1.5 miles
Distance
78 ft
Climb
-1,959 ft
Descent
00:41:21
Avg time

Slabalanche Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Nelson's North Shore
    Nelson, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #11922 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking

The name says it all. A bedrock nirvana of big slabs linked with ultra
flowy dirt.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Slabalanche mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,881 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,150 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,031 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,031 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,150 ft
  • Grade
    -23.638%
  • Grade max
    -56.996%
  • Grade min
    21.397%
  • Distance climb
    634 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    117 ft
  • Avg time
    00:41:21
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Status:
on May 31, 2022
Dry
Avg: 5 (8 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Slabalanche Trail Reports

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      May 31, 2022 @ 7:54pm
      May 31, 2022
      		 One tree down near the top, otherwise perfect conditions
      May 14, 2022 @ 5:09pm
      May 14, 2022
      		 road is clear to the top you have to walk through a little bit of snow to get to the top of the trail couple snowy patches and three trees down in...
      Oct 2, 2021 @ 7:52am
      Oct 2, 2021
      		 Couple of trees down in spots with good line-of-sight. Trail is clearly not used often, but running well in spite of this. Good rowdy fun!
      Sep 3, 2021 @ 5:59am
      Sep 3, 2021
      Jul 20, 2021 @ 12:50pm
      Jul 20, 2021
      		 One big tree down just after first drop. Needs saw.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 6 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 9 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      All
      • 144 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      46 |
      Sep 3, 2021 @ 5:59am
      Sep 3, 2021
      77 |
      May 1, 2021 @ 7:43pm
      May 1, 2021
      527 |
      Oct 20, 2014 @ 1:04pm
      Oct 20, 2014
      2,732 |
      Sep 28, 2011 @ 10:50am
      Sep 28, 2011
      | 1 comments

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      3 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      Mtnbkrrr (Sep 9, 2020 at 9:38)
       We cleared all of the downed trees yesterday (Sept Cool except one chainsaw size tree about 2/3 down.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      vancity (Sep 21, 2020 at 12:22)
       Great trail with lots of optional slab lines big and small, tough climb to get there. Some steeps to wrangle but nothing too heinous.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      ryanbuchan (Aug 19, 2021 at 18:44)
       For a trail that says that the name says it all I'd say there was not enough slabs.
      It was about a 70% loamy non slabbed descent which was fun DH but not what we expected.
      [Reply]





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      youtuber They're not rock SLABS. They're just rock...
      11:19 | 425 | Oct 8, 2020 , Nelson
      Slabalanche Crash
      0:10 | 134 | Sep 25, 2020 , Nelson

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