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3 miles

Distance

312 ft

Climb

-340 ft

Descent

00:47:00

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

#387

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

00:47:00
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Status:

on Apr 20, 2018

Variable

Avg: 4 (39 votes)

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A River Runs... Trail Reports

	date	description
	Apr 20, 2018 @ 6:29pm Apr 20, 2018	Upper (flow) section of trail is 95% clear of snow. There are a number of large trees and lots of branch debris down on the trail, including on...
	Apr 2, 2018 @ 2:07am Apr 2, 2018
	Oct 31, 2017 @ 6:37pm Oct 31, 2017	Large tree down across trail, blocking trail. Chainsaw needed! It's on the very first bridge from the start of the trail. There's also 2 trees...
	Oct 29, 2017 @ 12:39pm Oct 29, 2017	Branches everywhere on this trail. Most of them you can ride over. The leaves though make it very difficult to find the trail, I got lost about 5...
	Oct 21, 2017 @ 2:52pm Oct 21, 2017	trees from last report cleared

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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

Rainbow Park

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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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4 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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