2.6 miles
Distance
838 ft
Climb
-466 ft
Descent
00:21:30
Avg time

Cow Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Coutlee Plateau
    Merritt, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Doubletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC, RD, Gravel, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #85692 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #91112 in Trail Running
    • #69262 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Cow Trail is a 4 km moderately popular green doubletrack trail located near Merritt British Columbia. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions with a 255 m green climb. On average it takes 21 minutes to complete this trail.

Access Info

Access via Midday Valley Road.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Cow Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    372 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,749 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,224 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,751 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,123 ft
  • Grade
    2.76%
  • Grade max
    -72.03%
  • Grade min
    76.008%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,356 ft
  • Avg time
    00:21:30
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      Cow Trail Trail Reports

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      Apr 1, 2024 @ 1:16pm
      Apr 1, 2024
      		 reporter few patches of snow still, but mostly dry
      Jul 6, 2022 @ 5:45pm
      Jul 6, 2022
      		 A few easy to avoid puddles.
      Apr 1, 2021 @ 11:59am
      Apr 1, 2021
      		 Still snow and mud.
      Apr 8, 2020 @ 10:33pm
      Apr 8, 2020
      		 Muddy/snow covered after roughly 1km up from the parking lot.
      Oct 21, 2018 @ 7:39pm
      Oct 21, 2018
      		 Trail is in good shape. Someone dumped a fridge just above the lower Pond Scum trail head and someone dumped a box spring
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 18 rides
      • Last: Apr 5, 2025

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      Jun 16, 2016 @ 5:26pm
      Jun 16, 2016

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