5,098 ft
Distance
-1,440 ft
Descent
00:29:32
Avg time

Grin and Holler Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Diamond Head
    Squamish, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Proline (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    June-Oct
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #50643 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #31903 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    30 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking

*Trail has seen significant improvements, and re-routes*
Ride at your own risk.


The trail has blowdown, failed wood features, and drainage issues.

Historic description.
Steep technical trail with a fair amount of ladder bridges and steep sections with lots of roots. Grin and Holler was buffed top to bottom in 2011, 100% volunteer effort.

Access Info

Take the Garabaldi park gravel road past the 2nd switchback where you will find a parking area on the left of the road 100m past the switchback. Ride down the doubletrack trail from there about 450m and you will see the trail on your left.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Grin and Holler mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,440 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,549 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,989 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,989 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,549 ft
  • Grade
    -28.2%
  • Grade max
    -88.2%
  • Grade min
    1%
  • Distance down
    4,997 ft
  • Distance flat
    102 ft
  • Avg time
    00:29:32
  • Avg reverse time
    00:22:10
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Status:
on Aug 11, 2024
Very Dry
Avg: 3.9 (18 votes)
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      Grin and Holler Trail Reports

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      Aug 11, 2024 @ 7:59am
      Aug 11, 2024
      The woodwork has been reclaimed by the forest. Lots of loose boards, broken boards, and rotted stringers. One of the jumps at the end has broken...
      Jun 4, 2024 @ 3:45pm
      Jun 4, 2024
      The half above The Meadow of Grizzly crossing is dilapidated and pretty much unridable. The half below Meadow is mostly rideable with some...
      May 6, 2024 @ 1:30pm
      May 6, 2024
      Broken wood/ttf structure Third from last jump seems to have collapsed
      Nov 19, 2023 @ 4:49pm
      Nov 19, 2023
      Nov 10, 2023 @ 11:22am
      Nov 10, 2023
      Trees down just below the intersection of the climb trail.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 27 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
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      • 223 rides
      • Last: Sep 22, 2024

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      May 15, 2023 @ 9:44pm
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