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5 British Columbia Mountain Biking Parks

 

British Columbia, the land of plenty of downhill mountain biking opportunities! BC is the destination of choice, with North America's highest concentration of lift-accessed riding. There is a good diversity of riding available too! Whether you prefer extreme gravity or a more gentle single-track, there are trails sure to make you comfortable or push your limits!

 

Silver Star

Silver Star Mountain Resort has a great mix of machine made and natural terrain entertaining all downhill bike enthusiasts. Jump trails, like Pipe Dream and Rock Star, have quickly developed reputations as some of the most progressive and fun bike trails around.

 

Silver Star Mountain Resort is located just 22 kilometres from Vernon at the north end of BC's beautiful Okanagan Valley.

 

# of Gondola/chair lifts: 1 High Speed Six Person Chair (holds four bikes in roll on racks per chair), 7.5 min ride time

 

# of Trails/runs: 16 hand-crafted trails of gravity-fed mayhem

 

Operating Season: end of June to mid-September

 

Degree of Difficulty: 15% beginner, 40% intermediate, 45% Advanced

 

Longest Run: Paradise Trail - 10 km's, 1600 vertical feet

 

Sun Peaks Resort

Sun Peaks claim to fame are their freeride camps with professional mountain bikers such as: Matt Hunter, Specialized Bicycles, and Graham Agassiz, Kona Bicycles as coaches. And 50% of the trails are advanced, giving you plenty of opportunity to test out your new found skills.

 

Sun Peaks Resort is located 50km north of Kamloops, BC.

 

# of Gondola/Chairlifts: 1 chairlift, the Sunburst Express, high speed quad equipped with roll on style racks

 

# of Trails/Runs: 29 trails with 1954 feet of vertical per run + dirt jumping zone

 

Operating Season: end of June to end of September

 

Degree of Difficulty: 23% Easy, 23% Intermediate, 54% Advanced

 

Longest Run: Smooth Smoothie 5km

 

Total Length of Runs: 70km of trail

 

Fernie

Fernie BC is legendary offering wide machine-made flowing trails for beginner/intermediate riders, challenging steep and technical single track trails for advanced / expert riders.

 

Fernie is located in the south-east corner of the B.C. Rockies on Highway No.3 approximately 60 km from the Alberta and U.S. borders. Fernie Alpine Resort is 5 km from the City of Fernie.

 

# of Lifts for Summer Operation:1 High speed Quad - Timber Express providing over 2100' of vertical (operates on weekends only), 1 Quad - Elk Chair

 

# of Trails:37 trails & Skills progression park

 

Operating Season: end of June to Labour Day weekend

 

Longest Run:Megasauras (trail takes you through 3 Alpine bowls!)

 

Total Vertical 2162 feet / 657 metres

 

Whistler

Whistler dominates the downhill mountain biking parks. Chairlifts service over 4,800 vertical feet of gravity-fed, adrenaline-fueled downhill trails - from gentle greens to expert-only double blacks - there is a massive variety of terrain to choose from.

 

Whistler is located in the Coastal Mountains of BC and is approximately 115 kilometres from Vancouver.

 

# of Gondola/chair lifts: 1 Gondola, 2 Highspeed Quads, 1 Fixed grip chair

 

# of Trails/runs: 50 marked trails, 3 Skills Centers, 4 Jump Parks

 

Operating Season: typically from mid-May to Canadian Thanksgiving in October

 

Degree of Difficulty: 17% Easy, 19% Intermediate, 64% Advanced

 

Longest Run: Freight Train, Length: 4.3km/1.66 mile, Vertical: 660m/2165'

 

Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Mount Washington Alpine Resort is located on Vancouver Island. Riding in the thick forest of hemlocks and yellow cedars is a real outdoor adventure. And the vistas, are to die for with views of the Island's rugged mountains and blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Be sure to keep your eyes on the track!

 

Mount Washington is located 50km south of Campbell River and 100km north of Nanaimo.

 

# of Gondola/chair lifts: 2 High Speed Chairlifts, The Hawk Six Pack, & The Eagle Quad

 

# of Trails/runs: 17 trails

 

Operating Season: typically is from July 1st Canada Day to beginning of September, Labour Day.

 

Degree of Difficulty: 18% Easiest, 35% More Difficult, 47% Most Difficult

 

Longest Run: Monster Mile, 1657 Vertical Feet, 1 Mile (1.6 km) long

 

Total Length of Runs: 37km

 

About the Author

Clay is a writer for Sun Peaks Resort, a mountain resort destination north of Kamloops, BC. Sun Peaks Resort is known to be one of the top British Columbia mountain biking parks and one of the top British Columbia hiking mountains!

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