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5,231 ft

Distance

39 ft

Climb

-721 ft

Descent

00:10:10

Avg time

Hail Merry Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Merry Creek
Castlegar, British Columbia
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM
Trail Usage

Biking Primary
Direction

Downhill Only
Popular direction shown
Physical Rating

Moderate
Season

March - November
Dogs Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

Bridge, Drop, Jump, Rock Face, Skinny, Wallride
Ride in Rain

Yes
Global Ranking

#1691 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 80 in Hiking
Year Opened

2013

This trail has it all. Extremely well built trail that is generally low angle side hill flowy ripping with lots of berms and a few more difficult options and features as well. Short and oh so sweet.

Access Info

Up Merry Creek FSR 2km to the parking lot. To shuttle, continue up the road and take the next left fork. There will be a sign. Continue up the spur road until you reach the creek crossing. Park at the small pull out just before the creek or if your vehicle can take it continue past the creek and look for the trail head with sign on the left. For single track climbing head up the bottom of the trail and take the right fork at the bridge for Merry-Go-Round. Its a pretty good grunt with lots of tricky switchbacks to keep the climb interesting. Watch for riders coming down.

More Stats for Hail Merry bike trail

Altitude change

-682 ft
Altitude min

2,590 ft
Altitude max

3,272 ft
Altitude start

3,272 ft
Altitude end

2,591 ft
Grade max

-45.625%
Grade min

12.869%
Distance climb

522 ft
Distance down

4,529 ft
Distance flat

131 ft
Avg time

00:10:10
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Status:

on Oct 10, 2019

Variable

Avg: 4.75 (20 votes)

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Trail Difficulties

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Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Dry
Very Dry

Past Week

5 rides
6 miles avg distance

6 Months

327 rides
7 miles avg distance

Photos

72 |

Aug 27, 2018 @ 8:35pm

Aug 27, 2018

102 |

May 2, 2018 @ 4:03pm

May 2, 2018

401 |

Dec 6, 2015 @ 6:15pm

Dec 6, 2015

1,063 |

Jun 12, 2013 @ 7:27am

Jun 12, 2013

2 Reviews & Comments

Score Time

TREADTURNER (Aug 7, 2017 at 10:18)

Short trail, very fun to ride, worth doing a couple times in a day

[Reply]

Bethingbird (Jul 15, 2019 at 10:46)

I love this trail, enough challenge for newbies with a good mix of flow. If you want to work on turns this is the one! Lots of tight corners, but not too many steep ones. Some fun looking features for the more experienced that can be bypassed. Also, the ride up Merry Go round is super fun with a suspension bridge and lots of wooden bridges. To make this a longer run I suggest heading up Green Jeans and doing the whole run. My new favorite!

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Videos

Crazy Merry 656 ft
Merry Creek Trail 4,009 ft
Merry Go Round 4,009 ft
Merry Creek Fsr 2 miles
Pioneer Rock 1 3 miles

Merry Creek

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status	date	description
	Oct 10, 2019 @ 3:52pm Oct 10, 2019
	Sep 12, 2019 @ 3:39pm Sep 12, 2019	Nice shape
	Jul 4, 2019 @ 11:03am Jul 4, 2019	Trails are riding well at the moment. If they get a bunch of rain, they may need several days to dry out but I’m not from around here so I...
	Jun 29, 2019 @ 1:46pm Jun 29, 2019	Ideal conditions. Tacky and clear
	Apr 27, 2019 @ 8:24pm Apr 27, 2019	Hero dirt.

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