1,739 ft

Distance

3 ft

Climb

-492 ft

Descent

00:06:11

Avg time

Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Upper Elevator Trail

BC Parks
Land Manager

Upper Elevator Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Burke Mountain
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Difficulty Rating

Double Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Double Black Diamond (6 votes)
Hiking SAC Scale

T1 Hiking
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM
Direction

Downhill Only
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Green
Physical Rating

Moderate
Trail Visibility

Always easy to follow
Dogs Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

Bridge, Ladder Bridge, Rock Face, Rock Garden
Global Ranking
#9562 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #50495 in Trail Running
- #18179 in Hiking
Local Popularity
85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 40 in Trail Running
- 60 in Hiking

Upper Elevator is a steep, old-school, often fall-line trail. It has seen significant work over the past few years to help armor some of the steepest sections. After the first minute, turn right onto Jump Line and climb it for ~50m, then continue down Upper Elevator on your left.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory

More Stats for Upper Elevator mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-489 ft
Altitude min

1,580 ft
Altitude max

2,069 ft
Altitude start

2,069 ft
Altitude end

1,581 ft
Grade

-28.1%
Grade max

-52.9%
Grade min

4.1%
Distance climb

125 ft
Distance down

1,614 ft
Avg time

00:06:11
Avg reverse time

00:05:52
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Status:

on Jul 2, 2022

Dry

Avg: 4.4 (24 votes)

Your vote: 0

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Directions to upper-elevator trailhead (49.316160, -122.734910)

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Upper Elevator Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Jul 2, 2022 @ 11:03am Jul 2, 2022
	Jun 26, 2022 @ 10:38am Jun 26, 2022
	May 8, 2022 @ 7:40pm May 8, 2022	reporter Good shape, scary roots at times.
	May 4, 2022 @ 8:30pm May 4, 2022	All good to go.
	Apr 24, 2022 @ 3:22pm Apr 24, 2022

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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

Past Week

7 rides
11 miles avg distance

6 Months

230 rides
7 miles avg distance

All

989 rides
Last: Aug 10, 2022

Photos

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Routes with this trail

title	distance
Fun on Burke	7 miles

Trail Products

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18 Reviews & Comments

Score Time Post Comment

trail-governor (Feb 6, 2022 at 13:54)

Thanks for the new work Mark and Brian. Trail is running great

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gnarcissist

(Jan 29, 2022 at 17:00)

Epic trail. Thanks for all the hard work guys.

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Bikedude666 (Feb 19, 2021 at 12:17)

I haven't ridden this in a while but had a blast last time I was down. It was super hard but well constructed. Is that area rideable right now? I'd like to ride it again soon!

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buckeye74

(Jun 5, 2020 at 21:06)

Sick trail with recent trail work. Not eroded in the least.

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Salokachu

(May 17, 2020 at 9:00)

This is one of my favourites on Burke! So fun and challenging! Thanks for all the hard work put into the trail!

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LongLiveChainSaw (Apr 6, 2020 at 16:20)

Anyone else feel like this is harder then deliverance?

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Tortoise2 (Apr 7, 2020 at 23:02)

We debate that one all the time. Definitely old school, steep and technical. As the builders on this trail we would like to see it rated the same as Deliverance. We see many riders on this expecting another Six or BBT because of the rating being the same as those.

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jaydawg69 (Dec 18, 2019 at 19:32)

how is this trail not a double black?

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Tortoise2 (Feb 10, 2020 at 0:21)

See the battle we had with changing the rating for deliverance and you will have the answer

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mangochaos

(Dec 1, 2019 at 17:34)

Great trail! So fun, steep technical and natural. Loved it. The negative feedback from @Diysandwhich is likely due to being a poorly skilled and soft rider.

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gregmowat

(Jul 16, 2019 at 22:21)

Ran down both Elevators today rode that is. Fast way down thats for sure. Great trails you know you cant please all the riders all the time.

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Tortoise2 (Jun 30, 2019 at 18:50)

More work put in over past while. Old school steep and challenging as ever but subtle adjustments helping it flow better.

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joe-chainbrothers-mtb (Jun 23, 2019 at 8:08)

Was there yesterday. Amazing new builds and features. Thank you to the builders and maintainers!!! Harder than upper oil can in Fromme!

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Bikedude666 (May 22, 2019 at 12:19)

What kind of crazy comment is this? Please provide photographic evidence to back up this report.

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Tortoise2 (May 22, 2019 at 9:13)

If there are specific spots you are concerned about with this trail please PM and let us know what you feel needs attention. This is an old school trail which is very different from the style of Deliverance. Was doing some clean up on Upper Elevator the other day and am unsure where you are getting the "full of ruts and erosion" from.

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DIYsandvich (May 27, 2019 at 10:54)

I'll try to get some photos of the erosion in the next week or two. If things are better than I remember then i'll change my rating.

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Tortoise2 (May 29, 2019 at 9:00)

builders inspected and attended trail. No significant issues at this time. Not concerned about how you rate the trail. If you read my original response to you I am asking if something is noted on a trail to be specific as it is of far more help to us as maintainers/builders. ie: "tree fallen at ......." . If you want to help do the work volunteers are always welcome to join us as well. Just contact us and we can make arrangements. Thanks

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DIYsandvich (May 21, 2019 at 10:33)

Trail is full of ruts and erosion since it's built on the fall line. I'd recommend taking deliverance instead, which is right next to upper elevator but is better maintained.

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