4,560 ft
Distance
-567 ft
Descent
00:07:31
Avg time

Gasifier Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Bighorn Ridge
    Hinton, Alberta
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #35431 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    45 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    FRMA West Fraser

A classic fall line downhill trail, nothing fancy here, leave your berms and jumps at home. Just get yourself to the bottom in one piece without gassing. Harder than it sounds, this trail was the venue for the annual AFD Gravity Cup downhill race where local rippers challenge pro and amateur racers from afar.

Access Info

To get here head South on Robb Road (a few kms past the Bike Park) and look for the pullout on the right (stream crossing interpretation area). Drop a vehicle there and continue to McPherson road, hang left and follow it until the rough access road on the second left. Follow the access road to a dead end (well site) and look for the trailhead on the NW corner of the block.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Gasifier mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -565 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,903 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,471 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,471 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,907 ft
  • Grade
    -12.4%
  • Grade max
    -45.3%
  • Grade min
    2%
  • Distance climb
    102 ft
  • Distance down
    4,304 ft
  • Distance flat
    118 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:31
  • Avg reverse time
    00:26:34
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on May 28, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.43 (10 votes)
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      Gasifier Trail Reports

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      May 28, 2024 @ 4:26pm
      May 28, 2024
      		 rode it the 26th and the bridge was redone but theres a decent amount of fallen trees
      Jul 20, 2023 @ 10:20pm
      Jul 20, 2023
      		 trail is good and majority was recently brushed. Bridges at bottom are damaged but can be crossed. It's a wide span so it will take some work to...
      Jul 2, 2023 @ 6:10pm
      Jul 2, 2023
      Jul 2, 2023 @ 6:10pm
      Jul 2, 2023
      		 Little wet, little overgrown in some spots, bridge slowly falling apart. 3 downed trees.
      Aug 18, 2022 @ 7:36pm
      Aug 18, 2022
      		 two trees down and could use a quick weed eating. hope to get to it this weekend
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