1 miles
Distance
269 ft
Climb
-211 ft
Descent
00:16:12
Avg time

Details

  • Riding Area
    Mount Fernie Provincial Park
    Fernie, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Global Ranking
    #680 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

This is one of the most beautiful trails in Fernie - machine built, loads of bridges, meandering through an Old Growth Cedar Forest. It's probably one of the most beautiful trails in the world. A few scenic look out points and if you go all the way you kick out at world-famous Island Lake Lodge and can sit on their deck and have an amazing meal with astonishing views of the Three Bears and Island Lake. There are not many places you can go for a wilderness bike and end up somewhere like that. Once you've finished your lunch you get the most amazing flowy ride downhill you will probably ever have - loads of gentle berms of rolls to enjoy. Just be aware that this trail gets a lot of people on it, and it is not a good idea to see if you can get the Strava DH KOM on a weekend afternoon. You will probably kill someone.

Access Info

Two ways to start it: (1) Drive into the Mount Fernie Provincial Park access road and then follow the signs to Island Lake Lodge. When you get to the big wooden structure over the road signalling the entrance to island Lake terrain, park in the big lot to the left of the structure. (2) From the Hedonism/Stove Connector. This new entrance has been finished in July 2016 and makes for a longer ride.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Lazy Lizard Connector bike trail
  • Altitude change
    58 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,423 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,539 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,423 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,481 ft
  • Grade
    0.943%
  • Grade max
    -29.817%
  • Grade min
    26.982%
  • Distance climb
    2,361 ft
  • Distance down
    1,715 ft
  • Distance flat
    2,065 ft
  • Avg time
    00:16:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:11
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Status:
on Aug 27, 2018
Variable
Avg: 4.8 (9 votes)

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Trail Conditions
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      Lazy Lizard... Trail Reports

      datedescription
      Aug 27, 2018 @ 10:57am
      Aug 27, 2018
      		 take it easy on the bridges
      Aug 11, 2018 @ 1:00pm
      Aug 11, 2018
      		 Trail fine.
      Jul 31, 2018 @ 12:36pm
      Jul 31, 2018
      Jul 20, 2018 @ 3:25pm
      Jul 20, 2018
      		 Clear but dry, downed tree just before start of P9
      Jun 17, 2018 @ 7:41am
      Jun 17, 2018
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      Jan 26, 2017 @ 9:08am
      Jan 26, 2017
      Lazy Lizard Connector

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