1.7 miles
Distance
104 ft
Climb
-894 ft
Descent
00:24:36
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Cougar Ridge Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Lookout Mountain
    Bellingham, Washington
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (8 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #3556 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    30 in Mountain Biking

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
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Cougar Ridge mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -790 ft
  • Altitude min
    860 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,728 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,650 ft
  • Altitude end
    860 ft
  • Grade
    -8.9%
  • Grade max
    -33.6%
  • Grade min
    14.9%
  • Distance climb
    1,699 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    427 ft
  • Avg time
    00:24:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:20:58
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on Dec 31, 2024
Prevalent Mud
Avg: 4.47 (32 votes)
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      Cougar Ridge Trail Reports

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      Dec 31, 2024 @ 2:56pm
      Dec 31, 2024
      		 Blue line: all trees cleared, you better go send it! Black line: still has root ball hazard. unfortunately I ran out of gas and couldn't finish...
      Dec 30, 2024 @ 1:37pm
      Dec 30, 2024
      Dec 28, 2024 @ 12:30pm
      Dec 28, 2024
      		 Three large trees across the trail on the second alt line (the blue route) and the entrance to the “black” line here is blocked.
      Dec 15, 2024 @ 4:53pm
      Dec 15, 2024
      		 Large tree down across both lower routes where riders can choose either the blue route on the left or the “drop” section on the right.
      Dec 4, 2024 @ 7:37am
      Dec 4, 2024
      		 Big root ball after second black option and before the final ridge section.
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      • 9 miles avg distance
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      • 112 rides
      • Last: Jan 9, 2025

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