3.6 miles
Distance
45 ft
Climb
-2,577 ft
Descent
00:56:40
Avg time

Dew Lakes Details

  • Activities
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Coppermine
    Nelson
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Hiking [+]
    • 70 in Trail Running

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Dew Lakes is a 6 km popular double black diamond singletrack trail located near Nelson. This hike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 56 minutes to complete this trail.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Dew Lakes hike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -2,532 ft
  • Altitude min
    555 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,087 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,087 ft
  • Altitude end
    554 ft
  • Grade
    -13.3%
  • Grade max
    -101.6%
  • Grade min
    18.1%
  • Distance climb
    689 ft
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    259 ft
  • Avg time
    00:56:40
  • Avg reverse time
    02:03:11
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on Jul 16, 2023
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      Dew Lakes Trail Reports

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      Jul 16, 2023 @ 12:25am
      Jul 16, 2023
      		 Trail report from a hiking trip. Access via Little Twin has a fair bit of steep hike a bike but the odd section rideable. Top section overgrown...
      Apr 26, 2020 @ 11:08pm
      Apr 26, 2020
      		 reporter
      Mar 26, 2020 @ 8:14pm
      Mar 26, 2020
      		 reporter
      Apr 7, 2019 @ 11:18pm
      Apr 7, 2019
      		 Still very overgrown at the top but it’s only the first 500m really. There’s plenty of massive rain ruts but just adds to the spice of the...
      Mar 26, 2019 @ 6:06pm
      Mar 26, 2019
      		 reporter
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      6 Months
      • 2 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
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      Feb 21, 2020 @ 12:47am
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