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3 miles

Distance

312 ft

Climb

-340 ft

Descent

00:46:44

Avg time

Details

Riding area

Westside
Whistler, British Columbia
Difficulty rating

Black Diamond rate
Trail type

Singletrack
Bike type

AM, XC
Physical rating

Hard
TTFs on trail

Bridge, Drop, Skinny, Teeter Totter
Global Ranking

#337

Perhaps the classic Whistler mountain bike trail. This trail has seen many upgrades throughout the years and is now a relatively flowy ride with a few optional 'double-black' sections. If your time in Whistler is limited and you want to sample some classic West-Coast trail building, this is probably your best bet.

Local hammer-heads will clean this trail in about 30 minutes, but mortals should bank on it taking at least 1-2 hours!

Access Info

From the Village, ride to the end of Lorimer Rd and cross the tracks. Almost immediately after crossing the tracks, turn left off the Valley Trail and follow a dirt road for a couple of kilometres to a reclaimed gravel pit. Continue for another 100 metres and look for a well signed trail head on your left (if you reach Alta Lake Rd you've gone too far).

Local Trail Association

Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association (www.worca.com)
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More Stats for A River Runs Through It mountain bike trail

Altitude change

-27 ft
Altitude min

2,120 ft
Altitude max

2,278 ft
Altitude start

2,158 ft
Altitude end

2,131 ft
Grade

-0.197%
Grade max

-22.229%
Grade min

27.727%
Distance climb

1 miles
Distance down

1 miles
Distance flat

2,331 ft
Avg time

00:46:44
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Status:

on Jun 17, 2018

Wet

Avg: 4 (39 votes)

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A River Runs... Trail Reports

	date	description
	Jun 17, 2018 @ 6:21pm Jun 17, 2018	A whole lot of fun features in this trail, We had a blast. The river actually took over some sections, you can still get through, water is not...
	Jun 11, 2018 @ 5:08pm Jun 11, 2018
	Jun 10, 2018 @ 9:57am Jun 10, 2018	Small section of trail still underwater, you can get past without much trouble. Much of the wood in the low section is saturated, so very slippy....
	Jun 3, 2018 @ 10:47am Jun 3, 2018	For the most part, running as good as it has been in years. There’s a section where the creek runs through the trail still for 100-200m and you...
	Jun 1, 2018 @ 7:58pm Jun 1, 2018	Large tree down across the long log feature. Just before the section of trail where the high log bridge crosses over the trail.

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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

Rainbow Park

Photos

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Trail Lists

Whistler
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Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
A River Runs Through It - Whistler, BC - Advanced Mountain Bike Route		4 miles
Rise And Grind...Monday		9 miles
The Best of Northside		14 miles
ThinkBike Whistler Intermediate #2 - Cut Yer Bars/River		6 miles

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5 Reviews & Comments

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xTwoSnakesx (Jun 19, 2017 at 11:23)

An old decommissioned bridge about halfway through had some wood with exposed nails that a friend of mine stepped on and it went through his shoe. Just a warning to others and maybe to WORCA to look into.

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aaronkoenig (Jun 21, 2017 at 12:52)

This trail has seen a bunch of work on it in the last year especially on the section North of and including the Barts Dark section. It still has the same style ladders/bridges/stunts as before, but built to a more modern standard. It can also now be better ridden North from Bart's Dark which helps return back towards Alpine from the Westside network. I'm hoping they continue to work on this trail this summer.

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mohinder (Jul 1, 2017 at 13:56)

Don't let the first flow section fool you. If you're looking for an XC grind, this trail is for you. Not sure why its rated as a black. Also consists of uphill skinny drops to flat and other dumb janky wood features that don't really work. Whoever built them was stoned.

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bbbrad (Oct 7, 2017 at 21:46)

Great condition today, wooden features not too slick

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NovemberCharlie (May 17, 2018 at 20:20)

Trail was in decent shape today but the river is high, too high at one point about 2/3 of the way in (about two minutes after the main bridge crossing). This forced me to turn back to Rainbow Express and link up to the last section via that route. Riders with more experience may know how and where to cross the water safely but the alternate route was well worth it. The recently improved sections and wooden features are really cool.

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