2.4 miles

Distance

193 ft

Climb

-591 ft

Descent

00:20:59

Avg time

Granite Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Predator Ridge
Vernon, British Columbia
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Blue (9 votes)
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC
Direction

Downhill Primary
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Black Diamond
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes up to Class 1
Global Ranking
#2025 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #3208 in E-Biking
- #1035 in Trail Running
- #5756 in Hiking
Local Popularity
100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 100 in E-Biking
- 85 in Trail Running
- 85 in Hiking

Brand new trail built by Predator Ridge in Spring of 2018. Granite has it all, a fast flowing descent, smooth rock slabs, snappy berms, punchy climbs and views worth packing a picnic lunch. Granite is set as a primary down trail but it you have the skills and lungs of steel it could be climbed. There is some exposure on the trail so look before you leap as some of this trail is built on a cliffs edge, literally. The high level of exposure is the main factor on why it is getting the expert designation. The more difficult slabs do have an easy way around, and if not for the exposure this trail could be labelled blue/intermediate difficulty.

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More Stats for Granite mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-399 ft
Altitude min

1,809 ft
Altitude max

2,298 ft
Altitude start

2,232 ft
Altitude end

1,834 ft
Grade

-3.1%
Grade max

-45.4%
Grade min

20.8%
Distance climb

3,524 ft
Distance down

1 mile
Distance flat

1,460 ft
Avg time

00:20:59
Avg reverse time

00:45:20
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Status:

on Mar 1, 2023

Freeze/thaw Cycle

Avg: 4.15 (34 votes)

Your vote: 0

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Directions to granite-51416 trailhead (50.194020, -119.398690)

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Granite Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Mar 1, 2023 @ 11:47pm Mar 1, 2023	reporter
	Oct 10, 2022 @ 2:33am Oct 10, 2022
	Jul 6, 2022 @ 6:42pm Jul 6, 2022	With the ride-around options, this is a green or easy blue trail. And no exposure/cliff riding at all.
	Jun 20, 2022 @ 2:37pm Jun 20, 2022
	May 22, 2022 @ 1:32pm May 22, 2022	Downhill only now.

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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

Past Week

0 rides

6 Months

162 rides
9 miles avg distance

All

4,675 rides
Last: Jun 22, 2022

Photos

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Oct 28, 2021 @ 9:30am

Oct 28, 2021

85 |

Oct 27, 2021 @ 6:06pm

Oct 27, 2021

425 |

Jul 2, 2018 @ 9:38am

Jul 2, 2018

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May 27, 2018 @ 11:00am

May 27, 2018

Routes with this trail

title	distance
Vernon Ladies Shop Ride #6	6 miles
The 2019 EdMondo Route	82 miles
BigTrousers Ellison Loop	14 miles
Granite DH Route	6 miles

18 Reviews & Comments

Score Time Post Comment

raych

(Jul 6, 2022 at 18:44)

With the ride-around options, this is a green or easy blue, and no obvious exposure/cliff riding, which I have zero tolerance for. Fun trail to try some less difficult slab features.

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KylercyjrX2

(Oct 3, 2021 at 13:56)

Horrible

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Katie-schneider

(Apr 1, 2021 at 22:16)

Great conditions today!

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suranko

NOCS (Oct 3, 2020 at 19:51)

Agree that this isn’t a black however, is it ever fun! Lots of options with each rock slab that comes your way, super long with lots of flow and amazing lake views. Best trail in Ellison for sure.

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lukelikesbikesandbeers

(Sep 9, 2020 at 20:36)

Awesome trail!
As many have said, most of this trail is a Blue. However, there are certainly some black options to choose if you don't just blast through the main lines without scoping them out.
I'd say this is a perfect trail for a Blue level rider to tackle some trickier sections.

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sdh-outdoors

(Sep 4, 2020 at 19:41)

Should be a blue at most.

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Sun2306

(Aug 20, 2020 at 17:03)

Lovely trail! Starts off a nice blue with some dark blue features, then transitions to some fun green bits. Great cool slabs, was a nice impression of Vernon. A little dusty.

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jkor

(Aug 4, 2020 at 16:12)

Agree, basically a blue trail. A nice ride!!

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balgruuf (Sep 15, 2019 at 15:07)

This trail is really beautiful and lots of fun to ride down. Maybe lacking in interesting trail features lower down, but I'd say its at least worth checking out. I would also recommend The Mantle if you want some more interesting rock features at the top. Don't let the double black rating and all the scary signs deter you, its not that bad. Granite is certainly a blue trail by my standards though, especially in the second half (although I'm coming from the North Shore so maybe we just rate things differently).

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R26 (Aug 26, 2019 at 21:40)

We enjoyed Granite a lot but it was nowhere near a proper black run in difficulty. I understand the comments about exposure, but there wasn’t much exposure to speak of…
Black or blue, it’s fun and the climb proved pretty quick to ascend.

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Vdog101

(Jun 11, 2019 at 19:48)

Loved this trail, well made and fun! A good loop ride if you ride up "The ridge" trail.

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Wificationish (Apr 28, 2019 at 19:22)

Decent trail, but there isn't any steep exposure like it says. Trail description is way off, should be a blue trail.

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ganjaguru (Nov 13, 2018 at 12:09)

Shout out to the trail developers. Holla! What a great ride!

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skinnyg

(Oct 28, 2018 at 9:30)

Don’t take this trail for granite. It’s gneiss.

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hansbauck

(Oct 8, 2018 at 6:38)

Not sure how to rate this. Reasonably fun, though would have been much much better as a hand built trail. The description is way off, as most places I've ridden this would be a green trail, or very easy blue and there is no exposure nor difficult slabs. We was disappointed as we were expecting a bit of a challenge. My wife is a complete newbie and rode the entire trail without issue.

There are some nice views though.

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