1,488 ft
Distance
14 ft
Climb
-243 ft
Descent
00:02:12
Avg time

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Burnaby Mountain / SFU
    Burnaby, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (4 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    All season
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #850 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #2645 in Trail Running
    • #1869 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 90 in Trail Running
    • 100 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    City 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.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Upper Lower Gearjammer mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -229 ft
  • Altitude min
    717 ft
  • Altitude max
    946 ft
  • Altitude start
    946 ft
  • Altitude end
    717 ft
  • Grade
    -15.414%
  • Grade max
    -32.332%
  • Grade min
    9.497%
  • Distance climb
    188 ft
  • Distance down
    1,275 ft
  • Distance flat
    25 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:08:30
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Status:
on May 23, 2021
Variable
Avg: 4.05 (40 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
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  • Snow Covered
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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
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  • Very Dry
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      Directions to upper-lower-gearjammer trailhead (49.275560, -122.901870)
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      Upper Lower... Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Sep 23, 2021 @ 1:12pm
      Sep 23, 2021
      Not approved
      Sep 12, 2021 @ 12:05pm
      Sep 12, 2021
      Not approved
      Jul 25, 2021 @ 8:41am
      Jul 25, 2021
      Not approved
      Jul 16, 2021 @ 12:35am
      Jul 16, 2021
      Not approved
      Jul 3, 2021 @ 6:37pm
      Jul 3, 2021
      Not approved
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 37 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 1,359 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
      All
      • 6,938 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      26 |
      Jun 5, 2021 @ 4:08pm
      Jun 5, 2021
      89 |
      Oct 2, 2019 @ 4:23pm
      Oct 2, 2019
      530 |
      May 18, 2016 @ 6:07pm
      May 18, 2016
      794 |
      Oct 27, 2015 @ 9:15pm
      Oct 27, 2015

      Routes with this trail

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      Mel's Gearjammer, Snake
      		3 miles
      SFU Loop
      		5 miles
      Burnaby Mountain Super Lap
      		15 miles
      After Work Special
      		4 miles

      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 2
      Stvante (Aug 5, 2014 at 9:01)
       is this permanently closed? i've waited one year for this trail to re-open
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      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.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      KingFuzzles (Nov 4, 2020 at 16:58)
       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.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      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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      Videos

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      Gear Jammer and Upper Cut on Burnaby Mountain
      4:56 | 2 | Oct 17, 2021 , Burnaby
      Burnaby Mountain Biking - Lower Gear...
      5:32 | 98 | May 31, 2021 , Burnaby
      Gearjammer to Uppercut to Lower Snake - run 2
      8:33 | 419 | Jul 9, 2020 , Burnaby
      Gearjammer to Uppercut to Lower Snake - run 1
      8:43 | 172 | Jul 9, 2020 , Burnaby

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