2 m away
Lost Lake Blue Loop
The easiest singletrack trails in Whistler.
Difficult Mountain Biking
- Distance
- 7.9 km
- Ascent
- 181 m
- Descent
- 181 m
Whistler's new favorite trail ride.
Mountain Biking Severe
If you ask the locals where they ride when they aren’t in the bike park, almost unanimously they will answer “Blackcomb,” referring to the network of singletrack trails on Blackcomb Mountain. While the ski resort is technically Whistler-Blackcomb, the entirety of the downhill bike park is located on Whistler mountain, meaning that you’ll have to pedal (and push) your way to the top of these trails on Blackcomb Mountain. But once there, you'll reap a sweet reward!
Microclimate is one of the favorite trails on the Blackcomb Side. Receiving just a single black diamond rating (nearby Hey Bud and Crazy Train are both double blacks, and Dark Crystal a bit further up the mountain is also a single black), Microclimate is one of the more moderate trails on Blackcomb Mountain.
Ah, who am I kidding? If you aren’t from Whistler—and ESPECIALLY if you aren’t from BC—and you've never ridden here before, Microclimate is balls-to-the-wall intense. Imagine what the other trails in the area are like?!
After being brutalized on the steep climb to the top, Microclimate plummets down a steep, loamy fall line singletrack chock full of roots, rocks, drops, steep slabs, and all manner of chunder. As the trail continues to wear, bomb holes are forming between the roots, making this trail more and more technical with each passing season.
Most of the ride down consists of pointing your front tire down root webs with wheel-sucking pot holes, airing off of root drops, and then braking hard into a tight catch berm… and then doing it all over again. At a few points, the trail does contour across the hillside, but this contouring only serves to drop you into a different small valley, with even more steep tech gnar descending ahead.
If you can screech to a halt and look around you, you may be amazed at the massive trees found on the flanks of Blackcomb Mountain. This forest is a true beauty, even compared to other areas surrounding Whistler.
If you can’t bring yourself to break the flow, after a mile of fast-and-furious descending you’ll pop out onto a bike path, hang a right, and then a quick left for a little bit more singletrack before the paved pedal back to your car.
Congratulations—you’ve survived one of Whistler’s new favorite trail rides!
Severe
Widely variable, narrow trail tread with steeper grades and unavoidable obstacles of 15in/38cm tall or less. Obstacles may include unavoidable bridges 24in/61cm wide or less, large rocks, gravel, difficult root sections, and more. Ideal for advanced-level riders.
2 m away
The easiest singletrack trails in Whistler.
Difficult Mountain Biking
690 m away
Epic intermediate loop from Whistler Valley to Mt Sproatt and back.
Difficult Mountain Biking
1.7 km away
A natural option while riding Crank It Up, the jumps on C-More are a bit bigger and a bit lippier.
Difficult Mountain Biking
2.1 km away
The must-do XC epic in the Whistler valley
Severe Mountain Biking
2.2 km away
A great warmup run, or a run for training flow trail skills.
Moderate Mountain Biking
2.2 km away
An excellent "intermediate" tech trail combination.
Difficult Mountain Biking
2.2 km away
The everyman jump line in the Whistler Bike Park that will keep riders coming back for more!
Difficult Mountain Biking
2.3 km away
The most famous mountain bike trail in the world!
Severe Mountain Biking
2.5 km away
If you’re tired of going big on the tabletop jumps and want to introduce a little gnar into your life, head for Angry Pirate!
Severe Mountain Biking
2.6 km away
Whistler's top rock slab ride!
Extreme Mountain Biking
7 routes · Mountain Biking
65 routes · Mountain Biking
5 routes · Mountain Biking
16 routes · Mountain Biking
25 routes · Mountain Biking