1.6 miles

Distance

281 ft

Climb

-836 ft

Descent

00:33:58

Avg time

Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Cheakamus
Whistler, British Columbia
AKA

It's Business Time
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Black Diamond (1 vote)
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC
Direction

Downhill Primary
Popular direction shown
Season

Apr - Oct
Dogs Allowed

Yes
Global Ranking
#692 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #1665 in Trail Running
- #16000 in Hiking
Local Popularity
75 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 60 in Trail Running
- 30 in Hiking

Fantastic trail for the more advanced rider with a little bit of everything: Great viewpoints, numerous rock rolls (including a series of 5 in a row), a few ladders and three short climbs. If it’s too challenging – and the top half is slightly easier than the bottom – you can peel off on AM/PM half way through for a quick downhill. The more difficult features all have easy ride arounds except for the last ladder.

There’s a lot of flow here, although the final climb just after the AM/PM intersection breaks this up a bit as it’s a steep one. It’s a trail to challenge yourself to ride as cleanly as possible and will keep you coming back to it again and again. Thank you Duncan for designing such a great trail

Access Info

Access this by climbing the Lower Microwave Tower Access Road from the bottom of Cheakamus, or through a short climb up from the end of Highline if you're coming from the High trails. Alternatively, you can get here by riding down ~1km from Tunnel Vision

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Whistler Off Road Cycling Association
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More Stats for Duncan's (It's Business Time) mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-554 ft
Altitude min

2,019 ft
Altitude max

2,589 ft
Altitude start

2,574 ft
Altitude end

2,021 ft
Grade

-6.7%
Grade max

-36%
Grade min

35.9%
Distance climb

1,929 ft
Distance down

5,259 ft
Distance flat

1,007 ft
Avg time

00:33:58
Avg reverse time

00:59:55
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Status:

on Dec 7, 2022

Snow Covered

Avg: 4.45 (68 votes)

Your vote: 0

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Duncan's (It's... Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Dec 7, 2022 @ 11:43am Dec 7, 2022
	Oct 28, 2022 @ 4:38pm Oct 28, 2022	reporter
	Oct 14, 2022 @ 4:22pm Oct 14, 2022
	Oct 14, 2022 @ 4:22pm Oct 14, 2022
	Sep 15, 2022 @ 11:34am Sep 15, 2022

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Last: Jul 13, 2022

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Routes with this trail

title	distance
HiHi, Highline, Duncan's Trail - Whistler, BC - Advanced Route	6 miles
The Arbutus Routes - Cheakamus, Farside, Highside & Business Time (Intermediate)	19 miles
Duncan's Business Time	5 miles
Virtual Merritt Crown	82 miles

Trail Events

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Trail Products

WORCA Trail Pass
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15 Reviews & Comments

Score Time Post Comment

TheGregor

(Aug 16, 2022 at 12:28)

I absolutely love this trail. One of my favourites in Whistler. Great features, tough climbs - a real all rounder trail. Have yet to ride it clean but will be proud when I do! Check it out!

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UteEppinger

(Aug 3, 2022 at 19:11)

Perfect trail, so picturesque, great flow, beautiful rock and wood features. Thank you, Duncan

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IanKopp (Jul 10, 2022 at 19:47)

For those curious: it takes about 15 minutes to reach the trailhead climbing the microwave access road from the valley trail.

Also, amazing work done recently - just the right mix of polish and grit. Huge thanks to the trail builders.

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TimmoWhistler

(Jun 28, 2022 at 17:28)

Awesome new tweaks to the trail, nice work WORCA trail crew! The changes have made riding the trail smoother and faster.

If you've previously ridden this trail and found it a fraction too difficult, it's worth checking it out now.

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patricknoel

(May 25, 2022 at 0:07)

Wicked trail! Go give it a try.

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TheGregor

(May 13, 2022 at 21:32)

One of my absolute favourite trails. Cool features, tough uphill sections. Just a really great ride. Have done it several times and will do it many more too!

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MtnGoat-WTR

(Jul 26, 2020 at 15:22)

Black bear encounter today, the 26 July, 2020 just below the double rock garden roll into the ladder ramp. Mom and cub and we all parted ways happily.

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Silencedogood21 (Jul 16, 2020 at 10:45)

This was my first black trail in whistler when I rode it last summer.

Certainly not for the feint of heart but very rewarding for advanced riders with some great viewpoints.

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whererusteve (May 6, 2020 at 17:04)

Really Good! Great early season run. Good test of well-rounded ness as DH'ers will want to cry on the uphill portions. But the down makes it all worth it. Something for everyone! I'm not saying anything new except that if you've never seen Flight of the Conchords you should, and the name of this trail will make much more sense!

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joniwirts

(Sep 21, 2019 at 12:39)

I love this trail. Everyone has a different opinion as to how difficult it is. I found it challenging but not scary. For some perspective, I race enduro in pro women’s category and I love tech trails. There are a handful of uphills that I wouldn’t miss but all-in-all, the descending portions make the trail super fun. I love the rock rolls.

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deln78 (Jul 7, 2019 at 10:34)

Did the upper part to am/pm. Amazing and eye-opening trail. Need to come back and do the rest.

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chubby5000

(Oct 20, 2018 at 12:29)

I found the first half of this trail up to the AM/PM intersection to be super difficult with tons of climbing and wasn’t really sure if it was worth the climb. But after that? Oooooooh Nelly!!!! So good. Little jumps and drops and rolls and slabs and berms and all the cool things about biking packed into one little descent.

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NovemberCharlie

(May 28, 2018 at 19:16)

This is an amazing trail, a must ride for the confident shredders out there. It is challenging for intermediate level riders, first timers can probably expect to do a little pushing in the steep climb sections as momentum is key but dont let that put you off. The downhill flow is epic! I will ride this trail again and again.

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