Hootenanny Details
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Riding AreaThe Abyss / Extension Ridge
Nanaimo, British Columbia -
Difficulty Rating
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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Trail UsageBiking Primary
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DirectionBoth Directions
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingHard
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Ride in RainYes
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Global Ranking#21493 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity45 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
Two way trail that offers challenging climb when travelling west and a fun down when heading east. Hootenanny connects to both Humility and the Abyss which allows the rider to avoid the lower pipeline road which is generally muddy and filled with massive puddles.
Access Info
From the east off of Pot Sticker you turn right where it crosses the gravel road under the power lines or if you are coming from the parking place on Extension Road you turn left where it crosses the gravel road under the power lines. Go up the gravel road under power lines for about 140 meters and the trail head is visible to the left.
From the Abyss you end up at a gravel road, turn left on it and go up the hill, turn right at the first spur road you see. follow it for 100 meters or so and then turn right on a small spur road. The trail is at the end.
From Humility and Easy Peasy you follow the trail down until you can see a trail crossing the trail, turn left to go downhill to bottom or turn right to go up to the Abyss
This trail is unsanctioned, use at your own risk!
More Stats for Hootenanny bike trail
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Altitude change-171 ft
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Altitude min347 ft
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Altitude max521 ft
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Altitude start520 ft
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Altitude end350 ft
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Grade-4.259%
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Grade max-22.69%
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Grade min9.793%
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Distance climb755 ft
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Distance down2,848 ft
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Distance flat329 ft
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Avg time00:10:42
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Avg reverse time00:25:26
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- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- Closed
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- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
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Hootenanny Trail Reports
Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 4 rides
- 7 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 33 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
All
- 108 rides
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Trail Products
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(Aug 20, 2017 at 13:06)
stickboy
NMBC (Jan 7, 2018 at 20:45)
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