3.8 miles
Distance
108 ft
Climb
-2,357 ft
Descent
00:29:33
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Top of the World Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whistler Mountain Bike Park
    Whistler, British Columbia
  • AKA
    TOTW
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (7 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #309 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    45 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    Whistler Blackcomb

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
More Stats for Top of the World mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -2,249 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,748 ft
  • Altitude max
    6,997 ft
  • Altitude start
    6,997 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,747 ft
  • Grade
    -11.3%
  • Grade max
    -66.9%
  • Grade min
    19.7%
  • Distance climb
    1,883 ft
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,102 ft
  • Avg time
    00:29:33
  • Avg reverse time
    00:40:24
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      Outside Logo Articles

      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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      Top of the World Trail Reports

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      Oct 25, 2024 @ 5:21pm
      Oct 25, 2024
      Sep 6, 2024 @ 10:27am
      Sep 6, 2024
      		 Section 1 is pretty chunky, everything else running well.
      Sep 4, 2024 @ 11:22am
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      Aug 19, 2024 @ 10:46am
      Aug 19, 2024
      Jul 26, 2024 @ 6:13pm
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      Sep 7, 2024
      Video: Adaptive Mountain Biker Shreds Top of The World in Whistler Video: Adaptive Mountain Biker Shreds Top of The World in Whistler
      Until things go sideways partway down the famous trail.
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