1 miles
Distance
49 ft
Climb
-882 ft
Descent
00:07:26
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Turnstyles Trail

Turnstyles Details

  • Riding area
    Morning Mountain
    Nelson, British Columbia
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike type
    DH, AM, DJ
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical rating
    Easy
  • TTFs on trail
    Berm, Jump, Gap Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #458

One of Nelson's most flowy trails.

Access Info

Pedal up upper Bottoms Up, or car drop from Giveout Creek FSR.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Turnstyles mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -833 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,110 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,943 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,943 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,110 ft
  • Grade
    -13.082%
  • Grade max
    -39.738%
  • Grade min
    10.732%
  • Distance climb
    857 ft
  • Distance down
    5,226 ft
  • Distance flat
    281 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:26
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Status:
on Aug 26, 2017
Very Dry
Avg: 5 (7 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to turnstyles trailhead (49.476230, -117.344910)
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Turnstyles Trail Reports

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Aug 26, 2017 @ 9:07am
Aug 26, 2017
 JUST A HEADS UP. Nelson Fat Tire Festival will be hosting its annual Race day on morning mountain, Sunday Aug 27th... Placenta, Turnstyles, Lefty,...
Aug 2, 2017 @ 1:28pm
Aug 2, 2017
Jun 12, 2017 @ 12:54pm
Jun 12, 2017
 Machine maintenance going on in lower section so only rode top-half before turning on to Placenta, but everything above there was dry clear smooth...
May 27, 2017 @ 8:58am
May 27, 2017
 Lots of logs down but snow free. Could use a bit of maintenance.
Nov 5, 2016 @ 7:38pm
Nov 5, 2016
 1. Saturated base transition sucks wheel up to a 1' deep (be careful) ~ upper 1/3 of trail 2. Medium size tree down ~halfway through trail at...
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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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Sep 27, 2017 @ 4:31pm
Sep 27, 2017
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Sep 2, 2017 @ 11:04pm
Sep 2, 2017
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Sep 2, 2017 @ 11:03pm
Sep 2, 2017
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Jun 16, 2016 @ 11:09am
Jun 16, 2016
| 17 comments Turnstyles, Nelson

Routes with this trail

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Nelson Fat Tire Fest 2017
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FAT TIRE FEST 2017 Enduro (long/short & Air DH) race
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Trail Products

3 Reviews & Comments

  • + 1
flag trickland (Jun 1, 2016 at 15:39)
 Turnstyles is a black diamond
The builder
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  • + 1
flag kippg (Jul 3, 2016 at 8:04)
 My apologies, I'll change that right now. Thanks for the feedback
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  • + 0
flag dimitrin (Aug 17, 2017 at 9:01)
 Perfect conditions. Thank you for building these trails!!
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