896 ft
Distance
-202 ft
Descent
00:06:56
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Cortes Planks Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Diamond Head
    Squamish, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Gap Jump, Ladder Bridge, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #3477 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #5159 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in E-Biking

Ladder bridges galore up top, 2 sizable gaps down low

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Cortes Planks mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -202 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,492 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,694 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,694 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,493 ft
  • Grade
    -22.5%
  • Grade max
    -55.5%
  • Grade min
    -1%
  • Distance down
    863 ft
  • Distance flat
    33 ft
  • Avg time
    00:06:56
  • Avg reverse time
    00:18:29
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on May 5, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 4.15 (21 votes)
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      May 5, 2025 @ 5:36pm
      May 5, 2025
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      Feb 3, 2025 @ 7:19pm
      Feb 3, 2025
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      Jun 8, 2024 @ 12:56pm
      Jun 8, 2024
      		Large tree down just before first roller ramp feature. causes you to miss both roller ramp features which severely affects trail flow. too big to...
      May 11, 2024 @ 3:26am
      May 11, 2024
      Mar 16, 2024 @ 2:23pm
      Mar 16, 2024
      		 reporter Skinny closed
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 9.8 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 27 rides
      • 19.2 km avg distance
      All
      • 446 rides
      • Last: Jul 14, 2025

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Mar 12, 2016 @ 12:44pm
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      Nov 27, 2023 @ 10:58pm
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      Jul 10, 2022 @ 2:12pm
      Jul 10, 2022
      296 |
      Jul 17, 2019 @ 7:49am
      Jul 17, 2019

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