek
    Rossland, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Rock Face
  • Local Popularity
    40 in Mountain Biking

Colonel is a new XC trail that climbs from the top of the final descent on SMD and connects to the top of Tamarac. It rides well both ways as either a climb back to the top of Malde or an alternative, fun XC to ride Death to the bottom of King George Park. A couple of connectors over the road are hard to find but should be finished by the time the snow flies. Just go straight across. Entirely volunteer built, Colonel is now officially part of the KCTS trail network.

Access Info

A the top of Tamarack, go right up the old double track for ~100m. Just after the crest of the hill, the start of the north end of the trail turns sharply to the left. To access from SMD, ride Super, Mega and the climb of Death to the highpoint to the start of the main descent. The trail starts on your right.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Colonel Angus mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    222 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,702 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,059 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,783 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,006 ft
  • Grade
    1.3%
  • Grade max
    -35.9%
  • Grade min
    43.1%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,722 ft
  • Avg time
    00:44:14
  • Avg reverse time
    00:43:19
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Status:
on Mar 7, 2021
Snow Covered
Avg: 4.35 (3 votes)

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  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
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      Colonel Angus Trail Reports

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      Mar 7, 2021 @ 6:20pm
      Mar 7, 2021
      Sep 17, 2020 @ 4:25pm
      Sep 17, 2020
      		 reporter Windfall cleared by the KCTS trail crew,.
      Sep 12, 2020 @ 9:11am
      Sep 12, 2020
      		 Rode on September 11, 2020. Four trees down. One about 500-600m from SMD/Colonel Angus intersection. The next one is about 1.5km up from SMD...
      May 28, 2020 @ 4:39pm
      May 28, 2020
      		 There were no trees down today. Beginning to pack well so all climbing is only limited by your own body now. Most people seem to be using it as a...
      May 16, 2020 @ 6:18pm
      May 16, 2020
      		 One tree down in mid section
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