2,669 ft
Distance
47 ft
Climb
-375 ft
Descent
00:17:58
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Marc My Word Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Alice Lake & Highlands
    Squamish, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Face, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #2452 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #14488 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 80 in E-Biking

Marc My Word is an amazing trail. It has many technical and extremely fun granite features along its route. It is definitely on the harder side of a black rating, and it is recommended that you take your time to inspect each feature. This is an amazing trail and if you are a strong advanced rider you should definitely check this out.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Marc My Word mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -328 ft
  • Altitude min
    863 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,216 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,191 ft
  • Altitude end
    863 ft
  • Grade
    -12.294%
  • Grade max
    -40.034%
  • Grade min
    15.523%
  • Distance climb
    600 ft
  • Distance down
    1,957 ft
  • Distance flat
    111 ft
  • Avg time
    00:17:58
  • Avg reverse time
    00:28:37
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on Aug 25, 2023
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Avg: 3.85 (51 votes)
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      Marc My Word Trail Reports

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      Aug 25, 2023 @ 11:00pm
      Aug 25, 2023
      Jul 31, 2023 @ 5:04pm
      Jul 31, 2023
      		 reporter
      Jul 15, 2023 @ 8:35pm
      Jul 15, 2023
      		 The entrance braid widens. Troubling that *sshats can’t actually just ride the lines. “No no no, I need another fresh path over here...
      Jul 15, 2023 @ 5:08am
      Jul 15, 2023
      Apr 28, 2023 @ 3:46pm
      Apr 28, 2023
      		 Little moist here and there, but running primo otherwise!
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 242 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
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      • 2,274 rides
      • Last: Dec 2, 2023

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      Mar 27, 2020 @ 4:09pm
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      Aug 17, 2019 @ 8:27am
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