2 miles
Distance
206 ft
Climb
-1,010 ft
Descent
00:28:28
Avg time
Cougar Ridge Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaGalbraith
Bellingham, Washington -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (4 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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Trail UsageMulti-use
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailBerm, Bridge, Rock Face
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Global Ranking#14716 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity70 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 30 in Trail Running
- 50 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".
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More Stats for Cougar Ridge mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-803 ft
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Altitude min833 ft
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Altitude max1,742 ft
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Altitude start1,636 ft
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Altitude end833 ft
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Grade-9.072%
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Grade max-57.298%
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Grade min31.307%
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Distance climb2,408 ft
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Distance down1 mile
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Distance flat479 ft
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Avg time00:28:28
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Avg reverse time00:20:58
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- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- 16 miles avg distance
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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".
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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.
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I don't think this is "official". Probably should take down if it not.
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Closed. Dozens of blowdowns. Avoid til the sawyers can get in here.
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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
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The trail is now mostly a blue square with a few black diamond options
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Easiest way up is from the gate 9 parking lot in sudden valley. The Rufus creek trail will take you most of the way up. Nice trail. Black diamond options are fun.
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ukducks
(Jun 29, 2020 at 19:31)

This is a great trail. I take Whoopsie up then across per previous post. Before you even get to Cougar Ridge you get in some great single track - and will likely not meet another person. Cougar has some technical parts and drops in place (it is a Ridge). Nice descent down part of Rufus then start the grind back using Bottoms Up.
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So blue or black? Trail designation is blue, Trailforks shows black. Rides like a blue.
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jgansler
(Nov 21, 2020 at 16:34)
One of my favorite trails I’ve ever ridden. Super fast, gnarly but manageable tech, plenty of optional side hits. Ride ittttt
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