5.8 miles

Distance

194 ft

Climb

-5,133 ft

Descent

01:21:47

Avg time

Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
Riding Area

Sale Mountain
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH
Direction

Downhill Only
Popular direction shown
Physical Rating

Hard
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes up to Class 1
TTFs on Trail

Bridge, Drop
Global Ranking
#2845 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #31940 in E-Biking
Local Popularity
70 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 70 in E-Biking

The trail drops from the tower into some technical riding right off the start. This leads into beautiful, mellow alpine meadows. Once the meadows end, so does the easy riding. Steep and fun technical riding through old growth forest and cutblocks will challenge any type of rider. Midway down, the trail gets fast and flowy with newly refurbished sidehill sections that will have your rotors smoking. The lower section slows down into technical rocks and roots, testing your bike skills along with testing your now tired arms and hands. Take your bike across the highway at the bottom and go cool off in Lake Revelstoke at the Martha Creek campground. This 1500 metre descent is one of the best you’ll find for miles around and will have you returning again and again for years to come.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory

More Stats for Martha Creek Downhill mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-4,939 ft
Altitude min

1,963 ft
Altitude max

6,905 ft
Altitude start

6,902 ft
Altitude end

1,963 ft
Grade

-16.207%
Grade max

-52.695%
Grade min

21.446%
Distance climb

3,179 ft
Distance down

5 miles
Distance flat

464 ft
Avg time

01:21:47
Avg reverse time

01:08:13
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Status:

on Sep 3, 2022

Dry

Avg: 4.7 (37 votes)

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Martha Creek... Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Sep 3, 2022 @ 6:15pm Sep 3, 2022	reporter
	Jul 31, 2022 @ 12:40pm Jul 31, 2022	Minus a few trees down over the trail it was running perfect!
	Jul 25, 2022 @ 10:02pm Jul 25, 2022	Mostly clear of snow to 2000m but top parking still snow covered. There is an entrance at the last switchback on the road just below the parking...
	Jul 12, 2022 @ 7:50pm Jul 12, 2022	The lower third is super dry. The middle third is good with the exception of a couple small wet patches (definitely shouldn't deter you). The...
	Jul 8, 2022 @ 1:28pm Jul 8, 2022	2/3 access is relatively clear but I wouldn’t bother. It’s basically a creek until not much above the 1/3 access. From there down is pretty...

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813 rides
Last: Oct 22, 2022

Technical Trail Features (TTF)

Outhouse of questionable

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14 Reviews & Comments

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crvd

(Aug 21, 2022 at 18:47)

This trail is wild! tech chunk and some fun steep bits. And man it is long! Next time I ride it i’ll bring the DH bike. Aside from a couple small pedally parts near the very top you’ll be glad to have as much suspension and brakes as you can get. In great shape right now, not a single tree down. Just gets dry towards the very bottom

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superacingurl

(Aug 17, 2022 at 20:34)

Sickest trail I have ever done. Relentless tech. Chunk on chunk. Now THIS is REAL mountain biking!!!!! Pedal up Martha Creek was a breeze and such a nice FSR to climb.

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Twowheelsforever

(Aug 13, 2022 at 10:40)

A never ending jank speeder. No specific features just continually trying to find flow. Got repetitive. Not my jam but some may like. Upside: it’s beautiful at the top and descending thru different ecosystems was cool

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zehrbryan

(Aug 13, 2022 at 8:05)

LOTS OF BUGS?!!!!!!!!!?!?!??

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zehrbryan

(Aug 13, 2022 at 8:03)

This trail is very well maintained but for me it became repetitive after a while other then that it is a great trail

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rgoldsmith

(Jul 25, 2022 at 20:17)

Flowiest trail in Revelstoke.

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dickerliebhaber93

(Jul 18, 2022 at 19:30)

Did it on 14.7.
Final 200 vertical m uphill are with snow on fsr.

Way down was also still lot of snow untill 1700 m
So better wait some time to do it

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forster0815

(Jul 8, 2021 at 16:15)

Awesome trail with a few snow patches in the top section, a couple of puddles down from there and the bottom half with dusty sections.
Make sure you have a shuttle bunny as driving back up for a vehicle retrieval is a pain. About 2 hours round trip

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alexcadotte (Aug 9, 2020 at 14:34)

a would say its a hard black, beginning is super rocky, big rocks but not steep. then the meadow section where you pedal a little bit is beautiful. then it get more technical with roots and tricky steep section with rocks. after that the worst is done and the trail get really flowly and fast pretty much all the way down. one of revy best trail. road is not the worst but its not smooth, truck or suv only. it takes 40min to 1hr to drive to the top.

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charliept

(Mar 3, 2020 at 14:25)

Amazing trail, one of the highlights of my 2019 summer, going to head back again this year and camp at the top. Camped at Martha Creek campground last time which is nice, rolled back into camp high on adrenaline. Perfect. Road is accessible in a 4x4 with good clearance. Great views etc at the top.

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NeariahGil

(Aug 23, 2019 at 20:58)

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DejanM (Mar 11, 2019 at 20:22)

One question about Martha creek trail , is there access With the car to the top on claim trail ? Thanks

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Adamrideshisbike

(Aug 12, 2018 at 16:37)

Trail is in perfect condition. Wonderful descent. Rides well on a trail bike.

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henkvanzyl

(Aug 13, 2017 at 9:28)

Although the trail is superb and excellent technical fun the blowdown is the biggest I have ever seen and it was super risky to get through it. DO NOT do this trail until it has been bypassed for I doubt it ll be able to be cleared . It is massive!!! With out GPS i d still be lost out there! and there is NO CELL SERVICE