590 ft
Distance
-101 ft
Descent
00:01:39
Avg time

Fade to Black Details

  • Riding Area
    Whistler Mountain Bike Park
    Whistler, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge, Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #14 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Manager
    Whistler Blackcomb

Short dangerous trail if you are not prepared. Starts w/ legendary road gap, then a smaller drop over a stump, then a do or die step-up/step-down after that you give high fives.

Bike Park

More Stats for Fade to Black bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -101 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,084 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,185 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,185 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,084 ft
  • Grade max
    -36.403%
  • Grade min
    -4.498%
  • Distance down
    590 ft
  • Avg time
    00:01:39
  • Avg reverse time
    01:24:22
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Status:
on Sep 10, 2018
Wet
Avg: 4.75 (34 votes)

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  • Basemap 
  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type 
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Other Other
Directions to fade-to-black trailhead (50.100510, -122.953990)
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Fade to Black Trail Reports

datedescription
Sep 10, 2018 @ 10:54am
Sep 10, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 @ 3:33pm
Sep 2, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 @ 12:22pm
Jul 17, 2018
 braking bumps
Jul 11, 2018 @ 3:23pm
Jul 11, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 @ 11:09am
Jun 19, 2018
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Dec 13, 2018 @ 8:25am
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Nov 14, 2018 @ 11:48am
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Feb 28, 2015 @ 9:28am
Feb 28, 2015
| 1 comments Fade to Black, Halifax

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1 Review & Comments

  • + 1
flag mtbkid13 (May 16, 2015 at 13:31)
 Sick trail with sick road gap
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