2,539 ft
Distance
4 ft
Climb
-304 ft
Descent
00:06:09
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Goliath Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Silvan Forest
    Nelson
  • Difficulty Rating
    Advanced rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #50661 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    Silvan Forest

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Goliath is a 774 m moderately popular advanced singletrack trail located near Nelson. This mountain bike only trail can be used downhill only and has a moderate overall physical rating. On average it takes 6 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Goliath mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -300 ft
  • Altitude min
    317 ft
  • Altitude max
    618 ft
  • Altitude start
    617 ft
  • Altitude end
    318 ft
  • Grade
    -11.8%
  • Grade max
    -33.9%
  • Grade min
    4.3%
  • Distance climb
    135 ft
  • Distance down
    2,300 ft
  • Distance flat
    105 ft
  • Avg time
    00:06:09
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:05
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on May 2, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.78 (8 votes)
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      Goliath Trail Reports

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      May 2, 2024 @ 6:43am
      May 2, 2024
      Aug 30, 2022 @ 2:28am
      Aug 30, 2022
      		 reporter
      Aug 17, 2022 @ 2:26pm
      Aug 17, 2022
      		 reporter Temporarily closed until trails assessed for safety
      May 17, 2022 @ 10:54pm
      May 17, 2022
      Jan 21, 2022 @ 12:05pm
      Jan 21, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 51 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,426 rides
      • Last: Dec 6, 2024

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      Jul 19, 2018 @ 2:09pm
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      Feb 24, 2017 @ 9:48pm
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      Feb 24, 2017 @ 9:49pm
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      Feb 24, 2017 @ 9:49pm
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      Riding Goliath - Silvan Forest MTB Park Nelson
      2:56 | 36 | Feb 10, 2024 , Nelson
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