1 miles
Distance
491 ft
Climb
-79 ft
Descent
00:24:00
Avg time

Upper Xylem Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Maple Mountain
    Duncan, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Uphill Primary
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #1487 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking

Final leg of the Xylem Climbing trail to reach the summit of Maple Mountain and start of Upper Maple Syrup.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Upper Xylem bike trail
  • Altitude change
    410 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,191 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,602 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,191 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,601 ft
  • Grade
    6.22%
  • Grade max
    -16.11%
  • Grade min
    37.191%
  • Distance climb
    4,779 ft
  • Distance down
    1,473 ft
  • Distance flat
    347 ft
  • Avg time
    00:24:00
  • Avg reverse time
    00:21:47
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Status:
on Jan 21, 2020
Prevalent Mud
Avg: 4.65 (12 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
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  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
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  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Upper Xylem Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Jan 21, 2020 @ 1:18pm
      Jan 21, 2020
      		 Wet, very soft ground, lots of water on trail. A few danger trees hung up.
      Sep 18, 2019 @ 3:43pm
      Sep 18, 2019
      		 Recent rain has left trails nearly perfect; no dust, no mud.
      Aug 26, 2019 @ 9:59am
      Aug 26, 2019
      		 reporter
      Jul 7, 2019 @ 8:56am
      Jul 7, 2019
      Jun 25, 2019 @ 8:42am
      Jun 25, 2019
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 4 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 249 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 953 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      24 |
      Dec 30, 2018 @ 1:35pm
      Dec 30, 2018
      32 |
      Jul 2, 2018 @ 6:24pm
      Jul 2, 2018
      83 |
      Mar 25, 2018 @ 3:17pm
      Mar 25, 2018
      63 |
      Mar 4, 2018 @ 6:23pm
      Mar 4, 2018

      Routes with this trail

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      titleratingdistance
      2019 Maple Mountain Enduro race
      		14 miles
      Tzouhalem and Maple Summit Loop
      		26 miles
      Maple & Tzou Summit Loop
      		30 miles
      BCBikeRace2018 - Day 1 (Cowichan Valley) race
      		25 miles

      Trail Products

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Brentical (Jun 16, 2019 at 18:22)
       Awesome climbing trail. So fun.
      Thanks for the amazing work done here
      [Reply]

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      Videos

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      First Ride Of The Newbie Slow Riders Club!
      8:36 | 135 | Jul 16, 2018 , Duncan
      Going down Xylem!
      8:35 | 164 | Jul 16, 2018 , Duncan
      160626 Maple Climb Trail
      7:56 | 120 | Jun 29, 2016 , Duncan
      160626 Maple Climb Trail DMc
      7:20 | 56 | Jun 28, 2016 , Duncan

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