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3.8 miles
Distance
133 ft
Climb
-2,366 ft
Descent
00:33:18
Avg time
-2,233 ft
Altitude change
4,738 ft
Altitude min
6,997 ft
Altitude max
6,997 ft
Altitude start
4,764 ft
Altitude end
-11.1%
Grade
-66.9%
Grade max
28.8%
Grade min
2,083 ft
Distance climb
3 miles
Distance down
912 ft
Distance flat
00:33:18
Avg time
Top of the World Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
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Riding AreaWhistler Mountain Bike Park
Whistler, British Columbia -
AKATOTW
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlack Diamond (9 votes)
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Local Popularity40 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 40 in E-Biking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH, AM
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular Direction Shown
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Physical RatingHard
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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Alpine TrailYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailRock Face, Rock Garden
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Land Owner
The Peak Zone and the new Top of the World alpine trail are the latest additions to the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, expanding the Park's vertical by over 1,000 feet for a total of almost 5,000 feet of riding.
The Top of the World trail is a mind blowing experience which takes the flow that the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is famous for and drops it on the Peak of Whistler Mountain. With some of the world's best riding set against the granite spires of the Coast Range, Top of the World is the pinnacle of alpine riding.
Beginning at the top of the Peak Chair on Whistler Mountain, Top of the World will take you through Whistler's insane alpine environment on tacky smooth single track filled with built up berms, switchback corners and fun flowy descents along the way. The trail winds its way down the back side of Whistler Mountain, dipping into areas not even open for skiing in the winter. It bisects HWY 86 and rolls along the Peak to Creek magnum opus ski run before cutting back over to HWY 86 where it joins the Garbanzo bike trails, Freight Train and No Joke at the wall ride tunnel.
Access Info
The new trail will open in late July 2012 and will have a maximum capacity of 100 riders per day with an additional cost of $15 per ride.
Bike Park
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
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6 Months
- 278 rides
- 22 miles avg distance
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- 1,420 rides
- Last: Sep 6, 2026
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Directions to top-world trailhead
(50.056640, -122.955400)
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Video: Adaptive Mountain Biker Shreds Top of The World in Whistler
Sep 7, 2024 from pinkbike.com
Until things go sideways partway down the famous trail.
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24 Reviews & Comments
JoshFSSdCE
Well worth it to get an 360 panorama view and a fun flow/tech ride in. Top is trickiest, walkable 3-4 times if you are an intermediate rider and it eases into more flow after that.
marknelsen1969
Intermediate rider experience: doable if you are willing to walk in a few spots, mainly that first section. Amazing views out on the side of the mountain. No pinch flats as others have experienced. Not many people on the trail on a hot late-July day. Fun experience! But don’t need to do it again.
flowfrankniloc
The first section is a black/double black, being close to an edge or sharp rocky areas to fall on, make me a little risk adverse. I’d feel better with better pads or maybe some earth or a shrub near by. At the top There are a few steeps with sharp/loose rocks Which make selecting lines-quickly a challenge. My teenage kid walked allot of the top (only because of the risk) but
was rewarded with awesome techy flow rest of the way.
was rewarded with awesome techy flow rest of the way.
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