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2,359 ft
Distance
-537 ft
Descent
00:12:24
Avg time
-537 ft
Altitude change
1,358 ft
Altitude min
1,895 ft
Altitude max
1,895 ft
Altitude start
1,358 ft
Altitude end
-22.8%
Grade
-38.5%
Grade max
-10.5%
Grade min
2,359 ft
Distance down
00:12:24
Avg time
Upper Crippler Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaMount Fromme
North Vancouver, British Columbia -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (23 votes)
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Local Popularity45 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 35 in Trail Running
- 35 in Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Land OwnerDistrict of North Vancouver
One of the more natural trails with many natural and some man-made TTFs with steep and exceptionally rooty sections. Like Grannies, this trail will own you in the wet.
Access Info
Accessed off Mountain Hwy by an opening in the forest that looks like a road. Heading down the trail where Grannies heads west and an old section of unmaintained trail continues down Crippler turns off Granies and heads south to Baden Powell.
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Andy Fisher
since 2015Builder
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 19 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
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- 255 rides
- Last: Sep 13, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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Directions to upper-crippler trailhead
(49.355910, -123.055880)
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18 Reviews & Comments
xaibeeh
I understand the story and value this kind of trails have added to the north shore mtb history, but right now it just feels like a bad joke, specially with the signs about maintenance when it feels so abandoned. Note to self; do not ride again.
corerider
Boundary is no longer hard, relatively. Do Crippler and Grannies more and fully appreciate what the Shore use to be about. At one time these were the trails to do with no options. You rode them or stayed home. Practice makes perfect, they say....
matrik
Absolute animal of a trail, not a minute of flow but an absolute classic original shore trail. Significant harder then any other black diamond and steeper then it appears.
Rode it this morning and it was very humbling. Hats off to anyone that is cleaning this bad boy!
I had just come off cleaning boundary and upper crippler (for me) was significantly more challenging, with some hard walks.
Rode it this morning and it was very humbling. Hats off to anyone that is cleaning this bad boy!
I had just come off cleaning boundary and upper crippler (for me) was significantly more challenging, with some hard walks.
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