3,451 ft
Distance
176 ft
Climb
-10 ft
Descent
00:09:16
Avg time
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Fireball Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Ridge Runner
    Nanaimo, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #47475 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #48578 in Trail Running
    • #15300 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 40 in Trail Running
    • 30 in Hiking

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Fireball is a 1 km moderately popular blue singletrack trail located near Nanaimo British Columbia. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 54 m blue climb. On average it takes 9 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Fireball mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    167 ft
  • Altitude min
    684 ft
  • Altitude max
    856 ft
  • Altitude start
    689 ft
  • Altitude end
    856 ft
  • Grade
    4.8%
  • Grade max
    -5.8%
  • Grade min
    21.1%
  • Distance climb
    2,123 ft
  • Distance down
    262 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,070 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:16
  • Avg reverse time
    00:10:04
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on Apr 14, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 3.99 (2 votes)
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      Fireball Trail Reports

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      Apr 14, 2025 @ 7:52pm
      Apr 14, 2025
      		 reporter
      Oct 6, 2024 @ 1:31pm
      Oct 6, 2024
      		 Overgrown bushes
      Sep 18, 2024 @ 9:55am
      Sep 18, 2024
      Aug 25, 2024 @ 9:08am
      Aug 25, 2024
      Jul 19, 2024 @ 9:56am
      Jul 19, 2024
      		 Good, dry
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 22 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 242 rides
      • Last: May 12, 2025

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      43 |
      Oct 15, 2019 @ 10:19am
      Oct 15, 2019
      105 |
      Oct 15, 2019 @ 10:19am
      Oct 15, 2019
      706 |
      Jan 8, 2012 @ 8:12pm
      Jan 8, 2012
      40 |
      Feb 10, 2020 @ 7:51pm
      Feb 10, 2020

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