4,699 ft
Distance
290 ft
Climb
-48 ft
Descent
00:13:35
Avg time

Tough Love Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Galbraith
    Bellingham, Washington
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #1107 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #3821 in Trail Running
    • #13735 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 90 in Trail Running
    • 40 in Hiking

A better climbing trail then descending.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Tough Love mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    242 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,010 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,252 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,010 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,252 ft
  • Grade
    5.146%
  • Grade max
    -19.431%
  • Grade min
    27.619%
  • Distance climb
    3,093 ft
  • Distance down
    919 ft
  • Distance flat
    688 ft
  • Avg time
    00:13:35
  • Avg reverse time
    00:10:10
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Status:
on Mar 15, 2023
Ideal
Avg: 3.8 (17 votes)
Your vote: 0

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3D
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      Tough Love Trail Reports

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      Mar 15, 2023 @ 1:20am
      Mar 15, 2023
      Dec 29, 2022 @ 1:54pm
      Dec 29, 2022
      Dec 3, 2022 @ 3:40am
      Dec 3, 2022
      		 Wheels spinning out in snow - fun but not efficient
      Nov 12, 2022 @ 6:54am
      Nov 12, 2022
      Nov 11, 2022 @ 6:50am
      Nov 11, 2022
      		 Nice
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 17 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 372 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 6,369 rides
      • Last: Mar 26, 2023

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      Nov 3, 2020 @ 4:26pm
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      Nov 3, 2020 @ 4:26pm
      Nov 3, 2020
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      Nov 3, 2020 @ 4:13pm
      Nov 3, 2020
      38 |
      Jun 17, 2020 @ 9:00pm
      Jun 17, 2020

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      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 1
      vRidge (Jun 5, 2021 at 13:31)
      You can blame all the downhill traffic on K-W Razz
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      b3nnic3 (Jun 6, 2021 at 15:20)
      This was a good descending trail before his video. There's even a berm he complains about which is (gasp) a downhill specific feature.
      [Reply]
      • + 4
      wiley-2014 (Jun 5, 2021 at 13:19)
      Tough Love was designed to be ridden as a decending and climbing Trail. The orignal idea was to have alternative to The Wall as climb and classic natural feature decending trail that makes you work to clear the root and rocky sections. Roll them fast. From Orig builder designer :-)
      [Reply]
      • - 1
      speed10 (May 9, 2021 at 18:20)
      Please don’t ride down this. You can go down 911 if your group is a little timid. This is a popular climb.
      [Reply]





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