4,634 ft
Distance
15 ft
Climb
-244 ft
Descent
00:09:15
Avg time

Water Tower Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Horse
  • Riding Area
    Pyramid Bench
    Jasper, Alberta
  • Ref Number
    6d
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    May - Oct
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump, Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #2463 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Manager
    Parks Canada

A fun downhill with some cool fall lines, natural rock features and lower section improvements by the Jasper Trail Alliance featuring some twisty berms, hidden hits and rock huck/drop at the end.

Access Info

Access via Patrica Lake Bungalows Road

More Stats for Water Tower bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -229 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,697 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,934 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,927 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,698 ft
  • Grade
    -4.942%
  • Grade max
    -16.276%
  • Grade min
    4.595%
  • Distance climb
    391 ft
  • Distance down
    3,520 ft
  • Distance flat
    723 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:15
  • Avg reverse time
    00:00:05
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Status:
on Nov 15, 2019
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Avg: 4.9 (10 votes)

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  • 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
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  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
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  • 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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      Water Tower Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Nov 15, 2019 @ 11:14am
      Nov 15, 2019
      		 Wet, mushy, icy in spots.
      Sep 22, 2019 @ 10:31pm
      Sep 22, 2019
      Sep 10, 2019 @ 4:53pm
      Sep 10, 2019
      		 reporter
      Jul 22, 2019 @ 5:43pm
      Jul 22, 2019
      		 reporter Mud hole at the bottom has pretty much dried up and continued riding has buffed the ruts out on the main line
      Jul 6, 2019 @ 4:48pm
      Jul 6, 2019
      		 reporter Mud hole at the junction with trail 6, otherwise dry
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 136 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 656 rides
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      Photos

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      May 19, 2018 @ 3:07pm
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      May 19, 2018 @ 3:06pm
      May 19, 2018

      Routes with this trail

      titleratingdistance
      Proposed Frosty EXC route 2018 race
      		28 miles

      3 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Jjfullerton (Aug 6, 2018 at 18:29)
       Awesome trail very fun technical downhill with SOM fun jumps and drops
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      flag MLeier (Oct 5, 2018 at 20:01)
       Super fun trail! 2 techy steel pitches right at the start of the trail and then just fun, flowy single track the rest of the way. Fun rock rolls and options for jumps. Awesome!
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      flag Frisbequick (Jul 12, 2019 at 21:57)
       Super belle run! Refaite 3 fois de suite. Landing des 2 dalles très clean. Pur plaisir!
      [Reply]

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