The cross country riding in Whistler Valley is simply unparalleled.
You can simply pop out for an hour or two and ride anything from super smooth flowing singletrack, technical North shore style stunts, charge or cruise around the myriad of trails in Lost Lake, or earn a variety of long descents after putting in the grunt work and climbing the trails on any of the surrounding mountains.

You can also make a day of it buy riding such epics as Comfortably numb, the Soo valley loop or by adding any number of shorter rides together.
Lucky for you - we've ridden them all and are more than happy to show you the way!

For the more hardcore or motivated uphill guys, there are a number of races throughout the summer that you can participate in. The Test of Metal, GearJammer, 24 Hours of Adrenaline, Cheakeamus Challenge, NSCUMB Enduro, West side Wheel-Up and not to forget the WORCA weekly Loonie race series every Thursday night (including post race food and beer! )



This map of the Valleys network of trails gives an idea of the sheer scale and diversity of trails.


This map just shows the trails in the immediate vicinity of the resort. All of these trail heads can be reached in 15minutes from either of our properties with the epic rides taking a minimum of 3 hours to ride.

Venturing further affield gives even more options with regard to epic rides. Heading down to the spectacular Brandywine falls or up the Soo valley provides more riding that you can shake your legs at.

With even more trails in Squamish and Pemberton, and you truly are in singletrack heaven!


For more info on the whistler trail network, take a look at the Whistler Mountain Bike trail list.

Where ever you look in Whistler you will find some sort of trail that has beed forged out of the natural lay of the land to create some of the finest riding in the world.

The municipality (local council) invest a great deal of time and money into making the trails here to a fantastic standard. Wherever the signs of potential erosion show themselves, trail crews supported by the council and the local bike association (WORCA) head on out to create features that prevent any undue damage to the natural environment. Because of this investment in the trail network, erosion isn't a problem like back in the UK where badly constructed or poorly maintained trails cause damage that gives we bikers a bad name! Here.. bikers are a welcomed bunch!

The riding community is growing at an astonishing rate. Each week, over 200 riders turn up for the start of the WORCA race series. This is an XC race event for all comers, from kids to pro sponsored cyclists and everyone in between. The race (or ride) finished with a few beers and a good feed sponsored each week by a different bar, restaurant, deli or company in Whistler.

South Side Trails:

The South side trails are defined by the watershed of the Cheakamus river up to the head water of Cheakeamus lake.
There is a mix of trails from smooth flowing Interprative forest singletrack, technical singltrack along the Cheakeamus river, long brake burning technical descents and 3+ hours doubletarck cruises down to the beautiful Brandywine waterfall.

Whistler Interprative Forest

Cheakamus Lake

Brandywine falls

Trash

Tunnel Vision

Riverside & Farside

See Colours and Puke

Babylon By Bike

North Side Trails:

The North side offers some fantastic techncal riding incorporating a mass of natural terrain features and some great epic rides.

The Backyard encorporates a number of interlinked trails that offer a great close proximity playground to hone those bike handling skills. Trails like Big Kahuna, Shit Happens, Anal Intruder and No Girly Man make this area what it is!

Kill Me Thrill Me is a signature trail for all that is Whistler. It showcases some of the worlds best technical XC trail building and is great place to spend a few hours.

Soo Valley loop is one of our favourite training rides. It offers a nice climb up out the back of Cougar mountain and steadily descends back down to the highway. The views are killer and the air is cool. Head back on the highway or choose the strength sapping Green Lake Loop.

The Backyard

Kill me Thrill me

Soo Valley Loop

Showh Lakes Ancient Cedars

Green Lake Loop

West Side Trails:

The area defined by the trails west of the highway and Alta Lake offers an enourmous mix of trail styles for every rider.
All trails are accessible from Westside road with the young and funky hangout that is Rainbow park as a base. A quick spin on the Valley trail gets you out there nicely warmed up.

Whistler most ridden signature trail 'River' offers a fun and challenging ride for all levels. Obsticals, bridges, ramps, drops, followed by more of the same provide a great freerice learning ground. You can play in here for hours.

A number of smooth logging road trails with steady climbs and smooth descents provide a great area for getting back into your riding. Lung busting switchbak climbs and super long descents from the Flank trail let you push yourself as far as you want.
Further towards function Junction, the trails become more technical with some very difficult slickrock and natural feature sections. Probably best ridden with pads!

Bobs Rebob

Whip Me Snip Me

Bart's Dark Trail

A River Runs Through It

Emerald Forest

Mels Dilema

The Flank Trail

Cheap Thrills

Industrial Disease

Billy Epic

Epic Rides:

Every mountain bike destination worth its salt has to have a signature epic. Whistler is proud to have Comfortably Numb. Built almost single handedly by Chris Markle, its been a labour of love... and what a job he did!
Chris spend an enourmous amount of time picking his way from the Al Grey memorial bridge back towards Whistler village, seeming to make a winding detour to every natural feature he could find. This trail twists and teases for something like 25km, repaetedly giving you a great view over the valley then wisking you back into the coastal forest for another spell of smooth riding.
No explanation can do this trail justice.. it simply has to be ridden!

Riding the Flank trail sections provides another great oportunity to enjoy the vistas over Whistler Valley. The four sections cover the whole west side of the valley and cover everything from the Callaghan to Cougar Mountain.

Lost Lake:

Lost Lake is a serene area with a myriad of trails. Everything from smooth logging roads to tight twisty technical single track. All of the Whistler race events use this area to its best. We know it pretty well, what with 2 24 hour races, numerous Loonie races and a couple of National level events. We still love it and keep finding the new stuff they are constantly building.

This year the Municipality have created new names for 'No Horses' and linked in all the trails that have been constructed over the last 3 years for events such as the 24hr of Adrenaline and created a superb technical XC trail set that runs through from the Ticket Booth to the bridge over Fiztimmoms Creek by Green Lake. From there its an ideal trip out to Alpine and a buzz up to some of the valleys most accessible and best view points.

For a more detailed map, download the pdf.

Here are some of our favouritel rides.... we will keep adding to this section as time allows!

Comfortably Numb. (3-6 hours)
Leave the chalet with enough sustinance to get us through the day.
Head out on a steady warm up ride on the valley trail out to the Wedge trail head.
Through the parking lot and into the start of Comfortably Numb (formerly Secret Trail).
Ride secret trail up to the Al Grey memorial bridge
(Opt out here and descend young lust back out the the parking lot.
Over the bridge and into Whistlers signature Epic trail.
Wind, grind, grunt and flow through this wonderful trail to the top of Foreplay.
Descend the naturally technical foreplay trail back into the Lost Lake area.
Foreplay is a worthy trail to push the bigger bikes up to, its far more rewarding to ride it after putting in the XC grunt work though!

Cougar North (3-6 hours)
Warm up cruise on the Valley Trail to the Cougar Mountain FSR (forest service road)
Begin the steady sometimes tricky grunt climb up the FSR to the entrance into North Flank (can we beat 50 minutes for the climb?)
Wind through the coastal forest singletrack climb, past the Screaming Cat Lake turnoff and onto the Flank descent.
Cruise the super smooth singletrack descent all th eway back to the next section of flank.
Easy opt out here down Ricks Roost into Alpine if you're struggling for strength.
Or we'll cut across and climb again up to the postcard viewpoint that overlooks Whistler Village and the valley.
Descend the infamous Yelp D'huez switchbacks and back to the valley trail home

Soo Valley Loop (2-5 Hours)
Again a warm up cruise out to Cougar Mountain
Instead of climbing the Cougar North FSR, we stick close to Sixteen Mile Creek and follow the more leisurely climb up the Cougar FSR.
We climb past the Stables and Showh lakes turnoff up to the top. A stunning view awaits over the 16 mile valley.
From the top we descend 600m to the deactivated Soo Valley FSR.
A few short climbs and descents tease us till we get back to the Highway. Keep on the lookout for a Moose in the marsh!
A sharp climb on the highway and a choice to make....
Cruise the quiet highway back to the chalet for a spell in the tub, or ride Green lake loop and its 3 short sharp climbs back into lost lake, or ride the technically challenging Kill Me Thrill Me towards Emerald and spin home on the valley trail.

Brandywine Falls (2 - 4 Hours)
Another cracking ride that can be as fast and furious or cruisy as you like.
Either head out to Brandywine by the surreal Train Wreck trail or by driving out to the Brandywine camp site.
Ride out from the campsite to the suspension bridge through some fairly rooty trails, and join up with the super smooth Brandywine trail that cruises out to the Brandywine falls provincial park.
A well earned stop off here to check out the spectacular 70 metre waterfall, this viewpoint also presents some marvelous views of Daisy Lake and the surrounding mountains.

many more to come!