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2 miles

Distance

206 ft

Climb

-1,010 ft

Descent

00:32:17

Avg time

Cougar Ridge Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Galbraith
Bellingham, Washington
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Blue (1 vote)
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Downhill Primary
Popular direction shown
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

No
TTFs on Trail

Berm, Bridge, Rock Face
Global Ranking

#14716 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
75 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 60 in Hiking

This is an epic trail - deep forest loam with some rocks/slabs and tricky bits. Kind of a nasty climb back up Road 4000, but I have heard of people hopping on the bus in Sudden Valley to get back to Whatcom Falls Park. Access is via the road past Whoopsie Woodle, go right at the Spacewolf turn-off, and the trail starts a little way down on the left. Take the right about a half mile down to get to Cougar Ridge, otherwise you are riding Waterfall Trail. Great to see it is now "official".

Local Trail Association

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition (wmbcmtb.org)
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More Stats for Cougar Ridge bike trail

Altitude change

-803 ft
Altitude min

833 ft
Altitude max

1,742 ft
Altitude start

1,636 ft
Altitude end

833 ft
Grade

-9.072%
Grade max

-57.298%
Grade min

31.307%
Distance climb

2,408 ft
Distance down

1 miles
Distance flat

479 ft
Avg time

00:32:17
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Status:

on Oct 12, 2019

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
White
Green
Blue
Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

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
Dry
Very Dry

Past Week

4 rides
15 miles avg distance

6 Months

343 rides
16 miles avg distance

Photos

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Jul 19, 2019 @ 5:31pm

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Jul 19, 2019 @ 5:31pm

Jul 19, 2019

38 |

Jul 19, 2019 @ 5:31pm

Jul 19, 2019

39 |

Jul 19, 2019 @ 5:30pm

Jul 19, 2019

Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
Freehub Magazine: Cougar Ridge		2 miles
Galbraith +		27 miles

8 Reviews & Comments

Score Time

ashlemon (Oct 3, 2018 at 13:45)

This is an epic trail! - deep forest loam with some rocks/slabs and tricky bits. Kind of a nasty climb back up Road 4000, but I have heard of people hopping on the bus in Sudden Valley to get back to Whatcom Falls Park. Access is via the road past Whoopsie Woodle, go right at the Spacewolf turn-off, and the trail starts a little way down on the left. Take the right about a half mile down to get to Cougar Ridge, otherwise you are riding Waterfall Trail. Great to see it is now "official".

[Reply]

DiveH (Oct 9, 2018 at 17:35)

Don't ride this trail. It sucks and you will be disappointed. If you get lost and end up in Sudden Valley, the locals will cannibalize you, sell the organs they don't eat to the Indonesian black market and burn your expensive ass carbon bike as a sacrifice to their pagan gods. Just stick to Galbraith people. It ain't worth your safety.

[Reply]

slayerdegnar (Nov 3, 2018 at 21:24)

I don't think this is "official". Probably should take down if it not.

[Reply]

lostlunchbox (Nov 4, 2018 at 8:23)

It's recently "official"

[Reply]

sngltrkmnd (Dec 22, 2018 at 13:31)

Closed. Dozens of blowdowns. Avoid til the sawyers can get in here.

[Reply]

rckwng (Dec 23, 2018 at 10:46)

1 big tree down on Hootie Hoot and several massive trees uprooted on cougar/el Diablo across the new trail work

[Reply]

i-g-o-r (Jan 5, 2019 at 23:14)

The trail is now mostly a blue square with a few black diamond options

[Reply]

BasedGawd (Aug 1, 2019 at 12:00)

Take the hard line. This is why you come to Bham.

[Reply]

Videos

Nothing To See Here 1 miles
Whoopsie Woodle 1 miles
Spacewolf 1 miles
Whoopsie / Access 1 miles
Tower Trail 1 miles

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status	date	description
	Oct 12, 2019 @ 11:01pm Oct 12, 2019	Good conditions top to bottom
	Aug 16, 2019 @ 10:19am Aug 16, 2019	A little dry with some loose rocks
	Jul 28, 2019 @ 1:01pm Jul 28, 2019
	Jul 26, 2019 @ 12:52pm Jul 26, 2019
	Jul 20, 2019 @ 2:38pm Jul 20, 2019	Very good condition. New blue work-arounds for two of the black sections are very nice according to my riding partner. Beautiful trail overall....

Cougar Ridge

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8 Reviews & Comments

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