1,488 ft
Distance
14 ft
Climb
-243 ft
Descent
00:02:23
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaBurnaby Mountain / SFU
Burnaby, British Columbia -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (7 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH, AM
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Physical RatingEasy
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SeasonAll season
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 85 in Trail Running
- 100 in Hiking
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Land OwnerCity of Burnaby
Starts at the intersection of Mel's, it has some decent flow with some berms. Generally windy and not too steep but you can still manage to get some decent speed. The trail brings you to a junction where you can choose to ride uppercut or continue down lower gearjammer where it is a steeper, loose and rocky descent with a few rollable drops in the mix. Quite rutted and short but good fun. Please note that if you ride this section it is marked as being closed by the land manager.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Upper Lower Gearjammer mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-229 ft
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Altitude min717 ft
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Altitude max946 ft
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Altitude start946 ft
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Altitude end717 ft
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Grade-15.414%
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Grade max-32.332%
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Grade min9.497%
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Distance climb188 ft
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Distance down1,275 ft
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Distance flat25 ft
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Avg time00:02:23
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Avg reverse time00:07:29
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 29 rides
- 8 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 942 rides
- 8 miles avg distance
All
- 11,831 rides
- Last: Jan 28, 2023
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4 Reviews & Comments
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Mcyeetus
(Sep 29, 2021 at 18:22)
Windy middle section to Gearjammer. Easy to get speed with big berms and easy tech. More like a hard blue, not really a black trail.
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The lower section is still closed. The city of Burnaby does not support or maintain these trails and the BMBA is rarely allowed permission from the city to maintain them. It's sad.
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Vrmadd
(May 21, 2017 at 10:27)
Top half is open, but the bottom half still says closed, but no barrier. I didn't ride it but I'm guessing others may have.
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Stvante
(Aug 5, 2014 at 9:01)

is this permanently closed? i've waited one year for this trail to re-open
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Nearby Trails
- Upper Snake 768 ft
- Lower Lower Gearjammer 1,207 ft
- Uppercut 1,207 ft
- Uppercut To Lower Gearjammer 1,368 ft
- Upper Gearjammer 1,575 ft
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