1,424 ft
Distance
-242 ft
Descent
00:05:56
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Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Pile of Rocks Trail
- Oscar N.Builder
Pile of Rocks Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaMount Fromme
North Vancouver, British Columbia -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (8 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 30 in Trail Running
- 50 in Hiking
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Land ManagerGrouse Mountain
Old skidder road that is rooty and naturally technical, with many small drops and tight turns. Roots can be slippery in the wet. It makes a good link-up with Executioner or Lower Oilcan in terms of difficulty, and location.
Access Info
Accessed off Moutain Hwy just past the 6th switchback, exits back on Mountain Hwy.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Pile of Rocks mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-242 ft
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Altitude min2,174 ft
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Altitude max2,416 ft
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Altitude start2,416 ft
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Altitude end2,175 ft
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Grade-17%
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Grade max-52.1%
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Grade min-2.6%
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Distance down1,424 ft
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Avg time00:05:56
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Avg reverse time00:04:55
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- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 12 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 443 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
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- 4,004 rides
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Wcskinner
(May 24, 2019 at 13:46)

In good conditions, surprisingly more fun than you might expect for an old natural trail like this. This is a fun challenge if you're getting too complacent with the highly manicured stuff over on espresso.
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Pretty fun, did it for the first time today. The name is a bit of a nice joke.
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altonvs
(Jun 18, 2021 at 21:56)
Props to the trail builder/s that have been working on this, it is riding better than ever. I think this is an underrated little trail that is well worth the time and energy it takes to do a detour lap on the way to 7th Secret, Bookwus or Upper Oilcan. Really appreciate your work guys!
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Kazuaki
(Jun 22, 2021 at 20:51)

Thank you to the trail builders. Seeing a lot of fresh work on it. Not sure why it’s rated black, very flowy. Didn’t see a pile rocks on this trail either.
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gildedtrail
(Jul 1, 2021 at 14:11)
Was once a rutted and rooty trail with some fun lines and required proper technique and line choice. Was always a nice warm up detour before trails like executioner and Bookwus.
The trail has been recently completely reworked and now resembles bobsled or expresso and no longer requires any line choice at all. I hope a lot of newer riders will enjoy this trail but I personally won't be riding it anymore as it's completely changed.
Just my thoughts, not here to complain about our hard working trail builders.
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The trail has been recently completely reworked and now resembles bobsled or expresso and no longer requires any line choice at all. I hope a lot of newer riders will enjoy this trail but I personally won't be riding it anymore as it's completely changed.
Just my thoughts, not here to complain about our hard working trail builders.


Props to the trail builders -- this trail needed a facelift, and the recent work has given it new life. As said above, now a nice little appetizer before executioner, etc. Great work -- thank you!
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Super fun trail! Fast and flowy while still staying raw and rough. Although it’s short, it’s worth the climb.
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Ride it for the first (and second time) today. Very enjoyable so long as you can handle the roughness of the rooty spots. What I liked the most is that you don’t lose so much altitude that oh can do it and then head up again. Almost a warmup trail to do seventh.
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Mcyeetus
(Sep 25, 2021 at 16:39)
Chill flow trail, around same difficulty as floppy bunny but super fun when going fast.
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heybmay
(Oct 3, 2021 at 7:34)

This trail should be called pile of roots. Worth a try, but not the best.
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cannae
(Oct 11, 2021 at 15:36)

I love nothing more than riding this trail as fast as possible before hitting up executioner or lower oil can.
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Jake451mx
(Oct 19, 2021 at 12:57)

Great trail right now prefer it with all roots now exposed to make it more natural feeling so works well with 7th secret offering a more well manicured trail centre alternative
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