Vertical Smile Details

Riding Area

Santa Rosa Trails
Christina Lake, British Columbia
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Doubletrack
Bike Type

DH, XC
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Downhill Primary
Climb Difficulty

Green
Physical Rating

Moderate
Global Ranking

#85155

Multi-Use doubletrack descent with some short singletrack portions at the top. Bottom 1/2+ of trail is mixed gravel logging road leading to a poorly paved rural road. This trail used to contain significantly more doubletrack but was re-opened and used as a logging corridor within the last decade.

This descent can be accessed via a hike-a-bike from the baker creek drainage logging roads but due to the current nature of the trail it is best used only as a descent back to Christina Lake after completing the Christina Crest Trail.

Trail is multi-use, please watch for other users including motorized vehicles. Bottom portion of route is a well used rural road often with significant logging truck traffic. Be exceedingly careful the closer you get to town.

This is a true wilderness trail, be prepared for all eventualities, cell service is spotty do not rely on your phone to get you out of trouble.

This trail is Unsanctioned, Ride at your own Risk!

More Stats for Vertical Smile bike trail

Altitude change

-4,336 ft
Altitude min

2,376 ft
Altitude start

6,712 ft
Altitude end

2,376 ft
Grade

-9.149%
Grade max

-39.216%
Grade min

23.202%
Distance climb

4,075 ft
Distance down

8 miles
Distance flat

1,169 ft
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Status:

on Jul 26, 2018

Dry

Layers winter

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Nearby Trails

burnt basin trail 7 miles
burnt basin access 8 miles
c&w rail trail - paulson to castlegar 9 miles
trans canada trail - c&w railway (paulson to christina lake) 9 miles
dave swetland memorial trail 10 miles

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	date	description
	Jul 26, 2018 @ 5:02pm Jul 26, 2018	Lot of trees down. Cut some out, but many remain and would need chainsaw. Still rideable, but a big pain in a$$ and not overly fun. Would be...
	Aug 12, 2017 @ 8:13pm Aug 12, 2017	Top ~8 km is pretty loose and getting overgrown, but still fun. A new logging road and clearcut below that takes out part of the trail. From about...

Vertical Smile