906 ft
Distance
-152 ft
Descent
00:01:11
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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whistler Mountain Bike Park
    Whistler, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (8 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge, Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #34 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    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

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Fade to Black mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -152 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,056 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,208 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,208 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,058 ft
  • Grade
    -16.8%
  • Grade max
    -28.4%
  • Grade min
    -2.3%
  • Distance down
    889 ft
  • Distance flat
    16 ft
  • Avg time
    00:01:11
  • Avg reverse time
    01:00:28
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      May 16, 2025 @ 4:43pm
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      Oct 25, 2024 @ 5:20pm
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      		Closed for 2024 Bike Park season
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 100 rides
      • 24 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 435 rides
      • 25 miles avg distance
      All
      • 4,724 rides
      • Last: Jun 22, 2025

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      Nov 7, 2014 @ 10:15pm
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